A new analysis of 105-year-old data on the effectiveness of ‘dazzle’ camouflage on battleships in World War I by Aston University researchers Professor Tim Meese and Dr Samantha Strong has found that while dazzle had some effect, the ‘horizon…
Category: Paleontology
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Without oxygen: How primordial microbes breathed
A team of scientists from Goethe University Frankfurt, University of Marburg and Stockholm University have elucidated an ancient mechanism of cellular respiration. To that end, they studied bacteria that feed on the gases carbon dioxide and…
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Iguanas floated one-fifth of the way around the world to colonize Fiji
Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride from Central America to colonize the Galapagos Islands. But for long distance travel, the Fiji iguanas can’t be touched.
A…
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Paleontologists Identify New Species of Carboniferous-Period Shark
Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of obruchevodid petalodont (petal-toothed) shark from multiple teeth unearthed at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky, the United States.
Tentative reconstruction of Clavusodens…
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Evolutionary trend of the broad-snouted crocodile from the Eocene, Early Miocene and recent ones from Egypt
The present study deals with the cranial description of broad snouted crocodile C. niloticus from Egypt and comparing with the Eocene and Miocene Crocodiles in Egypt and pointing out the similarities and differences.
Eocene Crocodylus species from…
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Fossilized dinosaur cells that defied the ravages of time — 20 years since a key discovery
Fossilized dinosaur cells that defied the ravages of time — 20 years since a key discovery
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‘Microlightning’ in water droplets may have sparked life on Earth
Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but from many smaller “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets from crashing waterfalls or breaking waves.
New research from Stanford University shows that water…
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Misha lived in zoos, but this elephant’s tooth enamel helps reconstruct wildlife migrations
Teeth recovered from a beloved zoo elephant that died in 2008 are helping University of Utah geologists develop a method for tracking the movements of large herbivores across landscapes, even for animals now extinct,…
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Early Mammals Had Dark and Dusky Grayish-Brown Fur, Study Suggests
Pelage coloration, which serves numerous functions, is crucial to the evolution of behavior, physiology, and habitat preferences of mammals. However, little is known about the coloration of Mesozoic mammals that coevolved with dinosaurs. In a…
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Misha lived in zoos, but the elephant’s tooth enamel helps reconstruct wildlife migrations
Teeth recovered from a beloved zoo elephant that died in 2008 are helping University of Utah geologists develop a method for tracking the movements of large herbivores across landscapes, even for animals now extinct, such as mastodons and…
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