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Category: Paleobiology

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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

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, 2019March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

    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, 2018June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

      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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        A new transitional bird fossil has been found

        Posted on June 29, 2018June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

        In 1870, parts of a fossilized bird were found in Kansas and then described by the American paleontologist Othniel Marsh. This new bird,…

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