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Scientists uncover the world’s oldest colours
Scientists have found the oldest colours within the geological file, 1.1-billion-year-old shiny pink pigments extracted from rocks deep beneath the Sahara desert in Africa. Geology News — ScienceDaily
CT scans of Egyptian mummies reveal oldest known cases of breast cancer and multiple myeloma
An international team has discovered the world’s oldest known cases of breast cancer and multiple myeloma (a type of bone marrow cancer). The discoveries were made by conducting CT scans of two mummies found in the pharaonic necropolis of Qubbet … Continue reading
Oldest ice core ever drilled outside the polar regions
The oldest ice core ever drilled outside the polar regions may contain ice that formed during the Stone Age — more than 600,000 years ago, long before modern humans appeared. Geology News — ScienceDaily
Meet Madagascar’s oldest animal lineage, a whirligig beetle with 206-million-year-old origins
A new study suggests the Malagasy striped whirligig beetle Heterogyrus milloti boasts a genetic pedigree stretching back to the late Triassic period. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Oldest Signs Of Life On Earth May Be In 3.95 Billion-Year-Old Rocks
Traces of graphite in ancient Canadian rocks were produced by microorganisms 3.95 billion years ago, according to new research. (Image: Tsuyoshi Komiya, The University of Tokyo) Researchers working at a sedimentary rock formation in northern Labrador, Canada, say they have … Continue reading
Amateur collectors in Japan discover country’s first and oldest fossil diving bird
Two brothers from a small town in Hokkaido, Japan, made the discovery of their lives — the first and oldest fossil bird ever identified in their country. Identified as a new species, it has been named Chupkaornis keraorum. Paleontology News … Continue reading
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Amateur collectors in Japan discover country’s first and oldest fossil diving bird
Two brothers from a small town in Hokkaido, Japan, made the discovery of their lives — the first and oldest fossil bird ever identified in their country. Identified as a new species, it has been named Chupkaornis keraorum. Strange & … Continue reading
World’s Oldest Fossilized Mushroom Sprouted 115 Million Years Ago
Image: Sam Heads Sam Heads and his team had just received a donation of fossil insects at the Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. But when they started going through it, Heads realized that one of the fossils … Continue reading
World’s oldest fossil mushroom found
Roughly 115 million years ago, when the ancient supercontinent Gondwana was breaking apart, a mushroom fell into a river and began an improbable journey. Its ultimate fate as a mineralized fossil preserved in limestone in northeast Brazil makes it a … Continue reading