#Mastodons took frequent trips north when climate changed

“#Mastodons took frequent trips north when climate changed” The Warren mastodon, which was the first complete American mastodon skeleton found in the United States, on display in the Paul and Irma Milstein Hall of Advanced Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History. Credit: D. Finnin/ © AMNH New research suggests that American mastodons were…

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#How to weigh a dinosaur

“#How to weigh a dinosaur” The largest and the smallest: dinosaurs reached an amazing range in size through the Mesozoic Era. Credit: Vitor Silva How do you weigh a long-extinct dinosaur? There are a couple of ways, as it turns out, neither of which involve actual weighing—but according to a new study, different approaches still…

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#How Neanderthals adjusted to climate change

“#How Neanderthals adjusted to climate change” Various Keilmesser and a simple backed knife (top right) from the Neanderthal period 60,000 to 44,000 years ago, from the Sesselfelsgrotte cave near Kelheim (G-complex, excavations by Prof. Freund, FAU. Credit: D. Delpiano, UNIFE Climate change occurring shortly before their disappearance triggered a complex change in the behavior of…

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#Early Cambrian fossil discovery gives new understanding into the origin of hemichordates

“#Early Cambrian fossil discovery gives new understanding into the origin of hemichordates” The foreground illustration shows Gyaltsenglossus as it would appear while motile. The background illustrates the posture of the animal while attached to the sea floor during suspension feeding. Credit: Illustrated by Emily S. Damstra.© Royal Ontario Museum New research undertaken by scientists at…

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