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class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">University of Helsinki</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">June 11, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/breakthrough-in-the-discovery-of-dna-in-ancient-bones-buried-in-water/">Breakthrough in the Discovery of DNA in Ancient Bones Buried in Water</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/breakthrough-in-the-discovery-of-dna-in-ancient-bones-buried-in-water/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/203266_web-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-18694" alt="" decoding="async" /></a><p>During the Iron Age around 300 AD something extraordinary was initiated in Levänluhta area in Isokyrö, SW Finland. The deceased were buried in a lake, and this habit was continued for at least 400 years. When trenches were dug in the local fields in mid-1800’s skulls and other human bones were surfacing. These bones had…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Traces of Crawling in Italian Cave Give Clues to Ancient Humans’ Social Behavior"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/elife/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">eLife</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">May 14, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/traces-of-crawling-in-italian-cave-give-clues-to-ancient-humans-social-behavior/">Traces of Crawling in Italian Cave Give Clues to Ancient Humans’ Social Behavior</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/traces-of-crawling-in-italian-cave-give-clues-to-ancient-humans-social-behavior/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/tracesofcraw-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-18502" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Evidence of crawling in an Italian cave system sheds new light on how late Stone Age humans behaved as a group, especially when exploring new grounds, says a study published today in eLife. The cave of Bàsura at Toirano and its human and animal fossil traces have been known since the 1950s, with the first…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Freshwater Mussel Shells Were Material of Choice For Prehistoric Craftsmen"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/university-of-york/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">University Of York</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">May 7, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/freshwater-mussel-shells-were-material-of-choice-for-prehistoric-craftsmen/">Freshwater Mussel Shells Were Material of Choice For Prehistoric Craftsmen</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/freshwater-mussel-shells-were-material-of-choice-for-prehistoric-craftsmen/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/200083_web-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-18438" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>A new study suggests that 6000-years-ago people across Europe shared a cultural tradition of using freshwater mussel shells to craft ornaments. An international team of researchers, including academics from the University of York, extracted ancient proteins from prehistoric shell ornaments – which look remarkably similar despite being found at distant locations in Denmark, Romania and…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Middle Pleistocene Human Skull Reveals Variation and Continuity in Early Asian Humans"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/chinese-academy-of-sciences-he/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">April 30, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/middle-pleistocene-human-skull-reveals-variation-and-continuity-in-early-asian-humans/">Middle Pleistocene Human Skull Reveals Variation and Continuity in Early Asian Humans</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/middle-pleistocene-human-skull-reveals-variation-and-continuity-in-early-asian-humans/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/199665_web-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-18389" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>A team of scientists led by LIU Wu and WU Xiujie from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported the first ever Middle Pleistocene human skull found in southeastern China, revealing the variation and continuity in early Asian humans. Their findings were published on April 30 in…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="New Fossil Evidence Claims First Discovery of Taro in Maori Gardens"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/julianne-evans-university-of-a/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Julianne Evans, University of Auckland</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">April 10, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/new-fossil-evidence-claims-first-discovery-of-taro-in-maori-gardens/">New Fossil Evidence Claims First Discovery of Taro in Maori Gardens</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/new-fossil-evidence-claims-first-discovery-of-taro-in-maori-gardens/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/5cac522da0300-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-18251" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>The first discovery of Polynesian taro grown in Māori gardens in the 1400s can be claimed by an archaeological research project on Ahuahu-Great Mercury Island. Jointly carried out by the University of Auckland and Auckland War Memorial Museum, the project’s new evidence displays the sophistication with which early Māori first utilised the New Zealand environment,…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="First-Confirmed Occurrence of a Lambeosaurine Dinosaur Found on Alaska’s North Slope"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/perot-museum-of-nature-and-sci/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Perot Museum of Nature and Science</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">April 1, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/first-confirmed-occurrence-of-a-lambeosaurine-dinosaur-found-on-alaskas-north-slope/">First-Confirmed Occurrence of a Lambeosaurine Dinosaur Found on Alaska’s North Slope</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/first-confirmed-occurrence-of-a-lambeosaurine-dinosaur-found-on-alaskas-north-slope/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/197034_web-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-18181" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Paleontologists from Hokkaido University in Japan, in cooperation with paleontologists from the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas, have discovered the first-confirmed occurrence of a lambeosaurine (crested ‘duck-billed’ dinosaur) from the Arctic – part of the skull of a lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Liscomb Bonebed (71-68 Ma) found on Alaska’s North Slope.