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The oldest articulated bony fish from the early Silurian period - Nature
A tiny, articulated, near-complete osteichthyan from the early Silurian Chongqing Lagerstätte, represents the oldest osteichthyan occurrence including microfossils, and the earliest articulated remains of any bony fish in the fossil record.
A new face for 'Little Foot,' the most complete Australopithecus skeleton to date - Phys.org
What did the face of our ancestors look like three million years ago? Our international team has answered this question by virtually reconstructing the facial fragments of Little Foot, the most complete Australopithecus skeleton yet discovered. This reconstru…
Mysterious Asgard microbes may point to origins of complex life - CNN
Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.
Which animal will replace humans as Earth’s dominant species? Scientists think they know - Earth.com
Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species lasts forever.
One-of-a-kind microscope reveals living cells in unprecedented detail - Phys.org
Stanford researchers have combined two microscopy techniques to create a one-of-a-kind instrument that can show cell structures interacting in real time at an unprecedented 120-nanometer resolution—the highest achieved without the use of fluorescent labels. T…
6-Million-Year-Old Meteorite Strike Created a Massive Field of Natural Glass in Brazil - Gizmodo
The crater left behind from the impact has yet to be found.