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First evidence of ancient birds nesting above the Arctic circle
Tiny bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds started breeding and nesting in the Arctic 30 million years earlier than ...
Oxygenation in the ocean may have occurred earlier than previously thought, offering new insights into Earth's evolution
Several key moments in Earth's history help us humans answer the question "How did we get here?" These moments also shed ...
Long shot science leads to revised age for land-animal ancestor
In 1984, an amateur paleontologist in Scotland found a remarkable specimen: a nearly complete fossil of what looked to be a ...
Fossils found in North America reveal new species of 'very odd' sea monster: Scientists
A prehistoric sea monster never-before-known to man was hunting prey in North America 85 million years ago, fossils found decades ago in Canada reveal.
New Scientist on MSN12h
Fossils show puzzling lack of evolution during last ice age peak
Thousands of fossils from the La Brea tar pits in California show no signs of mammals and birds evolving in response to ...
Science Daily7h
Rock record illuminates oxygen history
A new study reveals that the aerobic nitrogen cycle in the ocean may have occurred about 100 million years before oxygen began to significantly accumulate in the atmosphere, based on nitrogen isotope ...
Indian Defence Review on MSN13h
Scientists Just Discovered a 57-Million-Year-Old Giant Penguin That Ruled the Southern Oceans
This 350-pound penguin from 57 million years ago could outswim sharks, outweigh Shaq, and change everything we thought we ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN17h
Competition, Technology, and the Surprising Branching of Our Human Family Tree: How New Models and Fossil Data Rewrite Hominin Evolution
The more species of Homo there were, the higher the rate of speciation. So when those niches got filled, something drove even more species to emerge. This is almost unparalleled in evolutionary ...