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‘Red gene’ in birds, turtles suggests dinosaurs had bird-like color vision
A gene for red colour vision that originated in the reptile lineage around 250 million years ago has resulted in the bright red bird feathers and ‘painted’ turtles we see today, and may be evidence that dinosaurs could see as … Continue reading
Bird research suggests calling dinosaurs may have been tight-lipped
Dinosaurs are often depicted in movies as roaring ferociously, but it is likely that some dinosaurs mumbled or cooed with closed mouths, according to a new study. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
New theropod dinosaur suggests that small T. rex-like arms evolved multiple times
The discovery of a theropod dinosaur with Tyrannosaurus rex-like arms suggests that these unusual forelimbs may have evolved multiple times. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Research suggests some major changes to geology textbooks
The Wilson Cycle (or supercontinent cycle) showing some of the main features of plate tectonics. Additional plate tectonic processes (e.g., intraplate deformation, an example of mantle lithosphere deformation, and large low shear wave velocity provinces (LLSVPs)) lie outside the conventional … Continue reading
New research suggests climate change may have contributed to extinction of Neanderthals
A researcher at the University of Colorado Denver has found that Neanderthals in Europe showed signs of nutritional stress during periods of extreme cold, suggesting climate change may have contributed to their demise around 40,000 years ago. read more (e) … Continue reading
Discovery of 13-million-year-old croc suggests parallel evolution of ‘telescoping’ eyes
Fossils of a 13-million-year-old extinct crocodilian from the Peruvian Amazon suggest that South American and Indian species evolved separately to acquire protruding, “telescoped” eyes that helped the animals conceal their bodies underwater while scanning the river’s edge. The new study, … Continue reading
Unicorns and humans once coexisted, fossil suggests
Painting of the Elasmotherium sibiricum or ?Siberian unicorn? by Heinrich Harder. Photograph: Public Domain Scientists said that creature, which looked more like a rhino than a horse, went extinct 29,000 years ago instead of 350,000 after finding skull in Kazakhstan … Continue reading
Fossil discovery suggests size poor predictor of maturity in ancient reptiles
Paleontologists at Virginia Tech have found that muscle-scarred fossil leg bones of one of the closest cousins of dinosaurs that lived approximately 240 million years ago can shine new light on a large unknown: How early dinosaurs grew from hatchlings … Continue reading
Nepali textile find suggests Silk Road extended further south than previously thought
The first results of textile and dye analyses of cloth dated between 400-650 AD and recovered from Samdzong 5, in Upper Mustang, Nepal have today been released by Dr Margarita Gleba of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of … Continue reading
Seismic data suggests slow slip events may presage larger earthquakes
Seismic data A team of researchers, two from Tohoku University in Japan and two from the University of California in the U.S., has found evidence that suggests that a speedup in small underground deformations may occur prior to larger earthquakes, … Continue reading