Tiny fossils reveal how shrinking was essential for successful evolution
A new study published in Nature shows that getting smaller was a key factor contributing to the exceptional evolution of mammals over the ...
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Earth's oldest animals formed complex ecological communities
A new analysis is shedding light on the earth's first macroscopic animals: the 570-million-year-old, enigmatic Ediacara biota. Pale...
Fossils reveal diverse Mesozoic pollinating lacewings
Insect pollination played an important role in the evolution of angiosperms. Little is known, however, about ancient pollination insects an...
Mummified penguins tell of past and future deadly weather
New research links the mummified remains of penguin chicks in Antarctica to two massive weather-related calamities that could become more c...
Study provides roadmap for measuring animal, plant traits to meet biodiversity goals
An international team of researchers has outlined a plan for how to measure changes in key traits of animals and plants and provide these d...
Ptolemaic statue of sphinx discovered in Egypt
Egyptian archaeologists draining water from a temple in the southern city of Aswan have uncovered a sandstone sphinx likely dating to the P...
Remains of two more Neanderthals found in Kurdistan's Shanidar Cave
Archaeologists said on Friday that they have found the fossilized remains of two more Neanderthal adults in the Kurdistan Region's fame...
Vlochos: Ruins of an ancient Greek city scattered atop a hill
“Part of a red figure vase dating from the end of the 6th c. BC was located from the first habitation. It depicts a nude youth facing right...
Thousands of objects discovered in Scandinavia's first Viking city
If you want to know anything about the Viking Age, Ribe, in west Denmark, is the place to go. The bead-makers of 8th century Ribe use...
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