A treasure trove of exceptionally preserved early animals from more than half a billion years ago has been discovered in the Grand Canyon, one of the natural world’s most iconic […]
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Link Established Between A Grand Canyon Landslide And The Meteor Crater Impact Event
Geology is full of detective stories about Earth’s history, and a new paper in Geology by University of New Mexico Distinguished Professors Emeritus Karl Karlstrom and Laurie Crossey, along with […]
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Ancient Life Locked Arsenic Away To Survive Environmental Changes
Earth’s earliest life forms developed ways to survive the harmful effects of arsenic to cope with dramatic changes in their environment, a new study suggests.
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The Cambrian Explosion May Have Occurred Much Earlier Than Previously Thought
The Cambrian explosion was an extraordinary phenomenon in the evolution of life on the planet that led to the emergence of many animal phyla and the diversification of species. During […]
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Fossils Reveal New Clues About Early Ocean Life On Earth
More than 514 million years ago, long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, sponge-like creatures called archaeocyathids were already busy building some of the planet’s earliest reefs — just north of […]
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Fluorescent Caves Could Explain How Life Persists In Extraterrestrial Environments
Deep below Earth’s surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the chemicals fossilized within shine in brilliant hues of pink, blue and […]
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Plants Struggled For Millions Of Years After The World’s Worst Climate Catastrophe
A team of scientists from University College Cork (UCC) , the University of Connecticut, and the Natural History Museum of Vienna have uncovered how plants responded to catastrophic climate changes […]
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Extending The Chart Of Life By Nearly 1.5 billion Years
If all the world’s a stage and all the species merely players, then their exits and entrances can be found in the rock record.
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Effect Of A Giant Meteorite Impact On Paleoarchean Surface Environments And Life
Large meteorite impacts must have strongly affected the habitability of the early Earth. Rocks of the Archean Eon record at least 16 major impact events, involving bolides larger than 10 […]
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One Of Earth’s Earliest Animals Discovered In The Australian Outback
By McKenzie Harris: In the shadow of South Australia’s largest mountain range beneath the outback soil lies a fossil record that reveals a rich history of life on Earth. Fossils […]