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Tag: Fossils

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How Did Hands Evolve? Look to Your Anus, a New Study Suggests.

September 17, 2025September 18, 2025CARL ZIMMERComments Off on How Did Hands Evolve? Look to Your Anus, a New Study Suggests.

The evolutionary blueprint for hands was borrowed in part from a much older genetic plan for our nether regions, a new study suggests.

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Something Like Feathers Grew on a 247-Million-Year-Old Reptile

July 23, 2025CARL ZIMMERComments Off on Something Like Feathers Grew on a 247-Million-Year-Old Reptile

The discovery, in a bizarre animal not closely related to birds, could change how scientists think about the origin of feathers.

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Scientists Revive the Dire Wolf, or Something Close

April 7, 2025April 7, 2025CARL ZIMMERComments Off on Scientists Revive the Dire Wolf, or Something Close

Dire wolves, made famous by “Game of Thrones,” went extinct some 13,000 years ago. Now, researchers have bred gray-wolf pups that carry genes of their ancient cousins.

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The Search for the Original Silly Goose in the Fossil Record

February 5, 2025February 5, 2025Asher ElbeinComments Off on The Search for the Original Silly Goose in the Fossil Record

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks that lived alongside the dinosaurs.

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Dinosaur Footprints Found in England by Quarry Workers

January 3, 2025January 6, 2025Lynsey ChutelComments Off on Dinosaur Footprints Found in England by Quarry Workers

The prints were made by both long-necked sauropods and a predator, megalosaurus, and were found in one of the largest discoveries in decades.

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A Mammoth DNA Discovery Helps Map an Ancient Genome in 3-D

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024Siobhan RobertsComments Off on A Mammoth DNA Discovery Helps Map an Ancient Genome in 3-D

A “fossil chromosome” preserves the structure of a woolly mammoth’s genome — and offers a better grasp of how it once worked.

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The Last Stand of the Woolly Mammoths

June 27, 2024CARL ZIMMERComments Off on The Last Stand of the Woolly Mammoths

The species survived on an island north of Siberia for thousands of years, scientists reported, but were most likely plagued by genetic abnormalities.

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The Last Stand of the Woolly Mammoths

June 27, 2024CARL ZIMMERComments Off on The Last Stand of the Woolly Mammoths

The species survived on an island north of Siberia for thousands of years, scientists reported, but were most likely plagued by genetic abnormalities.

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From Ancient Charcoal, Hints of Wildfires to Come

May 10, 2024May 10, 2024Laura PoppickComments Off on From Ancient Charcoal, Hints of Wildfires to Come

By digging into the geologic record, scientists are learning how wildfires shaped — and were shaped by — climate change long ago.

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‘Dune’-like Sandworm Existed Millions of Years Longer Than Thought

March 26, 2024Jack TamisieaComments Off on ‘Dune’-like Sandworm Existed Millions of Years Longer Than Thought

Researchers examined fossils of the predatory worm and found a new species that persisted for 25 million years after it was believed to have become extinct.

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U.S. Pledges Support for Argentina’s Economy and Javier Milei

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Greenlandic Woman Wins Her Baby Back in Denmark

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