[ad_1] This photo shows putative stromatolithic structures in an outcrop (arrows). A new study indicates that some structures are oriented downwards and a little higher: it is proven that they are not …
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[ad_1] USA today NetworkSeth Borenstein, Associated Press Posted at 05:51 AM on 18 October 2018 | Updated at 05:54 ET on 18 October 2018 TO CLOSE Ancient fossils show us wild worlds …
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[ad_1] Signs of life? Or just normal geology? New research suggests the latter. Image: Abigail Allwood Two years ago, researchers from the University of Wollongong in Australia shook the world by claiming …
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[ad_1] "In their defense," she adds, "fieldwork in Greenland is very difficult to do. But for our defense, that's why the good weather and the good exposure allowed us to see everything …
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[ad_1] Tiny mounds vaunted as the oldest fossilized evidence of life on Earth could be twisted rocks. Found in rocks 3.7 billion years old in Greenland, the mounds are very similar to …
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[ad_1] The first evidence of animal life on Earth was discovered because scientists discovered that biomarkers belonged to an old sponge species dating back to 635 million years ago. Evidence suggests that …
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[ad_1] Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have discovered the oldest evidence of animal life, dating back at least 100 million years before the famous Cambrian explosion of animal fossils. The …
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[ad_1] Scientists have discovered the smallest fossils of Tylosaurus ever found and learned more about this species of dinosaur. The results were presented in a new study published in the Journal of …
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[ad_1] By the time non-avian dinosaurs had disappeared, herbivorous sauropods such as Brontosaurus had reached gigantic proportions. Weighing no less than 100 tons, the long-necked giants are the largest terrestrial animals to …
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[ad_1] Washington (AFP) – A strange fossil that looks a bit like a giant leaf or coffee-sized footprint has intrigued scientists for decades. Thousands of fossils have been discovered over the last …
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