Palaeontologists have discovered that marine mammals developed thicker and heavier bones as an adaptation to a salty inland sea in Central Europe some 13 million years ago.
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23/11/2021
Marine mammals developed thicker bones as diving weights in super salty sea
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16/11/2021
360-million-year-old shark jaw discovered in Belgian Ardennes
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Reinout VerbekeA team of researchers, including palaeontologist Sébastien Olive (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences), has described a 360 million-year-old shark jaw found in the Belgian Ardennes. It is an exceptional find because cartilage almost never fossilizes.
20/10/2021
Origin of domestic horses finally established
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Reinout VerbekeHorses were first domesticated in the northern Caucasus, before conquering the rest of Eurasia within a few centuries.
29/10/2020
Study of ancient dog DNA traces canine diversity to the Ice Age
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Reinout VerbekeA global study of ancient dog DNA, led by scientists at the Francis Crick Institute, University of Oxford, University of Vienna and archaeologists from more than 10 countries, presents evidence that there were different types of dogs more than 11,000 years ago in the period immediately fo
21/09/2020
18 Million Year Old Sperm Whale With 'Needle-Shaped' Snout
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Reinout VerbekePaleontologists have excavated and described one of the oldest fossil sperm whales. The new species from Peru is approximately 18 million years old. Rhaphicetus valenciae was about 5 metres long and had an extremely long snout and slender, pointed teeth.
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