…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Neanderthals Walked Upright Just Like the Humans of Today"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/university-of-zurich/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">University of Zurich</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 26, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/neanderthals-walked-upright-just-like-the-humans-of-today/">Neanderthals Walked Upright Just Like the Humans of Today</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/neanderthals-walked-upright-just-like-the-humans-of-today/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/3-neanderthals-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-17919" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Neanderthals are often depicted as having straight spines and poor posture. However, these prehistoric humans were more similar to us than many assume. University of Zurich researchers have shown that Neanderthals walked upright just like modern humans, thanks to a virtual reconstruction of the pelvis and spine of a very well-preserved Neanderthal skeleton found in…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="New Species of Tiny Tyrannosaur Foreshadows Rise of T. Rex"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/north-carolina-state-universit/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">North Carolina State University</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 21, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/new-species-of-tiny-tyrannosaur-foreshadows-rise-of-t-rex/">New Species of Tiny Tyrannosaur Foreshadows Rise of T. Rex</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/new-species-of-tiny-tyrannosaur-foreshadows-rise-of-t-rex/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1-newspeciesof-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-17892" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>A newly discovered, diminutive—by T. rex standards—relative of the tyrant king of dinosaurs reveals crucial new information about when and how T. rex came to rule the North American roost. Meet Moros intrepidus, a small tyrannosaur who lived about 96 million years ago in the lush, deltaic environment of what is now Utah during the…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="First Neanderthal Footprints Found in Gibraltar"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/university-of-seville/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">University of Seville</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 13, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/first-neanderthal-footprints-found-in-gibraltar/">First Neanderthal Footprints Found in Gibraltar</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/first-neanderthal-footprints-found-in-gibraltar/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/192801_web-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-17835" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>The prestigious international journal Quaternary Science Reviews has just published a paper which has involved the participation of Gibraltarian scientists from The Gibraltar National Museum alongside colleagues from Spain, Portugal and Japan. The results which have been published come from an area of the Catalan Bay Sand Dune. This work started ten years ago, when…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Centuries-Old Population Movements Revealed in Fine-Scale Genetic Map of the Iberian Peninsula"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/university-of-oxford/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">University of Oxford</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">February 5, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/centuries-old-population-movements-revealed-in-fine-scale-genetic-map-of-the-iberian-peninsula/">Centuries-Old Population Movements Revealed in Fine-Scale Genetic Map of the Iberian Peninsula</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/centuries-old-population-movements-revealed-in-fine-scale-genetic-map-of-the-iberian-peninsula/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_428984047-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-17768" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a></div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="New Studies Reveal Deep History of Archaic Humans in Southern Siberia"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/university-of-oxford/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">University of Oxford</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">January 30, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/new-studies-reveal-deep-history-of-archaic-humans-in-southern-siberia/">New Studies Reveal Deep History of Archaic Humans in Southern Siberia</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/new-studies-reveal-deep-history-of-archaic-humans-in-southern-siberia/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/5c518e5b576cd-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-17732" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Oxford University scientists have played a key role in new research identifying the earliest evidence of some of the first known humans—Denisovans and Neanderthals, in Southern Siberia. Professor Tom Higham and his team at the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit at the University of Oxford worked in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team from the UK, Russia,…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Fossil Deposit is Much Richer Than Expected"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/university-of-bonn/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">University of Bonn</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">January 14, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/fossil-deposit-is-much-richer-than-expected/">Fossil Deposit is Much Richer Than Expected</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/fossil-deposit-is-much-richer-than-expected/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/190179_web-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-17594" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>It has long been known that a quarry near the Dutch town of Winterswijk is an Eldorado for fossil lovers. But even connoisseurs will be surprised just how outstanding the site actually is. A student at the University of Bonn, himself a Dutchman and passionate fossil collector, has now analyzed pieces from museums and private…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Skull Scans Tell Tale of How World’s First Dogs Caught Their Prey"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/university-of-edinburgh/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">University of Edinburgh</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">January 11, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/skull-scans-tell-tale-of-how-worlds-first-dogs-caught-their-prey/">Skull