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Fossil skull may hold answers to evolution of humans - ASEAN Plus
BEIJING: A fossil skull of Homo heidelbergensis, an extinct species of humans, was believed to have been discovered in Northeast China and is …
Chinese Academy of SciencesNational Museum of Natural History
Q&A: Sea Monsters in Our Ancient Oceans Were Strangely Familiar<p>Between 1961 and 2002, Angola was virtually inaccessible to scientists while the …
Methodist UniversityTiny fossils reveal how shrinking was essential for successful evolution
A new study shows that getting smaller was a key factor contributing to the exceptional evolution of mammals over the last 200 million years.
ResearchDigitizing the vast 'dark data' in museum fossil collections
The great museums of the world harbor a secret: They’re home to millions upon millions of natural history specimens that almost never see the light …
MuseumsFossils reveal diverse Mesozoic pollinating lacewings
Insect pollination played an important role in the evolution of angiosperms. Little is known, however, about ancient pollination insects and their …
Chinese Academy of SciencesHalf-billion-year-old fossils offer new clues to how life exploded on the sea floor
Stephen Pates, a researcher from Oxford University's Department of Zoology, has uncovered secrets from the ancient oceans.<p>With Dr. Rudy …
SeafloorMummified Ice Age Wolf Pup Discovered in a Melting Permafrost
Gold miners working in Canada's Yukon territory in 2016 discovered two mummified ice-age mammals - a wolf pup and a caribou - that were kept …
Ice AgeThe walking dead: Fossils on the move can distort patterns of mass extinctions
When the researchers reordered the species represented in the cores from the Po basin according to their last occurrence, they noted several points …
ExtinctionSaving the past for the future
A museum in Nakhon Ratchasima aims to be more than a place to display fossils for visitors, as the collection will benefit future generations to …
ThailandA Man To Watch
Darwin was something of a scientific celebrity when he got back to England. The strange fossils and unfamiliar animals he had shipped home gained him …
South America'The Dinosaur Artist' Dusts Off The Debate Over Who Should Own Fossils
Do prehistoric fossils belong only in a museum or educational center that communicates science to the public? Is it ever right for commercial fossil hunters to sell dinosaur skulls to movie stars for display in their living rooms?<p>In <i>The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth's</i> …
CultureNuclear Technology May Help Bring Early Mammal Evolution Into Focus
When the echoes of dinosaurs crunching through forests and splashing through canyons quieted 66 million years ago during their extinction, the world …
InnovationWhat's the Secret Science Behind Whales?
Will and Mango pester their pal Nick with all their whale questions: Why are whales so large? How do they sustain those massive bodies? And also-- …
WhalesField Museum offers insights for your personal history collections
https://vcl.abcotv.net/video/wls/091218-wls-spoton-iddayfield-vid.mp4At the Field Museum, there's always plenty to see and learn about. But this …
FossilsWhy 100 Percent Clean Energy in California Is Tricky
California has some hurdles to overcome in meeting the most ambitious clean energy goal in the country.<p>Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 100 today, …
Jerry BrownSan Diego fossils reveal tiny, ancient primates
Eons ago, when San Diego County was a lush landscape, tiny nocturnal creatures with big eyes and grasping hands scrambled through the region’s …
DinosaursPerfect Day Trips from Atlanta: Cartersville's national-quality museums
Visit 2 national-quality museums in Cartersville<p>Photograph courtesy of Booth Western Art Museum<p>This small Georgia town is home to two Smithsonian …
AtlantaArtifacts and Fossils Lost in Brazil’s Museum Fire
CAIRO, EGYPT—<i>Ahram Online</i> reports that as many as 700 ancient Egyptian artifacts were destroyed in the fire that engulfed the National Museum of …
BrazilHow Long Does Something Have to Be In the Ground Before It's Considered a Fossil?
<b>Jelle Zijlstra:</b><p>The other answers here say that to be a fossil, something has to be mineralized in some way. The other answers are wrong.<p>At least, …
FossilsThis Week Brazil's National Museum Burnt Down – Here's Why The Devastation Goes Far Beyond The Ashes
"Part of our history has been wiped out."<p>RICARDO MORAES / REUTERS<p>The fire that broke out at Brazil’s National Museum this week incinerated 200 years’ …
Rio De Janeiro‘The Dinosaur Artist’ Review: Old Bones Are Big Business
The race to acquire exotic dinosaur bones has attracted some rogue fossil dealers and even celebrities such as Nicolas Cage and Leonardo DiCaprio.<p>By<p>Richard Conniff<p>On a Thursday afternoon in May 2012, a paleontologist named Bolortsetseg Minjin was having lunch near the American Museum of Natural …
MongoliaThe Real-Life Meg
Resources<p>JSTOR is a digital library for scholars, researchers, and students. JSTOR Daily readers can access the original research behind our articles …
White SharkFossils of extinct dwarf emu destroyed by golf course
When the Europeans first explored the islands off the southern coast of Australia, they found that many had their own species of emu living there. …
Natural History MuseumHistoric Mineral Collection Likely Destroyed in Brazil's National Museum Fire
German mineralogist Abraham Gottlob Werner was born in 1749 in Wehrau, at the time a city in the Prussian kingdom. Werner was educated at Freiberg and Leipzig, where he studied law and mining. In 1775, he was appointed as inspector and teacher of mining and mineralogy at the small, but influential, …
Rio De JaneiroChina’s dinosaur kingdom
In the 1970s, oil prospectors uncovered one of the world’s richest deposits of Jurassic-era fossils just outside the Sichuan city of Zigong. …
China800-plus Fossils Reveal How Bugs Rose From The 'Great Dying' - D-brief
By Roni Dengler | September 5, 2018 1:00 pm<p>Researchers excavate insect fossils from a rich dig site called the Karamay outcrop in China. (Credit: …
BreakthroughsYoung Innovators: Rocks tell story of Saskatchewan's tropical past
Swamps, hot weather and flourishing tropical plants. An ocean nearby ... Florida, maybe? No, it’s the story of a long lost Saskatchewan past that …
InnovationOn Teachers' Day, 11-Year-Old "Fossil Researcher" Shows Her Small Museum
B Aswatha's love for fossils developed when she was just a five-year-old child looking at pictures of fossils while flipping through an</b> …
Tamil NaduChinese fossils reveal middle-late Triassic insect radiation
Recently, scientists from China and the UK reported two Middle-Late Triassic entomofaunas, providing not only the earliest records of several modern …
Chinese Academy of SciencesThese Are Some Of The Treasures Feared Lost In Brazil's Museum Fire
Americas' Oldest Human Skull<p>Museunacionalufrjbr and ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/Getty Images<p>The photo features the 12,000-year-old skull of 'Luzia', the …
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