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Scientists find new markers to identify species from fragments of fossilized bone
What happened to all the megafauna? From moas to mammoths, many large animals went extinct between 50 and 10,000 years ago.
Dinosaurs could hold key to cancer discoveries: Study highlights importance of preserving fossilized soft tissues
New techniques used to analyze soft tissue in dinosaur fossils may hold the key to new cancer discoveries, according to a study published in the journal Biology.
Dinosaurs Had Cancer, Too, According to a Staggering New Study
Understanding the molecular history of cancer could help scientists discover new treatments for the modern age.
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Tiny detail on animal bone changes what we know about our human ancestors
Most of those marks are on fossils of hoofed animals, including a few deer; one is a small carnivore leg bone. When we could identify the type of bone, the cut marks are always in anatomical ...
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Shocking discovery:'Ushikawa Man' fossils are actually ancient bear bones, says University of Tokyo
However, advancements in technology and methodology now allowed for a more precise identification of such fossils. This was not the first time that human bones and bear bones were confused.
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Human ancestor was in Eurasia nearly 2 million years ago, cut marks on animal bones suggest
Most of those marks are on fossils of hoofed animals, including a few deer; one is a small carnivore leg bone. When we could identify the type of bone, the cut marks are always in anatomical ...
Australia’s giant extinct marsupials may be ID’d using tiny bone bits
“Fossils deposited in hot, dry and arid places, such as large parts of Australia, lose their collagen very early…. The major ...
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Cave discovery reveals previously unknown prehistoric human population in Europe
Fossilized bone fragments unearthed in a cave in northern ... However, with only small parts of the face, it was impossible to identify the species of hominin conclusively. As such, the team ...
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A Museum Overflowing With Prehistoric Treasures Races to Save Itself
decades-old foam that leaves blue-green stains on fossilized bone. Loosely attached paper labels that identify which bone is whose are vulnerable to a stiff breeze through the lab’s open windows.