Paleo in the News

Sea lion cameras record amazing predator's view of the ocean

New Scientist - Wed, 08/07/2024 - 00:00
Eight Australian sea lions were fitted with cameras and trackers to capture unprecedented insights into their behaviour and the marine habitats where they hunt
Categories: Fossils

Carvings at ancient monument may be world's oldest calendars

Science Daily - Fossils - Tue, 08/06/2024 - 12:12
Markings on a stone pillar at a 12,000 year-old archaeological site in Turkey likely represent the world's oldest solar calendar, created as a memorial to a devastating comet strike, experts suggest.
Categories: Fossils

Smallest arm bone in human fossil record sheds light on the dawn of Homo floresiensis

Science Daily - Paleontology - Tue, 08/06/2024 - 12:11
A new study reports the discovery of extremely rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island of Flores, including an astonishingly small adult limb bone. Dated to about 700,000 years old, the new findings shed light on the evolution of Homo floresiensis, the so-called 'Hobbits' of Flores whose remains were uncovered in 2003 at Liang Bua cave in the island's west.
Categories: Fossils

Smallest arm bone in human fossil record sheds light on the dawn of Homo floresiensis

Science Daily - Fossils - Tue, 08/06/2024 - 12:11
A new study reports the discovery of extremely rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island of Flores, including an astonishingly small adult limb bone. Dated to about 700,000 years old, the new findings shed light on the evolution of Homo floresiensis, the so-called 'Hobbits' of Flores whose remains were uncovered in 2003 at Liang Bua cave in the island's west.
Categories: Fossils

Greenland fossil discovery reveals increased risk of sea-level catastrophe

Science Daily - Paleontology - Mon, 08/05/2024 - 15:44
Seeds, twigs, and insect parts found under two miles of ice confirm Greenland's ice sheet melted in the recent past, the first direct evidence that the center -- not just the edges -- of the two-mile-deep ice melted away in the recent geological past. The new research indicates that the giant ice sheet is more fragile than scientists had realized until the last few years -- and reveals increased risk of sea-level catastrophe in a warmer future.
Categories: Fossils

Are horses in equestrian sports being harmed by bending their necks?

New Scientist - Fri, 08/02/2024 - 17:24
Horses experience hyperflexion when their necks bend far towards their chests – forcing this position can hurt a horse but when it happens naturally it can be harmless
Categories: Fossils

Charles Darwin’s frogs turn mating upside down

New Scientist - Fri, 08/02/2024 - 14:14
Turning around and backing up out of pools found in tree hollows may help mating Charles Darwin’s frogs find a safe place to lay their eggs while fending off competitive males
Categories: Fossils

Fossil shows how penguins' wings evolved

Science Daily - Paleontology - Fri, 08/02/2024 - 12:29
A tiny fossil penguin plays a huge role in the evolutionary history of the bird, an international study shows.
Categories: Fossils

Fossil shows how penguins' wings evolved

Science Daily - Fossils - Fri, 08/02/2024 - 12:29
A tiny fossil penguin plays a huge role in the evolutionary history of the bird, an international study shows.
Categories: Fossils

Sea level changes shaped early life on Earth, fossil study reveals

Science Daily - Paleontology - Fri, 08/02/2024 - 12:29
Shifts in the Earth's continental plates that drove long-term changes in sea level set the stage for the evolution of the earliest animals on Earth, a study suggests.
Categories: Fossils

Sea level changes shaped early life on Earth, fossil study reveals

Science Daily - Fossils - Fri, 08/02/2024 - 12:29
Shifts in the Earth's continental plates that drove long-term changes in sea level set the stage for the evolution of the earliest animals on Earth, a study suggests.
Categories: Fossils

Half a billion-year-old spiny slug reveals the origins of mollusks

Science Daily - Paleontology - Thu, 08/01/2024 - 13:21
Exceptional fossils with preserved soft parts reveal that the earliest mollusks were flat, armored slugs without shells. The new species, Shishania aculeata, was covered with hollow, organic, cone-shaped spines. The fossils preserve exceptionally rare detailed features which reveal that these spines were produced using a sophisticated secretion system that is shared with annelids (earthworms and relatives).
Categories: Fossils

Half a billion-year-old spiny slug reveals the origins of mollusks

Science Daily - Fossils - Thu, 08/01/2024 - 13:21
Exceptional fossils with preserved soft parts reveal that the earliest mollusks were flat, armored slugs without shells. The new species, Shishania aculeata, was covered with hollow, organic, cone-shaped spines. The fossils preserve exceptionally rare detailed features which reveal that these spines were produced using a sophisticated secretion system that is shared with annelids (earthworms and relatives).
Categories: Fossils

Donald Johanson: Unearthing Lucy changed my life and the world

New Scientist - Thu, 08/01/2024 - 10:01
This year marks half a century since the discovery of Lucy, a hominid fossil that would go on to drastically alter our understanding of human evolution. The man who unearthed her, Donald Johanson, shares more about the momentous excavation and the legacy it has left.
Categories: Fossils

Algae transformed into a 'biofactory' for green fuel and plastics

New Scientist - Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
A strain of green algae has been artificially evolved to turn carbon dioxide into sustainable fuel and plastic
Categories: Fossils

The inside story of heroic efforts to save three bird species

New Scientist - Wed, 07/31/2024 - 13:00
The graft involved in trying to bring the peregrine falcon, Hawaiian crow and California condor back from the brink in the US makes for compelling reading in Feather Trails by Sophie Osborn
Categories: Fossils

We have discovered an entirely new kind of wood

New Scientist - Tue, 07/30/2024 - 20:00
Tulip trees have a structure that is somewhere between hardwood and softwood – called "midwood" – which could increase their ability to store carbon
Categories: Fossils

Oldest rocks on Earth may contain strange and ancient life forms

New Scientist - Tue, 07/30/2024 - 05:00
Fossils in rocks that are 3.8 billion years old have puzzled biologists as they look nothing like modern cells, but now it seems they may be an ancient precursor life form that was unable to control its structure
Categories: Fossils

Scientists untangle interactions between the Earth's early life forms and the environment over 500 million years

Science Daily - Paleontology - Mon, 07/29/2024 - 16:33
The atmosphere, the ocean and life on Earth interacted over the past 500-plus million years in ways that improved conditions for early organisms to thrive. Now, an interdisciplinary team of scientists has produced a perspective article of this co-evolutionary history.
Categories: Fossils

Scientists untangle interactions between the Earth's early life forms and the environment over 500 million years

Science Daily - Fossils - Mon, 07/29/2024 - 16:33
The atmosphere, the ocean and life on Earth interacted over the past 500-plus million years in ways that improved conditions for early organisms to thrive. Now, an interdisciplinary team of scientists has produced a perspective article of this co-evolutionary history.
Categories: Fossils

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