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Meteorite bombardment prone to have created the Earth’s oldest rocks

Scientists have discovered that four.02-billion-year-old silica-rich felsic rocks from the Acasta River, Canada — the oldest rock formation identified on Earth — most likely shaped at excessive temperatures and at a surprisingly shallow depth of the planet’s nascent crust. The … Continue reading

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Scientists uncover the world’s oldest colours

Scientists have found the oldest colours within the geological file, 1.1-billion-year-old shiny pink pigments extracted from rocks deep beneath the Sahara desert in Africa. Geology News — ScienceDaily

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CT scans of Egyptian mummies reveal oldest known cases of breast cancer and multiple myeloma

An international team has discovered the world’s oldest known cases of breast cancer and multiple myeloma (a type of bone marrow cancer). The discoveries were made by conducting CT scans of two mummies found in the pharaonic necropolis of Qubbet … Continue reading

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Oldest ice core ever drilled outside the polar regions

The oldest ice core ever drilled outside the polar regions may contain ice that formed during the Stone Age — more than 600,000 years ago, long before modern humans appeared. Geology News — ScienceDaily

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Meet Madagascar’s oldest animal lineage, a whirligig beetle with 206-million-year-old origins

A new study suggests the Malagasy striped whirligig beetle Heterogyrus milloti boasts a genetic pedigree stretching back to the late Triassic period. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily

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Oldest Signs Of Life On Earth May Be In 3.95 Billion-Year-Old Rocks

Traces of graphite in ancient Canadian rocks were produced by microorganisms 3.95 billion years ago, according to new research. (Image: Tsuyoshi Komiya, The University of Tokyo) Researchers working at a sedimentary rock formation in northern Labrador, Canada, say they have … Continue reading

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Amateur collectors in Japan discover country’s first and oldest fossil diving bird

Two brothers from a small town in Hokkaido, Japan, made the discovery of their lives — the first and oldest fossil bird ever identified in their country. Identified as a new species, it has been named Chupkaornis keraorum. Paleontology News … Continue reading

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Amateur collectors in Japan discover country’s first and oldest fossil diving bird

Two brothers from a small town in Hokkaido, Japan, made the discovery of their lives — the first and oldest fossil bird ever identified in their country. Identified as a new species, it has been named Chupkaornis keraorum. Strange & … Continue reading

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World’s Oldest Fossilized Mushroom Sprouted 115 Million Years Ago

Image: Sam Heads Sam Heads and his team had just received a donation of fossil insects at the Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. But when they started going through it, Heads realized that one of the fossils … Continue reading

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World’s oldest fossil mushroom found

Roughly 115 million years ago, when the ancient supercontinent Gondwana was breaking apart, a mushroom fell into a river and began an improbable journey. Its ultimate fate as a mineralized fossil preserved in limestone in northeast Brazil makes it a … Continue reading

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