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Ancient fossil microorganisms indicate that life in the universe is common

A new analysis of the oldest known fossil microorganisms provides strong evidence to support an increasingly widespread understanding that life in the universe is common. Strange & Offbeat: Fossils & Ruins News — ScienceDaily

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Separated since the dinosaurs, bamboo-eating lemurs, pandas share common gut microbes

A new study finds that bamboo lemurs, giant pandas and red pandas share 48 gut microbes in common — despite the fact that they are separated by millions of years of evolution. Strange & Offbeat: Fossils & Ruins News — … Continue reading

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Last common ancestor of humans and apes weighed about five kilograms

New research suggests that the last common ancestor of apes — including great apes and humans — was much smaller than previously thought, about the size of a gibbon. The findings, published today in the journal Nature Communications, are fundamental … Continue reading

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Last common ancestor of humans and apes weighed about five kilograms

New research suggests that the last common ancestor of apes — including great apes and humans — was much smaller than previously thought, about the size of a gibbon. The findings, published today in the journal Nature Communications, are fundamental … Continue reading

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New research disproves common assumption on cranial joints of alligators, birds, dinosaurs

Although alligators, birds and dinosaurs have a similar skull-joint shape, this does not guarantee that their movements are the same. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily

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How to Identify Common Minerals?

photograph: ConexionCristalina Common Rock-Forming Minerals Since minerals are the constructing blocks of rocks, it will be significant that you simply study to determine the most typical varieties. Minerals might be distinguished utilizing numerous bodily and/or chemical traits, however, since chemistry … Continue reading

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earthstory: Ruddy rutileThe most common form of titanium…

earthstory: Ruddy rutile The most common form of titanium dioxide was named after the Latin for red, due to the lovely deep hues exhibited by some specimens. It forms in both volcanic rocks and high temperature/high pressure metamorphic rocks, testament … Continue reading

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?Virtual fossil? reveals last common ancestor of humans and Neanderthals

New digital techniques have allowed researchers to predict structural evolution of the skull in the lineage of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, in an effort to fill in blanks in the fossil record, and provide the first 3D rendering of their … Continue reading

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The most common imitator of expected land

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