Paleo in the News

Is life better as a dog? A philosopher investigates

New Scientist - Wed, 09/11/2024 - 13:00
What is it like to be a dog? And what can we learn from them? Mark Rowlands's take, in his book The Happiness of Dogs, is full of insights, finds Abigail Beall
Categories: Fossils

The Neanderthals may have become extinct because of their isolated lifestyle

Science Daily - Paleontology - Wed, 09/11/2024 - 10:21
Neanderthal remains recently discovered in a cave in France support well-known theory of why the Neanderthals became extinct, researchers behind a new study say.
Categories: Fossils

The Neanderthals may have become extinct because of their isolated lifestyle

Science Daily - Fossils - Wed, 09/11/2024 - 10:21
Neanderthal remains recently discovered in a cave in France support well-known theory of why the Neanderthals became extinct, researchers behind a new study say.
Categories: Fossils

Risky play exercises an ancestral need to push limits

Science Daily - Paleontology - Wed, 09/11/2024 - 10:20
Since their invention in the 1920s, jungle gyms and monkey bars have become both fixtures of playgrounds and symbols of childhood injury that anxious caretakers want removed. Anthropologists mark 100 years of the iconic playground equipment by arguing that risky play exercises a biological need passed on from apes and early humans for children to independently test and expand their physical and cognitive abilities in a context in which injury is possible but avoidable.
Categories: Fossils

Fish size themselves up in a mirror to decide if they can win a fight

New Scientist - Wed, 09/11/2024 - 05:00
Cleaner wrasse use their reflection to build a mental image of their body size, which they use to compare themselves to rivals before picking a fight
Categories: Fossils

Flightless parrot in New Zealand developed different feather colors to evade predatory birds

Science Daily - Paleontology - Tue, 09/10/2024 - 14:59
Aotearoa New Zealand's flightless parrot, the k k p , evolved two different color types to potentially help them avoid detection by a now-extinct apex predator, researchers report.
Categories: Fossils

Ants change the way they build nests to stop diseases spreading

New Scientist - Tue, 09/10/2024 - 12:05
When worker ants are exposed to a pathogenic fungus, they build nests that are more compartmentalised to reduce the risk of an epidemic
Categories: Fossils

How the hidden lives of dinosaurs are being revealed by new technology

New Scientist - Tue, 09/10/2024 - 11:00
From migrating sauropods and semi-aquatic predators to doting parents, palaeontologists are finally uncovering the mysteries of the lifestyles of dinosaurs
Categories: Fossils

Watch eels escape from the stomachs of fish after being swallowed

New Scientist - Mon, 09/09/2024 - 11:00
X-ray videos of Japanese eels swallowed whole by dark sleeper fish have revealed how the eels can make a daring escape from being digested
Categories: Fossils

Endangered wombat's rare encounter with echidna caught on camera

New Scientist - Mon, 09/09/2024 - 10:33
A camera trap at an Australian nature refuge has captured a boisterous interaction between a northern hairy-nosed wombat and an echidna
Categories: Fossils

'Some pterosaurs would flap, others would soar' -- new study further confirms the flight capability of these giants of the skies

Science Daily - Paleontology - Fri, 09/06/2024 - 13:17
Some species of pterosaurs flew by flapping their wings while others soared like vultures, demonstrates a new study. Findings include a new pterosaur with a five-meter wingspan, which is one of the most complete pterosaurs ever recovered from Afro-Arabia.
Categories: Fossils

'Some pterosaurs would flap, others would soar' -- new study further confirms the flight capability of these giants of the skies

Science Daily - Fossils - Fri, 09/06/2024 - 13:17
Some species of pterosaurs flew by flapping their wings while others soared like vultures, demonstrates a new study. Findings include a new pterosaur with a five-meter wingspan, which is one of the most complete pterosaurs ever recovered from Afro-Arabia.
Categories: Fossils

Sharks leap out of the water more often than you might think

New Scientist - Fri, 09/06/2024 - 12:00
Breaching is a common behaviour in a wide range of sharks and rays, and it is thought to have functions related to courtship, birthing and hygiene
Categories: Fossils

Stunningly preserved pterosaur fossils reveal how they soared

New Scientist - Fri, 09/06/2024 - 00:01
The largest pterosaurs, ancient reptiles that were the first vertebrates to master flight, may have mostly soared while smaller ones flapped their wings, a pattern that persists in today's birds
Categories: Fossils

Even simple bacteria can anticipate the changing seasons

New Scientist - Thu, 09/05/2024 - 14:00
Cyanobacteria exposed to shorter days are better at surviving cold conditions, showing that even simple organisms can prepare for the arrival or summer and winter
Categories: Fossils

A podcast explores how sport is drawing the line between men and women

New Scientist - Wed, 09/04/2024 - 13:00
The deeply researched podcast series Tested tells the stories of Namibian sprinter Christine Mboma and Kenya’s Maximila Imali, and how their early successes made their womanhood suspect to some
Categories: Fossils

New Scientist recommends eight-legged musical instrument Sonic Spider

New Scientist - Wed, 09/04/2024 - 13:00
The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week
Categories: Fossils

Close-up photographs of seeds show their intricate beauty

New Scientist - Wed, 09/04/2024 - 13:00
These images are taken from a new book, Seeds: Time capsules of life, which explores how plant life has flourished in the past 360 million years
Categories: Fossils

Chemists explain why dinosaur collagen may have survived for millions of years

Science Daily - Paleontology - Wed, 09/04/2024 - 12:02
Chemists offer a new explanation for how collagen in dinosaur bones may have survived millions of years: An atomic-level interaction prevents its bonds from being broken down by water.
Categories: Fossils

Chemists explain why dinosaur collagen may have survived for millions of years

Science Daily - Dinosaurs - Wed, 09/04/2024 - 12:02
Chemists offer a new explanation for how collagen in dinosaur bones may have survived millions of years: An atomic-level interaction prevents its bonds from being broken down by water.
Categories: Fossils

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