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Earliest mammals were mostly nocturnal, genomic study shows
Apr 20, 2017 (UPI)
But eyes can adapt to dim-light conditions, and new research shows some of the earliest mammal species evolved powerful nighttime vision. Researchers at Stanfor...
Ancient reptile tracks in the Pyrenees may include evidence of a new type of footprint
Apr 20, 2017 (SPX)
The Permian mass extinction resulted in the loss of 90 percent of species. The environmental and climactic conditions hindered the recovery of vertebrate specie...
Megafaunal extinctions driven by too much moisture
Apr 20, 2017 (SPX)
Research led by the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) at the University of Adelaide, published this week in Nature Ecology and Evolution, has revealed th...
Moisture played a role in megafaunal extinctions
Apr 20, 2017 (SPX)
"The mass extinctions of mega-herbivores across the globe have been an ongoing puzzle for scientists," said professor Matthew Wooller, director of the Alaska St...
Early dinosaur 'cousin' discovered - and it's not like scientists thought it'd be
Apr 17, 2017 (SPX)
"Teleocrater has unexpectedly crocodile-like features that are causing us to completely reassess what we thought about the earliest stages of dinosaur evolution...
Discovery of early, 'croc-like' reptile sheds new light on evolution of dinosaurs
Apr 13, 2017 (SPX)
Described in a paper published in Nature, the carnivorous reptile, Teleocrater rhadinus, was approximately 7- 10 feet in length, had a long neck and tail, and w...
Scientists discover fossil of dinosaur ancestor with surprising croc-like appearance
Apr 13, 2017 (SPX)
The discovery of Teleocrater rhadinus, however, has forced scientists to reassess their ideas. Based on a fossil unearthed in southern Tanzania, these early rel...
As fins evolve to help fish swim, so does the nervous system
Apr 13, 2017 (SPX)
The study, published April 10, 2017 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, combined measurements of fin shape from hundreds of specimens of the...
First oceans may have been acidic
Apr 13, 2017 (SPX)
The model he developed, together with Dr. Aviv Bachan of Stanford University, suggests that the early oceans, right around the time that life originated, were s...
400 million years of a stable relationship
Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)
Walking through a grassy field or forest take a moment to consider what lies beneath the surface. A web of plant roots interacts symbiotically with arbuscular m...
Next Generation TimeTree
Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)
Temple University's scientists Sudhir Kumar and S. Blair Hedges, of the Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine (iGEM) and Center for Biodiversity, hav...
UMD-led study finds ancient Earth's fingerprints in young volcanic rocks
Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)
Earth's mantle is made of solid rock that nonetheless circulates slowly over millions of years. Some geologists assume that this slow circulation would have wip...
Future CO2 and climate warming potentially unprecedented in 420 million years
Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)
New research led by the University of Southampton suggests that, over the next 100 to 200 years, carbon dioxide concentrations in the Earth's atmosphere will he...
Tyrannosaurs show their sensitive side
Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)
A team of researchers, including UNM Honors College Professor Jason R. Moore, has found a new species of tyrannosaur dinosaur - the most popular of the prehisto...
Independent evolutionary origins of complex sociality in marine life
Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)
In the world of evolutionary research, scientists studying the evolution of eusocial societies have traditionally relied on information gathered from studying t...
Monkey business produces rare preserved blood in amber fossils
Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)
Two monkeys grooming each other about 20-30 million years ago may have helped produce a remarkable new find - the first fossilized red blood cells from a mammal...
Rock exposed in World War I trenches offers new fossil find
Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)
An unusual fossil find is giving scientists new ideas about how some of the earliest animals on Earth came to dominate the world's oceans. An international rese...
Discovery of new predatory dinosaur species gives new insight on their evolution
Mar 31, 2017 (SPX)
Jayc Sedlmayr, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, was part of an international t...
Scientists make new discovery about bird evolution
Mar 27, 2017 (SPX)
In a new paper published in National Science Review, a team of scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, the Shandong Tian...
How chewing like a cow helped early mammals thrive
Mar 27, 2017 (SPX)
You probably haven't given much thought to how you chew, but the jaw structure and mechanics of almost all modern mammals may have something to do with why we'r...
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