Fossils & Ruins News
April 24, 2024
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Apr. 17, 2024 — The fossilized remains of a second gigantic jawbone measuring more than two meters long has been found on a beach in Somerset, ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — A series of whole genome and gene duplication events that go back hundreds of millions of years have laid the foundations for tissue-specific gene expression, according to a new study. The ...
Apr. 1, 2024 — Genomic anamolies dating back to the time of the dinosaurs misled scientists about the evolutionary history of ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — New DNA sequencing technologies have identified the historical remains of George Washington's grandnephews, Samuel Walter Washington and George Steptoe Washington Jr., and their mother, Lucy Payne ...
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Apr. 24, 2024 — A new study has recovered a 3.7-billion-year-old record of Earth's magnetic field, and found that it appears remarkably similar to the field surrounding Earth ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according to the results of a new study. The study focuses on an ancient ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — Palaeontologists have solved a hundred-year-old mystery of how some fossil frogs preserve their fleshy parts -- it's all down to their skin. Palaeontologists studied 45-million-year-old fossil frogs ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Letters written by the famous mountaineer George Mallory have been made available to a global audience for the first time, in the centenary year of his fatal attempt to scale ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — The Dura-Europos site in modern-day Syria is famous for its exceptional state of preservation. Like Pompeii, this ancient city has yielded many great ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have shown that an Amazonian butterfly is a hybrid species, formed by two other species breeding together almost 200,000 years ago. ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — The origin of life continues to remain a matter of debate. The ribonucleic acid (RNA) world hypothesis proposes that 'ribozymes' which store genetic ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — A detailed reconstruction of climate during the most recent ice age, when a large swath of North America was covered in ice, provides information on ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Mountain chickadees have among the best spatial memory in the animal kingdom. New research identifies the genes at play and offers insight into how a shifting climate may impact the evolution of this ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Marine communities migrated to Antarctica during the Earth's warmest period in 66 million years long before a mass-extinction ...
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Apr. 17, 2024 — New research has highlighted an area in Arabia that once acted as a key point for cultural exchanges and trades amongst ancient people -- and it all took place in vast caves and lava tubes that have ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have identified a variant in the gene TBX1 as key in the development of the unique morphology at the base of the skull. TBX1 is present at higher levels in humans than in closely related ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Competition between species played a major role in the rise and fall of hominins -- and produced a 'bizarre' evolutionary pattern for the Homo lineage -- according to a new study that ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — According to a research team led by palaeontologists, the net-like leaf veining typical for today's flowering plants developed much earlier than previously thought, but died out again several ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — A new study charts the family history of Arabica, the world's most popular coffee species, through Earth's heating and cooling periods over the last ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Sport junkie or couch potato? Always on time or often late? The animal kingdom, too, is home to a range of personalities, each with its own lifestyle. Biologists report on a surprising discovery: ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Palaeontologists have described three unusual new species of giant fossil kangaroo from Australia and New Guinea, finding them more diverse in shape, range and hopping method than previously thought. ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — A deep dive into macroalgae genetics has uncovered the genetic underpinnings that enabled macroalgae, or 'seaweed,' to evolve multicellularity. Three lineages of macroalgae developed ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Traces of DNA in the stomachs of predatory snails give a team og geobiologists new insights into the ecology of ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — New evidence of one of the first cities in the Pacific shows they were established much earlier than previously thought, according to new research. The study used aerial laser scanning to map ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — Astrophysicists shed light on the relationship between the Milky Way and the Egyptian sky-goddess Nut. The paper draws on ancient Egyptian texts and simulations to argue that the Milky Way might have ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — Early jawless fish were likely to have used bony projections surrounding their mouths to modify the mouth's shape while they collected food. Experts have used CT scanning techniques to build up ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — As the centennial of the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 approaches, a new study illustrates that the attitudes of Americans in Generation X toward evolution shifted as they ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — The first birdfeeders were made in the 19th century, and their design rapidly evolved during the 20th century. Researchers at the consider the evolution of the birdfeeder to be an example of ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — Through the ages, the presence of humans has increased the heterogeneity and complexity of ecosystems and has often had a positive effect on their ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — Several similar large, fossilized bone fragments have been discovered in various regions across Western and Central Europe since the 19th century. The animal group to which they belonged is still the ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Byzantine bullion fueled Europe's revolutionary adoption of silver coins in the mid-7th century, only to be overtaken by silver from a mine in Charlemagne's Francia a century later, new ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Genetic analysis finds evidence suggesting that acoustic fat bodies in the heads of toothed whales were once the muscles and bone marrow of the ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Antarctica harbors a large concentration of meteorites imbuing the icy continent with an unparalleled wealth of information on our solar system. However, these precious meteorites are rapidly ...
