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Extinct early whales listened like their relatives on land, fossil evidence shows

Whales show surprisingly vast differences in hearing ability. Baleen whales tune into infrasonic sounds to communicate over long distances. Toothed whales do just the opposite, relying on ultrasonic frequencies too high for humans to hear. Now researchers have fossil evidence … Continue reading

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Experimental and observational evidence for plume-induced subduction on Venus

Nature Geoscience 10, 349 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2928 Authors: A. Davaille, S. E. Smrekar & S. Tomlinson Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds

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Geomorphological evidence for ground ice on dwarf planet Ceres

Nature Geoscience 10, 338 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2936 Authors: Britney E. Schmidt, Kynan H. G. Hughson, Heather T. Chilton, Jennifer E. C. Scully, Thomas Platz, Andreas Nathues, Hanna Sizemore, Michael T. Bland, Shane Byrne, Simone Marchi, David P. O’Brien, Norbert Schorghofer, Harald Hiesinger, … Continue reading

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Oldest evidence of life on land found in 3.48 billion-year-old Australian rocks

Fossils discovered in ancient hot spring deposits in the Pilbara have pushed back by 580 million years the earliest known evidence for microbial life on land. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily

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Genetic evidence points to nocturnal early mammals

New genetic evidence suggesting that early mammals had good night-time vision adds to fossil and behavioral studies indicating that early mammals were nocturnal. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily

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In new paper, scientists explain climate change using before/after photographic evidence

A group of scientists offers photographic proof of climate change using images of retreating glaciers. Geology News — ScienceDaily

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New archaeological evidence throws light on efforts to resist ‘the living dead’

A new scientific study of medieval human bones, excavated from a deserted English village, suggests the corpses they came from were burnt and mutilated. Researchers believe this was carried out by villagers who believed that it would stop the corpses … Continue reading

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Evidence of ancient ‘geological Brexit’ revealed

White Cliffs of Beachy Head and Seven Sisters Ancient ‘Geological Brexit’: How Britain Got Separated From Europe Thousands Of Years Ago The UK has now started the formal process of leaving the EU, but scientists say they have evidence of … Continue reading

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Male or female? Scientist challenges evidence of sex differences among dinosaurs

A paleontologist is countering decades of studies that assert that some dinosaurs can be identified as male or female based on the shapes and sizes of their bones. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily

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Evidence disproving tropical ‘thermostat’ theory

As the world warmed millions of years ago, conditions in the tropics may have made it so hot some organisms couldn’t survive, new research findings show. Geology News — ScienceDaily

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