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“#Accelerated bone deterioration in last 70 years at famous Mesolithic peat bog in peril” Organic bone preservation at Ageröd. a-d bones from 2019; e-i from old excavations. a) astragalus and calcaneus from wild boar found articulated in the transition between white cultural layer and lower peat in trench 205, likely deposited in wet conditions with…
“#Scientists prove bird ovary tissue can be preserved in fossils” Photograph of the fossil bird with ovarian follicles from the Jehol Biota of China and comparison with a chicken. Credit: Alida Bailleul A research team led by Dr. Alida Bailleul from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences…
“#Oldest South American fossil lizard discovered in Brazil” The animal was approximately 10 cm long and lived more than 130 million years ago in what is now the state of Minas Gerais. Its morphology differs from that of all other known lizard species. Credit: Jonathas Bittencourt Fossil remains of a novel species of lizard that…
“#Scientists describe the most complete fossil from the early stages of owl evolution” Except for the skull, the 55-million-year-old skeleton of the newly described owl species has been preserved almost in its entirety. Credit: Senckenberg/Tränkner Discoveries from the early stages of owl evolution are exceedingly rare. An approximately 60-million-year-old leg bone is the oldest fossil…
“#Grape pips reveal collapse of ancient economy in the grip of plague and climate change” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of archeologists from Bar-Ilan University and the University of Haifa has discovered new and compelling evidence for a significant economic downturn on the fringe of the Byzantine Empire in the aftermath of a major…
“#Wrong number of fingers leads down wrong track” Life reconstruction of the Metoposaurus with the new model of the forelimb with five fingers. Credit: Sudipta Kalita Have you ever wondered why human hands have five fingers? And what about amphibians? They usually only have four. Until now, researchers assumed that this was the case with…
“#Lead white pigments on Andean drinking vessels provide new historical context” A qero from the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Credit: Alyson Thibodeau Researchers studying lead white pigments on Andean ceremonial drinking vessels known as qeros have found new similarities among these artifacts that could help museums, conservators, historians and…
“#Passion for purple revives ancient dye in Tunisia” After years of trial and error – and after getting used to the foul stench – Mohamed Ghassen Nouira has cracked how to make the prized purple dye used for royal and imperial robes in ancient times A Tunisian man has pieced together bits of a local…
“#Paper describing hummingbird-sized dinosaur retracted” A CT scan of the skull of Oculudentavis by LI Gang, Oculudentavis means eye-tooth-bird, so named for its distinctive features. Credit: Lars Schmitz The journal Nature has issued a retraction for a paper it published March 11th called “Hummingbird-sized dinosaur from the Cretaceous period of Myanmar.” The editorial staff was…
“#Ancient African skull sheds light on American crocodile origins” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The extinct African crocodile species Crocodylus checchiai may be closely related to American crocodile species alive today, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. The findings suggest that crocodiles may have migrated from Africa to America during the Late Miocene epoch…