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01/12/2024
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By Zoey Sky
Experts discover “terror beast” fossils in Greenland that are over half a BILLION years old
Researchers have discovered the fossils of a fascinating “terror beast” marine worm. Data from the preserved fossils revealed that the underwater creature had a giant jaw and dominated the seas more than 500 million years ago. The research team found the fossils of the newfound species of carnivorous worm Timorebestia koprii (T. koprii) or “terror beast” in northern Greenland. Details […]
09/22/2023
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By Zoey Sky
Study: Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs allowed flowers to grow on the planet
According to a study, the giant asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period about 145 million to 66 million years ago left flowers relatively unharmed. In the aftermath, ancient flowers bloomed on a post-apocalyptic Earth. Details of the study were published in the journal Biology Letters. After an asteroid struck […]
05/09/2023
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By Zoey Sky
Study: 360M-year-old fossil from Ireland proves plants are capable of self-defense
Trees produce fruit and provide shade. According to a study, trees are also capable of self-defense. Researchers have discovered the oldest evidence of plant self-defense in wood from a 360-million-year-old fossil from Ireland. The study involved an international team of researchers and was co-led by Dr. Carla J. Harper, assistant professor in Botany in the School of Natural […]
01/25/2023
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By Kevin Hughes
Scientists find dinosaur hatchery in India with more than 250 fossilized titanosaur eggs
Scientists from the Indian capital New Delhi discovered a hatchery of dinosaurs, complete with 256 fossilized eggs. The hatchery is located in the Lameta Formation, a geological formation in India’s Narmada Valley that spans 620 miles from east to west. It covers three Indian states – Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra – and hosts numerous fossilized […]
07/15/2022
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By Zoey Sky
Ancient human remains unearthed in Ethiopia older than previously thought, reveals study
Researchers say that the ancient human fossils initially found in Ethiopia are much older than previously thought. In fact, it’s possible that the fossils are at least 230,000 years old. The remains, called Omo I, were unearthed in Ethiopia in the late 1960s. The fossils are one of the oldest known examples of Homo sapiens […]
02/07/2022
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By Virgilio Marin
Ice cores from top-secret Army base reveal Greenland was largely ice-free millions of years ago
A new study published in the journal PNAS suggests that Greenland might have been largely ice-free millions of years ago. Researchers arrived at this conclusion after studying ice core samples that U.S. Army scientists dug from a mile below northwestern Greenland in 1966 as part of a top-secret project codenamed “Iceworm.” The ice core was lost in a freezer for decades before it was […]
09/13/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Ancient and green: Study suggests billion-year-old green algae is the ancestor of all plants on the planet
Scientists discovered fossils of what may now be considered to be the oldest green algae known to science. The seaweed, named Proterocladus antiquus, was said to have lived about a billion years ago. Despite its size (about 2 millimeters in length), the algae had a big role: it was able to produce oxygen through photosynthesis, possibly making […]
10/26/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
The longest trail of fossilized footprints hints at an ancient woman and child’s dangerous trek in the wild
Researchers from the U.S. and the U.K. have uncovered the longest fossilized trackway made by man. Discovered in 2018, the trail of footprints stretches nearly a mile in what’s now the White Sands National Park in New Mexico. The team suggests that the trail was left by a woman carrying a toddler as they rushed across a muddy lakebed some […]
09/16/2020
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By Michael Alexander
Study suggests “space dust” from a giant asteroid caused the Ice Age 466 million years ago
A gigantic collision in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 466 million years ago plunged the Earth into a prehistoric ice age that ushered in a significant increase in marine biodiversity, scientists have revealed. This event, according to an international team of scientists and experts, occurred during the Ordovician Period, a geologic point in […]
09/10/2020
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By Ramon Tomey
Baby pterodactyls could fly from BIRTH, reveals fascinating study
Two researchers from England have found that baby pterodactyls, or flaplings, could fly from birth. Their discovery, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, contradicts the long-standing belief that pterodactyls only took to the air when fully grown. Earlier research on fossilized pterodactyl embryos with poorly developed wings gave rise to the idea […]
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