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Category: Paleobiology

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Could we find evidence for life in fool’s gold?

Posted on November 21, 2022January 12, 2023 by Garrett Campion 422 views

Scientists looked for biosignatures in fool's gold from a Mars-like environment . They found small filaments within the rock that may once…

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    Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are way older than penicillin

    Posted on February 10, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 701 views

    Remember the classic chases where Wile E. Coyote tries to catch Roadrunner but is often outsmarted? It turns out that bacteria have to…

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      What the velociraptor’s brain tells us about its diet

      Posted on April 30, 2021October 24, 2022 by Logan King 1k views

      The brain of one of popular culture’s most infamous dinosaurs helps to clarify its diet and hearing range.

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        Giant dinosaur tracks found in a cave in France

        Posted on March 15, 2021November 2, 2022 by Gina Misra 1k views

        Sauropods were previously thought to have had their heyday in the Late Jurassic period. Recent fossil evidence says it was probably much…

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          This fossil is the last common ancestor of worms

          Posted on February 15, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 866 views

          When did simple life become more complex, such as the modern animals we see today? A recent study may have uncovered evidence for one of…

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            Ancient Microbes reveal Earth’s response to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs

            Posted on July 28, 2020October 24, 2022 by Andrea Corpolongo 644 views

            Scientists study organic material from the Chicxulub crater to identify the microbes that lived within it, to understand what happened to…

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              Scientists discover cockroach fossils from the dinosaur age

              Posted on June 17, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 1k views

              Two new species of cave dwelling cockroaches have been discovered from a cave in Myanmar. They have been dated to be 99 million years old…

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                A new way to look for signs of ancient life on Earth and Mars

                Posted on June 5, 2020October 24, 2022 by Andrea Corpolongo 677 views

                The Mars 2020 mission involves sending a rover, named Perseverance, to Mars to look for evidence of past life on that planet. Perseverance…

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                  Are the building blocks of life at the bottom of the sea?

                  Posted on May 15, 2019October 24, 2022 by Osama Alian 270 views

                  Scientists recreated a deep-ocean environment where underwater volcanoes spew heat and chemicals to test whether or not biological molecules…

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                    New understanding of an ancient man and his tools

                    Posted on July 23, 2018October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 340 views

                    During the last days of the summer of 1991, tourists hiking in the Ötztal Alps near the Italy – Austria border found the remains of…

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