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Tooth unlocks mystery of Denisovans in Asia
Added: 3 Jun 2022
Denisovans, a sister species of modern human, inhabited Laos by 164-131,000 years with important im…
Saving the vaquita porpoise from extinction
Added: 5 May 2022
Only ten vaquita porpoises survive, but the species may not be doomed, scientists say. If they can …
Fossil research uncovers a new species of giant Triassic crocodile
Added: 23 Feb 2022
An examination of the fossil record by Birmingham researchers has uncovered a new species of giant …
Prize winning studies of life's earliest history
Added: 31 Jan 2022
Andrew Knoll has depicted the first three billion years of life on Earth using his studies of micro…
Monitoring DNA in air samples could revolutionise biomonitoring
Added: 10 Jan 2022
DNA from air could revolutionise the way we measure animal biodiversity, say scientists. Two resear…
Fossil research affected by significant colonial bias, study finds
Added: 6 Jan 2022
Recent research highlights just some of the historical, social and economic factors which have infl…
Nibbling prehistoric herbivore sheds new light on Triassic diversity
Added: 3 Dec 2021
A Triassic herbivore, known for its supposed similarities to a modern-day ostrich, has been reveale…
Olympus Image of the Year Award 2021
Added: 4 Nov 2021
Olympus has just launched its third Image of the Year contest and is accepting entries. Each year, …
Dinosaur domination resulted from volcano-driven climate change
Added: 27 Sep 2021
The rise of dinosaurs coincided with environmental changes driven by major volcanic eruptions over …
Giant sea lizard fossil shows diversity of life before asteroid hit
Added: 14 May 2021
A further species discovery confirms the abundance and diversity of giant marine lizards in the Cre…
Meet the baby tyrannosaurs - dog-sized and looking just like mum and dad
Added: 29 Jan 2021
Imagine mini tyrannosaurs running around your legs like collie dogs! They may have grown to 40 feet…
Megalodon babies were born larger than a man
Added: 18 Jan 2021
While 'The Meg' exaggerated its movie magic megalodon, researchers have shown a baby megatooth sha…
Dire wolves evolved in isolation from gray wolves
Added: 15 Jan 2021
Reality is more interesting than myth, and all Game of Throne fans who fell in love with Lady, Grey…
A tale of tusks... or a 'herd of treasure'?
Added: 21 Dec 2020
Not all shipwrecked treasure is gold and silver. One might think of a sunken herd, rather than a su…
Beware the prehistoric beast of Bristol; Thecodontosaurus' brain modelled
Added: 15 Dec 2020
The beautifully preserved braincase of Bristol's dog-sized dinausaur, Thecodontosaurus, was used to…
New fossil ape discovered in India
Added: 9 Sep 2020
A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in northern India comes from a newly discovered ape, the ear…
Advantage flat angel shark
Added: 7 Aug 2020
The general picture of a shark is that of a fast and large ocean predator. Some species, however, q…
Dinosaurs may have evolved from a ‘tiny bug slayer’
Added: 10 Jul 2020
New study suggests a miniaturised origin for some of the largest animals ever to live on Earth. Din…
Extinct Oligocene dolphins were apex predators
Added: 9 Jul 2020
A report in the journal Current Biology, offers a detailed description of the first nearly complete…
Human rights in biomedicine: action plan 2020-2025
Added: 25 Jun 2020
On 24 June 2020, in Strasbourg, the Bioethics Committee launched its new action plan on human right…
