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Ancient Scottish Fossils Push Back Tetrapod Timeline
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2025 In 1984, an amateur fossil hunter in Scotland uncovered a near-complete specimen that reshaped scientists' understanding of early land vertebrates. The small creature, just 20 centimeters long, turned out to be a crucial transitional species known as Westlothiana lizziae. For decades, researchers debated its true age and place in evolutionary history. New research from the University of Texas at Austin reveals that the Westlothiana lizziae and similar ancient salamander-like creatures are 14 milli ... read more |
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Rock record illuminates oxygen historySyracuse NY (SPX) Jun 02, 2025 Several key moments in Earth's history help us humans answer the question, "How did we get here?" These moments also shed light on the question, "Where are we going"? - offering scientists deeper in ... more 
Redrawing the Evolutionary Timeline of Reptiles with New Fossil EvidenceSydney, Australia (SPX) May 15, 2025 New fossil evidence from Australia has pushed the origin of reptiles on Earth back by up to 40 million years, significantly revising the timeline of vertebrate evolution. Researchers from Flinders U ... more 
Ancient Fossil Tracks Push Back Reptile Evolution by 40 Million YearsSydney, Australia (SPX) May 15, 2025 Fossil tracks uncovered in the Mansfield district of northern Victoria, Australia, indicate that reptiles may have appeared on Earth up to 40 million years earlier than previously believed. These ne ... more
New Fossil Find Reveals 506-Million-Year-Old Predator in Burgess ShaleLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 14, 2025 Palaeontologists from the Manitoba Museum and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) have identified a newly discovered 506-million-year-old predator from the Burgess Shale in Canada. The findings, publishe ... more |
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Molecule's "fingerprint" may help explain formation of life on earthSaskatoon, Canada (SPX) Mar 24, 2025 The chemical element sulphur is essential for all life forms and is a building block of proteins and amino acids. By studying sulphur-based molecules in space, scientists are working to understand t ... more 
Ivory Coast's epochal prehistoric finds pass unseenAbidjan (AFP) Mar 18, 2025 In the streets of Anyama, children play and braziers smoke on corners. There is little to show that the ground of this everyday Ivory Coast neighbourhood conceals seminal prehistoric treasures. ... more 
'Microlightning' in water droplets may have sparked life on EarthStanford CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2025 Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but from many smaller "microlightning" exchanges among water droplets from crashing waterfalls or breaking waves. New re ... more 
Nearby Supernovae Linked to Two Ancient Earth ExtinctionsLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2025 A recent study suggests that at least two of Earth's mass extinctions may have been triggered by the powerful effects of nearby supernova explosions. Researchers at Keele University propose that the ... more 
Anomaly in Deep Sea Sediments May Serve as Geological Time MarkerBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 12, 2025 Beryllium-10, a rare radioactive isotope formed by cosmic rays in the atmosphere, is providing new insights into Earth's geological past. A research team from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendor ... more |
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How life's building blocks formed on early Earth examined through polyester protocell formation limits
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 10, 2025 One prominent theory regarding the emergence of life on Earth suggests that simple chemical molecules progressively evolved into complex structures, eventually giving rise to protocells-rudimentary, non-living structures that preceded modern cells. A leading candidate for these protocells is polyester microdroplets, which arise through the polymerization of alpha-hydroxy acids (aHAs), compounds hypothesized to have accumulated on the early Earth due to natural phenomena such as lightning strikes or mete ... read more 
Meteorite findings reshape theories on Earth's missing elementsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2025 The origins of Earth's essential elements-and the absence of certain key components-have long perplexed scientists. A recent study led by Arizona State University is now challenging established theo ... more |
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Research Shows Impact of 'Super-Earth' on Solar SystemMelbourne FL (SPX) Jan 15, 2025 Emily Simpson '24 has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida Tech graduate, she leaves with not ... more
Dinosaurs emerged in the northern hemisphere millions of years earlierLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 New research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison challenges long-standing beliefs about dinosaur origins, suggesting that these ancient reptiles roamed the northern hemisphere millions of years ... more 
Study uncovers ancient predator-prey rivalry in Cambrian seasLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2025 A groundbreaking study by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History has revealed the oldest known example of an evolutionary arms race in the fossil record. The findings, published in Cu ... more 
Virginia Tech research unveils a new timeline of life stretching back 1.5 billion yearsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2024 A groundbreaking Virginia Tech study has expanded our understanding of the evolution of life, extending the chart of species diversity to nearly 2 billion years ago, deep into the Proterozoic Eon. T ... more 
Massive eruptions did not trigger dinosaur extinctionBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 Massive volcanic eruptions in India, once theorized as a potential cause of dinosaur extinction, likely played a minimal role in their demise, according to new research by climate scientists at Utre ... more |
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