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Bird fossil from dinosaur era reveals early avian intelligence origins
London, UK (SPX) Nov 14, 2024 A unique fossil bird discovery is reshaping what scientists understand about the evolution of modern avian brains and intelligence - a topic that has puzzled researchers for decades. The fossil, named 'Navaornis hestiae', dates back around 80 million years to the Mesozoic Era and is remarkably well-preserved, especially its skull. This discovery bridges an evolutionary gap of 70 million years between 'Archaeopteryx', the oldest known bird-like dinosaur from 150 million years ago, and modern birds. ... read more |
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New lab set to explore microscopic insights into human history and environmentSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 12, 2024 Researchers in Australia will soon enhance their capability to study the past at a microscopic level with the upcoming Australian Microarchaeological and Palaeosciences Facility (AusMAP) at Flinders ... more 
How Life Began on Earth: Insights from Ancient Atmospheric ModelingTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 01, 2024 The secrets to understanding distant planets may be found in Earth's past. Scientists from Tohoku University, in collaboration with the University of Tokyo and Hokkaido University, have developed a ... more 
Carbon dioxide release from deep magma may have driven Earth's ancient climate shiftsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2024 An international team of geoscientists, led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick, has revealed that ancient volcanic regions continued emitting carbon dioxide (CO2) from Earth's deep magma long after ... more 
Gold-colored fossil arthropod reveals evolutionary insights in pyrite preservationLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 30, 2024 A research team led by Associate Professor Luke Parry from the University of Oxford's Department of Earth Sciences has uncovered a strikingly preserved, 450-million-year-old fossil arthropod, now cl ... more |
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Asteroid that doomed dinosaurs created ant agricultureBaton Rouge LA (SPX) Oct 04, 2024 Humans began farming thousands of years ago, but a new study co-authored by two LSU professors says ants had us beat by millions of years. ... more 
Iron formations in Western Australia's Pinnacles shed light on past climatesSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 03, 2024 New research on small iron-rich formations within the Pinnacles in Western Australia, part of the world's largest wind-blown limestone region, has uncovered valuable insights into Earth's ancient cl ... more 
Nanostructures found in deep ocean vents could shed light on life's originsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 26, 2024 Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) and the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have uncovered inorganic nanostructures aro ... more 
Study highlights Earth's temps have shifted widely over 485M years as CO2 changesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 20, 2024 A recent study published in 'Science' reveals that Earth's global mean surface temperature has fluctuated significantly over the past 485 million years, far more than previously believed. ... more 
Ancient Ring System May Have Surrounded Earth 466 Million Years AgoMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Sep 19, 2024 Researchers from Monash University's School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment have uncovered evidence suggesting that Earth may have once had a ring system around it, dating back 466 million year ... more |
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Iron played a critical role as the earliest transition metal in life
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 18, 2024 Living organisms depend on tiny quantities of metals to carry out essential biological processes such as breathing, DNA transcription, and energy production. These processes have relied on metals since life first appeared in Earth's early oceans. Many of the enzymes within organisms require metals, particularly transition metals, which occupy a specific space on the periodic table. A research team from the University of Michigan, California Institute of Technology, and University of California, Lo ... read more 
MIT chemists explain why dinosaur collagen may have survived for millions of yearsBoston MA (SPX) Sep 05, 2024 Collagen, a protein found in bones and connective tissue, has been found in dinosaur fossils as old as 195 million years. That far exceeds the normal half-life of the peptide bonds that hold protein ... more |
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Land-sea forces led to marine extinctions millions of years agoLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 01, 2024 Scientists have uncovered how interactions between oceans and continents millions of years ago caused significant marine life extinctions and altered evolutionary pathways on Earth. The study ... more 
Oxygen levels play a key role in early Earth's magma ocean formationTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 27, 2024 The early Earth is believed to have been largely covered by a molten magma ocean, formed due to the extreme heat generated by the collision of smaller celestial bodies with the planet. Understanding ... more 
Unraveling the Formation of Ancient Earth's Enigmatic AnorthositesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2024 A team of scientists has made significant progress in deciphering the origins of massif-type anorthosites, rare rock formations that emerged during a specific period of Earth's history. These plagio ... more 
Researchers link ancient rock formations to early Earth's hotter tectonic activityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2024 A group of scientists has made significant progress in unraveling the origins of massif-type anorthosites, a type of igneous rock composed largely of plagioclase that formed exclusively during Earth ... more 
Researchers uncover historical patterns in Earth's rotational decelerationSydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 15, 2024 Chinese scientists, in collaboration with colleagues from France, Germany, and Ireland, have revealed that from 650 million to 280 million years ago, the Earth-Moon distance expanded by approximatel ... more |
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