Shortly after an asteroid slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, life for non-avian dinosaurs ended, but the evolutionary story for the early ancestors of birds began.
Nomenclature, Systematics, Natural History
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Unlocking The Secrets Of Evolution
Ever since Darwin published his landmark theory of how species evolve, biologists have been fascinated with the intricate mechanisms that make evolution possible.
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Ancient Microbes Offer Clues To How Complex Life Evolved
A new study published in Science Advances reveals a surprising twist in the evolutionary history of complex life. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have discovered that a single-celled […]
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Tricorder Tech: A Novel AI Algorithm For Analyzing Microfossils
Editor’s note: the two large rovers NASA has in operation on Mars utilize AI – or Machine Learning – both on Earth and in some cases inside a rover itself […]
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Ice Planet Update: Digital Twin Of RRS Discovery Shows How Antarctic Research Began
A project led by the University of Southampton has created a ‘digital twin’ of RRS Discovery – the pioneering research vessel that first took explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest […]
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Exoplanet Host Star Classification: Multi-Objective Optimisation Of Incomplete Stellar Abundance Data
The presence of a planetary companion around its host star has been repeatedly linked with stellar properties, affecting the likelihood of sub-stellar object formation and stability in the protoplanetary disc, […]
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Integrating Phylogenies Into Single-cell RNA Sequencing Analysis Allows Comparisons Across Species, Genes, And Cells
Abstract: Comparisons of single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data across species can reveal links between cellular gene expression and the evolution of cell functions, features, and phenotypes. These comparisons evoke evolutionary […]
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openVertebrate Project: Open Access CT Scans To Thousands Of Natural History Specimens
Editor’s note: When we begin to study the variety iof life forms on other worlds we’ll need to have a way to catalog what we have discovered, make an image […]
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Earth Life Biodiversity: Vast DNA Tree Of life For Flowering Plants Revealed
The most up-to-date understanding of the flowering plant tree of life is presented in a new study published today in the journal Nature by an international team of 279 scientists, […]
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Pristine Ecosystems And A Hundred New Lifeforms Discovered Remote Seamounts
An international team of scientists observed 160 species on the Salas y Gómez Ridge that had not yet been known to live in the region and suspect that at least […]