A new study combines fossil and archaeological records with DNA samples to trace the history of Amazona parrots in the Caribbean from the Pleistocene through the Holocene © Copyright by GrrlScientist | hosted by Forbes | LinkTr.ee The authors pieced together the long history of parrots in the genus Amazona, focusing on two … [+] …
A 1.5-billion-year-old microfossil of unknown origin from the Volyn biota. Image: Ulrich Gernert/ZELMI A team of researchers from Technische Universität Berlin, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Museum of Natural History Berlin, and the National Museum of Natural History in Luxembourg has made an extraordinary discovery. They have found the oldest three-dimensionally preserved …
Prehistoric underwater life forms in the ocean shortly after the Cambrian explosion Gettys The Cambrian period, which occurred from 541 to 485 million years ago, marked the evolution of the first animals with hard protective parts, such as trilobites. These marine arthropods had mineralized shells that covered their entire bodies, often adorned with spikes. However, …