Newswise — BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — A new study by an international team of scholars, including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York, suggests that Neanderthals experienced a dramatic loss of…
Category: Paleontology
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A skull found in Egypt shows this top predator stalked ancient Africa
In the fossil-rich sands of the Faiyum Oasis in Egypt, archaeologists have uncovered one of the most complete skulls ever found from a formidable family of predators that roamed the Earth roughly 30 million years ago.
The fossil,…
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Paleoenvironmental and paleobiogeographical significance of Paleocene – early Eocene ostracods in Wadi Tarfa, North Eastern Desert, Egypt
Khozyem, H., Adatte, T. & Keller, G. Climatic and environmental changes during Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in Egypt: An overview BT-The Phanerozoic Geology and Natural Resources of Egypt. In (eds. Hamimi, Z. et al.) 305–338 (Springer,…
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Large-Bodied Sauropod Dinosaur Lived on Cretaceous European Island
A new genus and species of titanosaur has been identified from the fossilized remains found in the Hațeg Basin in Transylvania, western Romania.
An artist’s impression of a herd of lithostrotian dinosaurs (right). Image credit: ABelov / CC…
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Origin and diversity of Hun Empire populations
TA multidisciplinary and international research project has brought fresh insights into the origins and diversity of the populations that lived under and after the Hun empire between the late 4th and 6th century CE in Central Europe. Combining…
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Mega-iceberg from Antarctica on collision course with South Georgia: Harbinger of things to come?
It is no strange sight to see icebergs break off of the Antarctic ice cap and drift away, like the gigantic sheet of ice that is currently heading for the island of South Georgia. But climate change is making it happen more frequently, with…
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Research provides new detail on the impact of volcanic activity on early marine life
Analysis of fossilised rocks known as stromatolites from more than two-and-a-half billion years ago has provided new insights into the conditions on Earth before the evolution of oxygen.
Led by Northumbria University researcher, Dr Ashley Martin,…
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Misconception of Schizophyllum commune strain 20R-7-F01 origin from subseafloor sediments over 20 million years old
In silico PCR analysis at 34 SSR DNA loci was performed to identify the origins of the S. commune strains 20R-7-F01, Loenen D, and Tattone D12. The analysis of the available PCR products of the experimental strains by the principal component…
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Determining whether a phosphatic concretion containing a Cretaceous juvenile crocodylian is a coprolite or a non-fecal concretion
Bradley, W. H. Coprolites from the bridger formation of Wyoming: Their composition and microörganisms. Am. J. Sci. 244, 215–239. https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.244.3.215 (1946).
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