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Ancient amphibians bounced back from the Earth’s biggest mass extinction by utilizing freshwater prey, research suggests
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The ancient frog parent survived the aftermath of the species’ biggest mass extinction by eating freshwater prey that was discovered by Bristolian scholars, avoiding terrestrial predators. Their findings published in the Open Science of the Journal of the Royal Society of Post-Permian Temnospondil Restoration Ecology – Large Triassic Extinctions, suggest that amphibian success lies in generalist…
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Giant Ice Bulldozer: How Ancient Glaciers Helped the Evolution of Life
Ancient glaciers formed the surface of the Earth, paving the way for complex life. Credit: Chris Kirkland A new study from Curtin University revealed how giant ancient glaciers behave like giant bulldozers, remake the surface of the Earth, paving the way for complex life to flourish. The study entitled “The Neoproterozoic Glacial Broom” is published in Geology. By chemically analyzing…
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The report records the devastation of Palmyra, an ancient city registered as a World Heritage Site, after the collapse of Assad’s regime.
Photos of Baal Shamin Temple before and after the bombing. Credit: Hasan Ali 2007, Mohammed Fares 2025 Palmyra is one of the most famous sites in Syria for its extraordinary heritage and archaeological sites. The city, which was engraved on the World Heritage List in 1980, saw many of its heritage being destroyed during the war. Following the release of…
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“Woody”, spicy”, “sweet”: the smell of the mummified body of ancient Egypt reveals new insights into the practice of preservatives
Dr. Emma Perlin Ljubljana University students set up device sampling for aromas. Credit: Abdelrazek Elnaggar Mummified remains in ancient Egypt smell “woody”, “spicy” and “sweet” and find new research led by researchers from UCL and Ljubljana University, revealing new details on mummification practices . The study, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, combines the smell of a…
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Ancient DNA sheds light on hidden European migrations of the first millennium AD
The paper identifies three waves of migration across Europe. Credit: Leo Speidel, Francis Crick Institute A study led by the Francis Crick Institute, using a more precise method of analyzing ancestry using ancient DNA, has revealed that there was a wave of human migration across Europe in the first millennium AD. Researchers can piece together how people moved around the…
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It turns out that the Denali fault tore apart the connection between two ancient continents
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Three sites that stretch along a roughly 620-mile stretch of what is now the Denali Fault were once small, unified geological features that marked the eventual joining of two landmasses, according to a new study. The landscape was then torn apart by millions of years of tectonic activity. The study, led by Associate Professor Sean Regan…
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Ancient genes pinpoint when humans and Neanderthals intermingled
This image provided by the Prague National Museum shows the skull of an ancient hominin called Zlaty Kush, originally discovered in the Koněprus Cave in the Czech Republic. Credit: Marek Jantač/National Museum, Prague, via AP Neanderthals and humans likely intermingled during a narrow period of time 45,000 years ago, scientists reported Thursday. Researchers analyzed ancient genes to pinpoint when the…
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Buried landforms reveal ancient glacial past of North Sea
Credit: CC0 Public Domain An international research team including glaciologists from the University of Newcastle in the UK has discovered an extremely well-preserved glacial landform buried approximately one kilometer underground in the North Sea. Researchers used sound wave data, known as seismic data, to reveal Ice Age landforms buried under almost 1km of mud in the North Sea. The results,…
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The oldest alphabet discovered in the ancient city of Syria
During excavations in the ancient city of Umm El Mara, a clay object approximately the size of a finger was discovered. The carved symbols may be part of the oldest known alphabet. Credit: Glenn Schwartz, Johns Hopkins University What may be the earliest evidence of human alphabetic writing has been carved into a finger-long clay cylinder excavated from a Syrian…
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Ancient climate research links past ocean acidification to current trends
SST proxy of PETM and paleoposition of CaCO3 dataset. Credit: Nature Geoscience (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-024-01579-y A research team led by Professor Li Mingsong from Peking University has provided new insights into the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) and its impact on ocean chemistry. The study, published in Nature Geoscience and titled “Coupled decline in ocean pH and carbonate saturation during the…
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