Paleontologists have examined the 160-million-year-old fossils of Anchiornis huxleyi, a species of non-avian theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation in northeastern China, reserved with their feathers and found that these…
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Evidence for high-frequency hearing in a Permian stem reptile
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Zeyl, J. N. et al. Infrasonic hearing in birds: a review of audiometry…
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The Feathery Dinosaurs That Couldn’t Fly
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Ostriches, kiwi birds, and penguins are among the tiny sample of birds that…
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Paleontologists Discover First-Known Instance of Ancient Bees Nesting inside Vertebrate Fossils
Bees are well known for their species and remarkable behavioral diversity, ranging from solitary species that nest in burrows to social species that construct highly compartmentalized nests. This nesting variation is partially documented in…
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This 8,000-year-old art shows math before numbers existed
A study published in the Journal of World Prehistory suggests that some of the earliest known images of plants created by humans served a deeper purpose than decoration. According to the researchers, these ancient designs also reveal early…
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Ancient Bee Nests Hiding in Regurgitated, Fossilized Bones
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Tens of thousands of years ago, some particularly crafty ancient bees decided to…
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The Nature Podcast festive spectacular 2025
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Sea Cow Communities Have Engineered Arabian Gulf’s Seagrass Ecosystems for Over 20 Million Years
Paleontologists have unearthed a dense assemblage of dugong remains at the site of Al Maszhabiya in the Early Miocene Dam Formation of Qatar. This fossil site shows that the Arabian Gulf has repeatedly evolved sea cow communities with…
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A simple turn reveals a 1,500-year-old secret on Roman glass
In the quiet glow of a museum gallery, Hallie Meredith noticed something unexpected about ancient Roman glass that had gone unnoticed for generations.
In February 2023, the Washington State University art history professor and practicing…
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1.5-million-year-old fossil face is forcing a rethink of human origins
An international research team led by Dr. Karen Baab, a paleoanthropologist at the College of Graduate Studies, Glendale Campus of Midwestern University in Arizona, created a digital reconstruction of the face of early Homo erectus. The fossil,…
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