Apr. 5, 2024 — A new reconstruction of the 375-million-year-old fossil fish Tiktaalik -- a close relative of limbed vertebrates -- used micro-CT to reveal bones still embedded in matrix. The reconstruction shows ...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- First Evidence of Human Occupation in Lava Tube Cave in Saudi Arabia
- Genetic Variant Identified That Shaped the Human Skull Base
- Interspecies Competition Led to Even More Forms of Ancient Human -- Defying Evolutionary Trends in Vertebrates
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Seed Ferns: Plants Experimented With Complex Leaf Vein Networks 201 Million Years Ago
- Newly Sequenced Genome Reveals Coffee's Prehistoric Origin Story -- And Its Future Under Climate Change
Monday, April 15, 2024
- Even the Simplest Marine Organisms Tend to Be Individualistic
- Digging Up New Species of Australia and New Guinea's Giant Fossil Kangaroos
Friday, April 12, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Pacific Cities Much Older Than Previously Thought
- The Hidden Role of the Milky Way in Ancient Egyptian Mythology
- 3D Mouth of an Ancient Jawless Fish Suggests They Were Filter-Feeders, Not Scavengers or Hunters
- The Evolving Attitudes of Gen X Toward Evolution
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- Birdfeeders Are Designed to Keep Unwanted Guests Away
- Humans Can Increase Biodiversity, Archaeological Study Shows
- Do Some Mysterious Bones Belong to Gigantic Ichthyosaurs?
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Early Medieval Money Mystery Solved
- Toothed Whale Echolocation Organs Evolved from Jaw Muscles
- Climate Change Threatens Antarctic Meteorites
Friday, April 5, 2024
- In the Evolution of Walking, the Hip Bone Connected to the Rib Bones
- Dinosaur Study Challenges Bergmann's Rule
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Finds at Schöningen Show Wood Was Crucial Raw Material 300,000 Years Ago
- Britain Began Industrializing in the 17th Century -- Over a 100 Years Earlier Than History Books Claim
- Tracing the Largest Solar Storm in Modern Times from Tree Rings in Lapland
- Heat Flows the Secret to Order in Prebiotic Molecular Kitchen
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- New Step in Tectonic Squeeze That Turns Seafloor Into Mountains
- Last Chance to Record Archaic Greek Language 'heading for Extinction'
- When Did the Chicken Cross the Road? New Evidence from Central Asia
- Australia on Track for Unprecedented, Decades-Long Megadroughts
Monday, April 1, 2024
- Canada Lynx Historic Range in US Likely Wider Than Previously Thought
- Mosquito Detectives Track Malaria's History
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Milk on Ice: Antarctic Time Capsule of Whole Milk Powder Sheds Light on the Enduring Qualities--and Evolution--of Dairy Products Past and Present
- Evolution of the Most Powerful Ocean Current on Earth
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Uncovering the Mystery of Dorset's Cerne Giant
- Persian Plateau Unveiled as Crucial Hub for Early Human Migration out of Africa
- New Archive of Ancient Human Brains Challenges Misconceptions of Soft Tissue Preservation
Friday, March 22, 2024
- Natural Recycling at the Origin of Life
- Enormous Ice Loss from Greenland Glacier
- Scientists Uncover Evidence That Microplastics Are Contaminating Archaeological Remains
- Research Uncovers a Rare Resin Fossil Find: A Spider That Aspires to Be an Ant
- Tudor Era Horse Cemetery in Westminster Revealed as Likely Resting Place for Elite Imported Animals
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Rays Were More Diverse 150 Million Years Ago Than Previously Thought
- New Geological Study: Scandinavia Was Born in Greenland
