[ad_1] During the Triassic Period (252-201 million years ago), mammalian-type reptiles called thérapaps coexisted with ancestors of dinosaurs, crocodiles, mammals, pterosaurs, turtles, frogs and lizards. A group of thérapsides are dicynodontes. Researchers …
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[ad_1] Researchers at Washington State University determined that the Nez Perce Indians grew and smoked tobacco at least 1,200 years ago, well before the arrival of merchants and settlers from the eastern …
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[ad_1] The word "HAZMAT" describes substances that pose a risk to the environment or even to life itself. Imagine the term applied to whole planets, where violent flares of the star host …
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[ad_1] Researchers have identified a young star with four planets the size of Jupiter and Saturn orbiting it, the first time that many gigantic planets have been detected in such a young …
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[ad_1] Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is unique among all the moons of our solar system for its dense, nitrogen-rich atmosphere, which also contains hydrocarbons and other compounds. The history of the formation …
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[ad_1] A gradually dry climate, punctuated with variable moisture episodes, may have precipitated the transition from our hominid ancestors to anatomically modern humans, according to research published in the Proceedings of the …
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[ad_1] Scientists from the University of Manchester and the University of Bristol used powerful X-rays to scan the skeletons of some of our oldest parents, solving a 160-year-old mystery about the 39, …
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