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First ever report of two ancient ape species cohabiting in Miocene Europe 11 million years ago

PALEONTOLOGY
Ancient apes in Germany co-existed by partitioning resources in their environment, according to a study published June 7, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS...

Ancient crustal weaknesses contribute to modern earthquakes in West Africa, study finds

EARTHQUAKES
Though it was the site of active tectonics 140 million years ago, today, the coast of West Africa is a passive margin, far from...

Discovery of ancient Glaswegian shrimp fossil reveals new species

PALEONTOLOGY
A short but robust little shrimp may have died out over 330 million years ago during the Carboniferous period, but the rare Scottish shellfish...

New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars

MARS
A research team using the ChemCam instrument onboard NASA's Curiosity rover discovered higher-than-usual amounts of manganese in lakebed rocks within Gale Crater on Mars,...

Ancient giant tortoise fossils found in Colombian Andes

PALEONTOLOGY
Paleontologists have discovered giant tortoise fossils in Colombia dating back some 57 million years, the university leading the excavation said, with the findings key...

Discovery of new ancient giant snake in India

PALEONTOLOGY
A new ancient species of snake dubbed Vasuki Indicus, which lived around 47 million years ago in the state of Gujarat in India, may...

Ancient giant dolphin discovered in the Amazon

PALEONTOLOGY
Paleontologists from the University of Zurich have announced the discovery of a new species of freshwater dolphin in the Peruvian Amazon region. Surprisingly, its...

Mercury rising: Study sheds new light on ancient volcanoes’ environmental impact

VOLCANOES
Massive volcanic events in Earth's history that released large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere frequently correlate with periods of severe environmental change and...

New species of ancient vampire squid unearthed in Luxembourg

PALEONTOLOGY
A trio of paleontologists in Germany has found a fossilized vampire squid that they dated to 183 million years ago. In their paper published...

Little groundwater recharge in ancient Mars aquifer, according to new models

MARS
Mars was once a wet world. The geological record of the Red Planet shows evidence for water flowing on the surface—from river deltas to...

An ancient Australian air-breathing fish from 380 million years ago

PALEONTOLOGY
Alice Spring's Finke River (Larapinta), often cited as one of the oldest rivers in the world, once hosted waters teeming with bizarre animals—including a...

New species of ancient feline discovered in Spain

PALEONTOLOGY
A small team of paleontologists at Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC has discovered a new species of ancient feline based on study of a...
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