Paleo in the News

Early dingoes are related to dogs from New Guinea and East Asia

Science Daily - Paleontology - Wed, 09/18/2024 - 11:49
New archaeological research has discovered for the first time clear links between fossils of the iconic Australian dingo, and dogs from East Asia and New Guinea.
Categories: Fossils

Early dingoes are related to dogs from New Guinea and East Asia

Science Daily - Fossils - Wed, 09/18/2024 - 11:49
New archaeological research has discovered for the first time clear links between fossils of the iconic Australian dingo, and dogs from East Asia and New Guinea.
Categories: Fossils

Air jacket helps 'scuba-diving' lizards stay underwater for longer

New Scientist - Tue, 09/17/2024 - 19:01
Some lizards dive into streams to escape predators, and a specialised bubble-breathing technique enables them to stay submerged for up to 18 minutes
Categories: Fossils

Some flowers may have evolved long stems to be better ‘seen’ by bats

New Scientist - Tue, 09/17/2024 - 11:00
Echolocating bats can more easily find and pollinate long-stemmed flowers that stand out from the surrounding foliage, which may be why this floral trait evolved
Categories: Fossils

Genomics reveals sled dogs' Siberian lineage

Science Daily - Fossils - Mon, 09/16/2024 - 10:55
New research examines thousands of years of Arctic sled dog ancestry and reveals when and how Siberian and Alaskan sled dogs' DNA mixed.
Categories: Fossils

Tiny chameleon spotted by tourists in Madagascar is new to science

New Scientist - Mon, 09/16/2024 - 05:26
A species of leaf chameleon newly named Brookesia nofy was discovered in a patch of coastal rainforest, a highly threatened habitat in Madagascar
Categories: Fossils

Antidote to deadly pesticides boosts bee survival

New Scientist - Fri, 09/13/2024 - 12:00
Feeding bees edible bits of hydrogel increases their odds of surviving pesticide exposure by 30 per cent
Categories: Fossils

Cats have brain activity recorded with the help of crocheted hats

New Scientist - Fri, 09/13/2024 - 10:00
Custom-made wool caps have enabled scientists to record electroencephalograms in awake cats for the first time, which could help assess their pain levels
Categories: Fossils

How El Nino and mega ocean warming caused the greatest-ever mass extinction

Science Daily - Paleontology - Thu, 09/12/2024 - 13:23
Mega ocean warming El Nino events were key in driving the largest extinction of life on planet Earth some 252 million years ago, according to new research. The study has shed new light on why the effects of rapid climate change in the Permian-Triassic warming were so devastating for all forms of life in the sea and on land.
Categories: Fossils

Trilobite fossils from upstate New York reveal 'extra' set of legs

Science Daily - Paleontology - Thu, 09/12/2024 - 12:58
A new study finds that a trilobite species with exceptionally well-preserved fossils from upstate New York has an additional set of legs underneath its head. The research suggests that having a fifth pair of head appendages might be more widespread among trilobites than once thought and helps researchers better understand how trilobite heads are segmented.
Categories: Fossils

Trilobite fossils from upstate New York reveal 'extra' set of legs

Science Daily - Fossils - Thu, 09/12/2024 - 12:58
A new study finds that a trilobite species with exceptionally well-preserved fossils from upstate New York has an additional set of legs underneath its head. The research suggests that having a fifth pair of head appendages might be more widespread among trilobites than once thought and helps researchers better understand how trilobite heads are segmented.
Categories: Fossils

New fossil fish species scales up evidence of Earth's evolutionary march

Science Daily - Paleontology - Thu, 09/12/2024 - 12:58
Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction -- and plate tectonics also seems to play a key evolutionary role, 'groundbreaking' new fossil research reveals. The discovery of an exceptionally well preserved ancient primitive Devonian coelacanth fish in remote Western Australia has been linked to a period of heightened tectonic activity, or movement in the Earth's crust, according to the new study.
Categories: Fossils

New fossil fish species scales up evidence of Earth's evolutionary march

Science Daily - Fossils - Thu, 09/12/2024 - 12:58
Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction -- and plate tectonics also seems to play a key evolutionary role, 'groundbreaking' new fossil research reveals. The discovery of an exceptionally well preserved ancient primitive Devonian coelacanth fish in remote Western Australia has been linked to a period of heightened tectonic activity, or movement in the Earth's crust, according to the new study.
Categories: Fossils

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

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