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280 million-year-old fossil reveals origins of chimaeroid fishes
Jan 06, 2017 (SPX)
High-definition CT scans of the fossilized skull of a 280 million-year-old fish reveal the origin of chimaeras, a group of cartilaginous fish related to sharks....
How long did it take to hatch a dinosaur egg
Jan 03, 2017 (SPX)
A human typically gives birth after nine months. An ostrich hatchling emerges from its egg after 42 days. But how long did it take for a baby dinosaur to incuba...
Research on dinosaur embryos reveals that eggs took 3 to 6 months to hatch
Jan 03, 2017 (SPX)
New research on the teeth of fossilized dinosaur embryos indicates that the eggs of non-avian dinosaurs took a long time to hatch - between about three and six ...
A fertilizer dearth foiled animal evolution for eons
Dec 23, 2016 (SPX)
For three billion years or more, the evolution of the first animal life on Earth was ready to happen, practically waiting in the wings. But the breathable oxyge...
New prehistoric bird species discovered
Dec 22, 2016 (SPX)
A team of geologists at the University of Rochester has discovered a new species of bird in the Canadian Arctic. At approximately 90 million years old, the bird...
Dino discovery may explain why birds have beaks
Dec 22, 2016 (AFP)
Scientists in China have identified the first known dinosaur species that grew teeth as juveniles then lost them as adults, a finding that may explain why birds...
Mammals packed a powerful bite during age of dinosaurs
Dec 13, 2016 (SPX)
Move over, hyenas and saber-toothed cats; there's a mammal with an even stronger bite. A new study by Burke Museum and University of Washington paleontologists ...
Feathered tail of baby dinosaur found preserved in amber
Dec 08, 2016 (UPI)
Scientists have discovered the featured tail of a baby dinosaur preserved in amber. Though dinosaur feathers have been found in amber before, the discovery mark...
Tumor found in fossil of 255 million-year-old mammal predecessor
Dec 08, 2016 (UPI)
Researchers from the University of Washington have discovered the earliest evidence of a compound odontoma, a benign tumor made up of tiny tooth-like structures...
Fish fossils reveal how tails evolved, Penn professor finds
Dec 07, 2016 (SPX)
Despite their obvious physical differences, elephants, lizards and trout all have something in common. They possess elongated, flexible structures at the rear o...
Geoscientists find surprising variation in early dinosaurs
Dec 07, 2016 (SPX)
Look out your window, and you may see people of all ages and sizes roaming the street: a 6-foot-5-inch man walking beside a 4-foot-6-inch boy, for example, or a...
Nitrogen in ancient rocks a sign of early life
Dec 06, 2016 (SPX)
Nitrogen is one of the essential nutrients of life on Earth, with some organisms, such as the kinds of microbes found within the roots of legume plants, capable...
Biologists unlock 51.7-million-year-old genetic secret to landmark Darwin theory
Dec 06, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists have identified the cluster of genes responsible for reproductive traits in the Primula flower, first noted as important by Charles Darwin more than ...
Diaphragm much older than expected
Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)
"Evolution has brought up some weird animals, such as the caseids." says Dr. Markus Lambertz, zoologist at the University of Bonn and the Museum Koenig. Caseids...
Oregon team says life in Earth's soils may be older than believed
Nov 21, 2016 (SPX)
Way before trees or lichens evolved, soils on Earth were alive, as revealed by a close examination of microfossils in the desert of northwestern Australia, repo...
Mutation that triggered multicellular life altered protein flexibility
Nov 21, 2016 (SPX)
Just as a boat can be driven off course by a log in its path, a single, random mutation can send life in a new direction. That scenario, says University of Oreg...
Researchers explore gigantic volcanic eruptions that led to mass extinctions
Nov 16, 2016 (SPX)
A paper published in Nature Communications by Virginia Tech researchers confirms a major feature in the formation of large igneous provinces - massive worldwide...
Dinosaur discovery casts light on final flurry of animals' evolution
Nov 11, 2016 (SPX)
A dinosaur fossil that almost went undiscovered is giving scientists valuable clues about a family of creatures that flourished just before the mass extinction....
Dinosaurs' rise was 'more gradual,' new fossil evidence suggests
Nov 11, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers have discovered two small dinosaurs together with a lagerpetid, a group of animals that are recognized as precursors of dinosaurs. The discovery mad...
Life took hold on land 300 million years earlier than thought
Nov 09, 2016 (SPX)
Life took hold on land at least as early as 3.2 billion years ago, suggests a study by scientists from Berlin, Potsdam and Jena (Germany). The team led by Sami ...
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