Tag: ancestors

An interdisciplinary research team led by scientists from Freie Universität Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology has shown how deep lakes formed more than 9,500 years ago in the craters of the Tibesti Mountains...
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir on Sunday, causing about a dozen buildings to collapse, an official said. At least one person was trapped in the debris of a collapsed building. The earthquake,...

Tiny cut marks on animal bone fossils reveal that human ancestors were in Romania 1.95 million years ago

Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil's surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated by a strong light...

How dinosaur extinctions created an environment that contributed to our fruit-eating primate ancestors

The extinction of the largest dinosaurs to walk the Earth may have played a critical role in creating an environment that helped fruits evolve,...

Three new ancestors added to Tasmanian tiger’s storyline

Eighty-eight years ago today, the last of the Tasmanian tigers, also known as the Thylacine, died in the Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart. Now scientists...

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