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Professor helps discover global gap in geologic record

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About 34 million years ago, Earth began to cool dramatically, transforming the climate from greenhouse to icehouse and causing sea levels to fall. As more land was exposed to weathering forces, copious amounts of sediment likely...

Smallest dinosaur egg ever found confirmed in China

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A team of paleontologists, geoscientists and evolutionary specialists affiliated with multiple institutions in China has found that a fossilized egg unearthed in 2021 is the smallest dinosaur egg ever found. In their paper published in the journal Historical Biology, the...

Giant meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago may have aided early life

ASTRONOMY
Billions of years ago, long before anything resembling life as we know it existed, meteorites frequently pummeled the planet. One such space rock crashed down about 3.26 billion years ago, and even today, it's revealing secrets...

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Could life exist below Mars ice? Study proposes possibilities

MARS
While actual evidence for life on Mars has never been found, a new NASA study proposes microbes could find a potential home beneath frozen water on the planet's surface. Through computer modeling, the study's authors have shown...

Rare fossils of extinct elephant document the earliest known instance of butchery in India

PALEONTOLOGY
During the late middle Pleistocene, between 300 and 400 thousand years ago, at least three ancient elephant relatives died near a river in the Kashmir Valley of South Asia. Not long after, they were covered in...

Smallest dinosaur egg ever found confirmed in China

Uncategorized
A team of paleontologists, geoscientists and evolutionary specialists affiliated with multiple institutions in China has found that a fossilized egg unearthed in 2021 is the smallest dinosaur egg ever found. In their paper published in the journal Historical Biology, the...

PALEONTOLOGY

Rare fossils of extinct elephant document the earliest known instance of butchery in India

PALEONTOLOGY
During the late middle Pleistocene, between 300 and 400 thousand years ago, at least three ancient elephant relatives died near a river in the Kashmir Valley of South Asia. Not long after, they were covered in...

Rare fossils of extinct elephant document the earliest known instance of butchery in India

PALEONTOLOGY
During the late middle Pleistocene, between 300 and 400 thousand years ago, at least three ancient elephant relatives died near a river in the Kashmir Valley of South Asia. Not long after, they were covered in...

Smallest dinosaur egg ever found confirmed in China

Uncategorized
A team of paleontologists, geoscientists and evolutionary specialists affiliated with multiple institutions in China has found that a fossilized egg unearthed in 2021 is the smallest dinosaur egg ever found. In their paper published in the journal Historical Biology, the...

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Island arcs study reveals ancient connections between ocean chemistry and volcanic rocks

VOLCANOES
Bringing a novel approach to a classic problem, researchers have revealed how changes in ocean chemistry over the past 2 billion years have left...

Rare fossils of extinct elephant document the earliest known instance of butchery in India

PALEONTOLOGY
During the late middle Pleistocene, between 300 and 400 thousand years ago, at least three ancient elephant relatives died near a river in the...

Smallest dinosaur egg ever found confirmed in China

Uncategorized
A team of paleontologists, geoscientists and evolutionary specialists affiliated with multiple institutions in China has found that a fossilized egg unearthed in 2021 is...

Giant meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago may have aided early life

ASTRONOMY
Billions of years ago, long before anything resembling life as we know it existed, meteorites frequently pummeled the planet. One such space rock crashed...

Each glacier has a unique organic matter composition, study reveals

OCEANOGRAPHY
Melting glaciers release more than just water. Organic matter once trapped in ice can run into streams and rivers, where it becomes food for...

New research shows most space rocks crashing into Earth come from a single source

ASTRONOMY
The sight of a fireball streaking across the sky brings wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. It's a reminder that Earth is...
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