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Fossil site shows impact of early Jurassic's low oxygen oceans
2017-07-15 06:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] IMAGE: Before the low oxygen period, bivalves were larger and more numerous. Credit: The University of Texas at Austin/Rowan Martindale Using a combination of fossils and chemical markers, scientists have tracked how a period of globally low ocean-oxygen…
Fern fossil data clarifies origination and extinction of species
2017-07-06 06:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] IMAGE: Tree ferns still occupy the tropical moist forests in Australia, even though they shared their 'golden age' with dinosaurs. Credit: Samuli Lehtonen Throughout the history of life, new groups of species have flourished at the expense of ear…
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Rare, exceptionally preserved fossil reveals lifestyle of ancient armor-plated reptile
2017-06-30 06:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] IMAGE: This is a life reconstruction of Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi based on new specimen PIMUZ A/III 4380. Credit: (Credits: Beat Scheffold; Palaeontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Switzerland). An exceptionally-preserved fossil from …
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Charred flowers and the fossil record
2017-06-13 06:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] IMAGE: Figure 1 from Hudspith and Belcher: Grayscale photographs of post-burn residues containing char and ash from flowers and associated vegetative material. A: Spikes of Anemopsis californica. B: Spadix of Spathiphyllum… Credit: Geology, …
The first Homo sapiens fossil
2017-06-07 06:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] IMAGE:Â These are two views of a composite reconstruction of the earliest known Homo sapiens fossils from Jebel Irhoud (Morocco) based on micro computed tomographic scans of multiple original fossils. Credit: Philipp Gunz, MPI EVA Leipzig (License…
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