Using a mathematical model, researchers have shed new light on the transition from hunter-gatherer to farming societies. Rather than focusing exclusively on external factors, they looked at internal demographics and the significant impact of…
Category: Paleontology
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Mammals Became More Terrestrial Towards End of Cretaceous Period, Study Shows
New research from the University of Bristol provides evidence that many mammals were already shifting toward a more ground-based lifestyle leading up to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs 66 million years…
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Mammals were adapting from life in the trees to living on the ground before dinosaur-killing asteroid
More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research led by the University of Bristol has revealed.
The study, published today in the journal Palaeontology,…
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Professor Part of Study on New Fossil Carnivorous Mammals from Himalayan Foothills
BYLINE: Harrisburg University empowers society through science, technology, and innovation.
HARRISBURG, PA – A group of researchers, including Harrisburg University of Science…
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Study on anisotropic mechanics and acoustic emission response characteristics of layered shale under uniaxial compression
AE evolution characteristics of shale
Rock deformation and failure are often accompanied by energy release. The AE signal released during rock loading contains important information about its internal damage and failure mechanism. The stress…
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Discovery of Quina technology challenges view of ancient human development in East Asia
While the Middle Paleolithic period is viewed as a dynamic time in European and African history, it is commonly considered a static period in East Asia. New research from the University of Washington challenges that perception.
Researchers…
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Paleontologists Discover New Pterosaur Species in Thailand
A remarkable new genus and species of gnathosaurine pterosaur being named Garudapterus buffetauti has been identified from a fossilized upper jaw found in eastern Thailand.
Garudapterus buffetauti. Image credit: DinoThaiThai / Manitkoon et al….
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New Fossil Provides Insights into Plesiosaur Diversity and Regional Specialization
Paleontologists in Germany have unearthed an exceptionally well-preserved skeleton of an Early-Jurassic plesiosauroid species called Plesiopterys wildi.
The MH 7 skeleton of Plesiopterys wildi in ventral view. Image credit: Marx et al., doi:…
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‘She loves me, she loves me not’: Physical forces encouraged evolution of multicellular life, scientists propose
Humans like to think that being multicellular (and bigger) is a definite advantage, even though 80 percent of life on Earth consists of single-celled organisms — some thriving in conditions lethal to any beast.
In fact, why and how multicellular…
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Bizarre Parasitoid Wasp Species Found Preserved in Kachin Amber
In a paper published in the journal BMC Biology, paleontologists described an extinct species of koinobiont parasitoid wasp found in mid-Cretaceous amber from the Kachin region of Myanmar. Named Sirenobethylus charybdis, this species may have…
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