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Category: Paleontology

This is your brain on arthropod evolution
Paleontology

This is your brain on arthropod evolution

Reference: Moysiuk, J., Caron, J.B. (2022). A three-eyed radiodont with fossilized neuroanatomy informs the origin of the arthropod head and…
September 13, 2022September 12, 2022 Fayth Tan
Motion in the ocean: how did the earliest animals move?
Paleontology

Motion in the ocean: how did the earliest animals move?

Fossils over 500 million years old may give us insight into the evolutionary origin of animal movement. Reference: Wang, X.,…
March 28, 2022March 29, 2022 Fayth Tan
New species of ancient whale discovered in Egypt
Paleontology

New species of ancient whale discovered in Egypt

Forty-three million years ago, ancient semi-aquatic whales roamed coastal seas which have since transformed into the deserts of present-day Egypt.…
September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 Julia Zeh
An ancient dolphin gives a glimpse of the past
Paleontology

An ancient dolphin gives a glimpse of the past

What can fossilized dolphin skeletons tell us about how whales transitioned from land to sea millions of years ago? New…
July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 Julia Zeh
Book Review Natural History Paleontology

A look into the past…and into a gnarly set of teeth

New discoveries are made every day, but ‘new’ does not always mean current. In this case, scientists are using technology…
March 6, 2017 Andrea Schlunk
Evolution Natural History Paleontology Physiology

On the natural history of sex: which came first, internal or external fertilization?

Fish fossils have something surprising to tell us about last night.
November 29, 2014November 29, 2014 Abrahim El Gamal

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