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Rare cricket family sheds light on extinct Jurassic species’ acoustics
World-first research into the sole remaining living insects of an ancient super-family of crickets has revealed vibrating areas on seemingly unspecialized wings which create sound, representing a transitional stage between those of their fossilized ancestors and the adapted form of … Continue reading
Rare cricket family sheds light on extinct Jurassic species’ acoustics
World-first research into the sole remaining living insects of an ancient super-family of crickets has revealed vibrating areas on seemingly unspecialized wings which create sound, representing a transitional stage between those of their fossilized ancestors and the adapted form of … Continue reading
Discovery of latest fossil from half billion years in the past sheds mild on life on Earth
A new species of fossil has been found that may make clear early animal ecosystems. Investigators found the brand new species whereas conducting a survey of microfossils in mudstones from western Canada. To their shock, the samples yielded miniscule loriciferans: … Continue reading
Massive vertebrae sheds new light on Alamosaurus sanjuanensis
The discovery nearly two decades ago of nine beautifully articulated vertebrae at Big Bend National Park sheds new light on a 66 million-year-old sauropod dinosaur native to Texas and the North American southwest called Alamosaurus sanjuanensis. Strange & Offbeat: Fossils … Continue reading
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Fire discovery sheds new light on ‘hobbit’ demise
Crucial new evidence has revealed modern humans (Homo sapiens) were likely using fire at Liang Bua 41,000 years ago, narrowing the time gap between the last hobbits (Homo floresiensis) and the first modern humans at this site on the Indonesian … Continue reading
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Tooth wear sheds light on the feeding habits of ancient elephant relatives
How can we ever know what ancient animals ate? For the first time, the changing diets of elephants in the last two million years in China have been reconstructed, using a technique based on analysis of the surface textures of … Continue reading
Massive vertebrae sheds new light on Alamosaurus sanjuanensis
The discovery nearly two decades ago of nine beautifully articulated vertebrae at Big Bend National Park sheds new light on a 66 million-year-old sauropod dinosaur native to Texas and the North American southwest called Alamosaurus sanjuanensis. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Newly discovered baby Titanosaur sheds light on dinosaurs’ early lives
Long-necked sauropod dinosaurs include the largest animals ever to walk on land, but they hatched from eggs no bigger than a soccer ball. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
3D imaging sheds new light on 250 million year old fossil
A new study has used high-resolution imaging techniques to reinterpret fossilized bones first encountered in northeast Italy in 1989. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
125-million-year-old wing sheds new light on the evolution of flight
Some of the most ancient birds were capable of performing aerodynamic feats in a manner similar to many living birds, according to a new study of the fossil wing of a primitive bird, led by a PhD student at the … Continue reading