- Researchers Name Prehistoric Amphibian Ancestor Discovered in Smithsonian Collection After Kermit the Frog
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- The First Neolithic Boats in the Mediterranean
- Ancient Giant Dolphin Discovered in the Amazon
- Toba Supereruption Unveils New Insights Into Early Human Migration
- Across Oceans and Millennia: Decoding the Origin and History of the Bottle Gourd
- Study Reveals 'cozy Domesticity' Of Prehistoric Stilt-House Dwellers in England's Ancient Marshland
- Sea Surface Temperature Research Provides Clear Evidence of Human-Caused Climate Change
Monday, March 18, 2024
- Tanks of the Triassic: New Crocodile Ancestor Identified
- Harnessing Hydrogen at Life's Origin
- A Wetter World Recorded in Australian Coral Colony
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Alaska Dinosaur Tracks Reveal a Lush, Wet Environment
- Higher Carnivorous Dinosaur Biodiversity of Famous Kem Kem Beds, Morocco
- Gene Flow in Giraffes and What It Means for Their Conservation
Friday, March 8, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
- New Study Reveals Insight Into Which Animals Are Most Vulnerable to Extinction Due to Climate Change
- Rock Weathering and Climate: Low-Relief Mountain Ranges Are Largest Carbon Sinks
- Earth's Earliest Forest Revealed in Somerset Fossils
- Lost Tombs and Quarries Rediscovered on British Military Base in Cyprus
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- Fossils of Giant Sea Lizard With Dagger-Like Teeth Show How Our Oceans Have Fundamentally Changed Since the Dinosaur Era
- Fossil Named 'Attenborough's Strange Bird' Was the First in Its Kind Without Teeth
Monday, March 4, 2024
- Modeling the Origins of Life: New Evidence for an 'RNA World'
- An Evolutionary Mystery 125 Million Years in the Making
Friday, March 1, 2024
- Glacier Shrinkage Is Causing a 'green Transition'
- Researchers Create Method to Detect Cases of Anemia in Archaeological Remains
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Scientists ID Burned Bodies Using Technique Used for Extracting DNA from Woolly Mammoths, Neanderthals
- Mercury Rising: Study Sheds New Light on Ancient Volcanoes' Environmental Impact
- Microbial Viruses Act as Secret Drivers of Climate Change
- Slimming Down a Colossal Fossil Whale
- How First Cells Could Have Formed on Earth
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- Climate Change Threatens Thousands of Archaeological Sites in Coastal Georgia
- How Molecular 'handedness' Emerged in Early Biology
- Experiment Captures Why Pottery Forms Are Culturally Distinct
- Change in Gene Code May Explain How Human Ancestors Lost Tails
- Plant Seed and Fruit Analysis from the Biblical Home of Goliath Sheds Unprecedented Light on Philistine Ritual Practices
Monday, February 26, 2024
Thursday, February 22, 2024
- Killer Instinct Drove Evolution of Mammals' Predatory Ancestors
- Compound Vital for All Life Likely Played a Role in Life's Origin
- Snakes Do It Faster, Better: How a Group of Scaly, Legless Lizards Hit the Evolutionary Jackpot
- Biggest Holocene Volcano Eruption Found by Seabed Survey
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- High Resolution Techniques Reveal Clues in 3.5 Billion-Year-Old Biomass
- Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats Has Long Been in Flux
- Butterfly and Moth Genomes Mostly Unchanged Despite 250 Million Years of Evolution
- An Awkward Family Reunion: Sea Monsters Are Our Cousins
- Did Neanderthals Use Glue? Researchers Find Evidence That Sticks
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Panama Canal Expansion Rewrites History of World's Most Ecologically Diverse Bats
- Ancient DNA Reveals Down Syndrome in Past Human Societies