Scans Tell Tale of How World’s First Dogs Caught Their Prey</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/skull-scans-tell-tale-of-how-worlds-first-dogs-caught-their-prey/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/190089_web-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-17584" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Analysis of the skulls of lions, wolves and hyenas has helped scientists uncover how prehistoric dogs hunted 40 million years ago. A study has revealed that the first species of dog – called Hesperocyon gregarius – pounced on its prey in the same way that many species, including foxes and coyotes, do today. The findings…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Archeological Discovery Yields Clues to How Our Ancestors May Have Adapted to Their Environment"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/boston-university-school-of-me/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Boston University School of Medicine</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">January 3, 2019</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/archeological-discovery-yields-clues-to-how-our-ancestors-may-have-adapted-to-their-environment/">Archeological Discovery Yields Clues to How Our Ancestors May Have Adapted to Their Environment</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/archeological-discovery-yields-clues-to-how-our-ancestors-may-have-adapted-to-their-environment/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1254793003-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-17507" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a></div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Paleontologists Piece Together Massive New Dinosaur from Vertebrae Bones"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/kenny-walter/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Kenny Walter</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">December 6, 2018</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/paleontologists-piece-together-massive-new-dinosaur-from-vertebrae-bones/">Paleontologists Piece Together Massive New Dinosaur from Vertebrae Bones</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/paleontologists-piece-together-massive-new-dinosaur-from-vertebrae-bones/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/187843_web-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-17281" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>The Volgatitan has now joined the ranks of dinosaurs in the Sauropod family. Paleontologists from the Akson Russian Science Communication Association have gathered together the final puzzle pieces for a new dinosaur from seven caudal vertebrae bones that had remained in the ground for the last 130 million years on the banks of the Volga…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Scientists Discover Possible Mantle Mineral"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/chinese-academy-of-sciences-he/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">December 6, 2018</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/scientists-discover-possible-mantle-mineral/">Scientists Discover Possible Mantle Mineral</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/scientists-discover-possible-mantle-mineral/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_593642531-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-17269" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a></div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Study Uses Rings in Teeth to Understand the Environment Neanderthals Faced"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/peter-reuell-harvard-universit/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Peter Reuell, Harvard University</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">December 4, 2018</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/study-uses-rings-in-teeth-to-understand-the-environment-neanderthals-faced/">Study Uses Rings in Teeth to Understand the Environment Neanderthals Faced</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/study-uses-rings-in-teeth-to-understand-the-environment-neanderthals-faced/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/studyusesrin-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-17232" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Scientists are painting the clearest picture yet of what life may have been like for Neanderthals living in Southern France some 250,000 years ago, and to do it, they’re using an unlikely day-to-day record of what their environment was like—their teeth. A team of researchers showed that examining the teeth of Neanderthal infants could yield…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="The Engineering Work of Ants Can Influence Paleoclimatic Studies"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/universidad-complutense-de-mad/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Universidad Complutense De Madrid</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">November 16, 2018</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/the-engineering-work-of-ants-can-influence-paleoclimatic-studies/">The Engineering Work of Ants Can Influence Paleoclimatic Studies</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/the-engineering-work-of-ants-can-influence-paleoclimatic-studies/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/186308_web-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-17013" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Ants of the species Messor barbarus modify the grain size and mineralogical composition of the soils they inhabit, influencing the results obtained in palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental studies, according to research conducted by the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN), the Institute of Geosciences (CSIC, UCM) and the Doñana Biological…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Late Miocene Ape Maxilla Discovered in Western India"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/public-library-of-science/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Public Library of Science</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">November 14, 2018</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/late-miocene-ape-maxilla-discovered-in-western-india/">Late Miocene Ape Maxilla Discovered in Western India</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/late-miocene-ape-maxilla-discovered-in-western-india/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/latemiocenea-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-16984" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>An ape maxilla (upper jaw) from the Late Miocene found in the Kutch basin, in western India, significantly extends the southern range of ancient apes in the Indian Peninsula, according to a study published in November 14, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Ansuya Bhandari from the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow,…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Scientists Theorize New Origin Story for Earth’s Water"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/american-geophysical-union/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">American Geophysical Union</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">November 7, 2018</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/scientists-theorize-new-origin-story-for-earths-water/">Scientists Theorize New Origin Story for Earth’s Water</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/scientists-theorize-new-origin-story-for-earths-water/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/185342_web-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-16872" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Earth’s water may have originated from both asteroidal material and gas left over from the formation of the Sun, according to new research. The new finding could give scientists important insights about the development of other planets and their potential to support life. In a new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, a…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Enhanced Views of Earth Tectonics"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/british-antarctic-survey/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">British Antarctic Survey</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">November 5, 2018</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/enhanced-views-of-earth-tectonics/">Enhanced Views of Earth Tectonics</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/enhanced-views-of-earth-tectonics/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/enhancedview-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-16831" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Scientists from Germany’s Kiel University and British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have used data from the European Space Agency (ESA), Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) mission to unveil key geological features of the Earth’s lithosphere – the rigid outer layer that includes the crust and the upper mantle. 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Weighing in as much as 100 tons, the long-neck behemoths are the largest land animals to ever walk the earth. How they grew so large from ancestors that were small enough to be found in a modern-day petting…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Researchers Add Surprising Finds to the Fossil Record"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/adelphi-university/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Adelphi University</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">September 26, 2018</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/researchers-add-surprising-finds-to-the-fossil-record/">Researchers Add Surprising Finds to the Fossil Record</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/researchers-add-surprising-finds-to-the-fossil-record/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/33-researchersa-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-16220" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>A newly discovered fossil suggests that large, flowering trees grew in North America by the Turonian age, showing that these large trees were part of the forest canopies there nearly 15 million years earlier than previously thought. Researchers from Adelphi University and the Burpee Museum of Natural History found the fossil in the Mancos Shale…</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><article class="type-post entry has-post-thumbnail" aria-label="Subducting Slabs of the Earth’s Crust May Generate Unusual Features Spotted Near the Core"><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-author">By <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/author/robert-perkins-california-inst/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Robert Perkins, California Institute of Technology</span></a></span> | <time class="entry-time">September 21, 2018</time></p><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/subducting-slabs-of-the-earths-crust-may-generate-unusual-features-spotted-near-the-core/">Subducting Slabs of the Earth’s Crust May Generate Unusual Features Spotted Near the Core</a></h2> </header><div class="entry-content"><a class="entry-image-link" href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/subducting-slabs-of-the-earths-crust-may-generate-unusual-features-spotted-near-the-core/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="368" height="300" src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1057790591-368x300.jpg" class="alignleft post-image entry-image wp-image-16155" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a></div><footer class="entry-footer"></footer></article><div class="archive-pagination pagination"><div class="pagination-next alignright"><a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/topics/archeology/page/2/" class="button">Next ></a></div></div></main><aside class="sidebar sidebar-primary widget-area" role="complementary" aria-label="Primary Sidebar"><section id="custom_html-11" class="widget_text widget widget_custom_html"><div class="widget_text widget-wrap"><div class="textwidget custom-html-widget"><center> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; width: 300px;"> <div align="center"> <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/enews-sign-up/" target="_blank"> <img src="https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RDWorld-300x100-1.jpg" alt="rd newsletter"> </a> </div> <div align="center" style="width: 300px; line-height: 20px; padding-top: 10px;"> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: #0c506d; text-align: center; font-size: 20px;"> EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND STAY CONNECTED </span> </div> <div align="center" style="line-height: 16px; padding-top: 5px;"> <span style="text-align: center; font-size: 16px;"> Get the latest info on technologies, trends, and strategies in Research & Development. </span> </div> <div align="center" style="padding-top: 10px;"> <a href="https://www.rdworldonline.com/enews-sign-up/"> <button style="background-color: #18325b; color: white; font-weight: bold; border: none; padding: 10px; font-size: 16px; cursor: pointer;"> GET THE ENEWSLETTER </button> </a> </div> </div> </center> </div></div></section> <section id="custom_html-5" class="widget_text widget widget_custom_html"><div class="widget_text widget-wrap"><div class="textwidget custom-html-widget"><center><div id='div-gpt-rdworld_sidebar1' style="align:center"> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-rdworld_sidebar1'); }); </script> </div> </center></div></div></section> <section id="custom_html-10" class="widget_text widget widget_custom_html"><div class="widget_text widget-wrap"><div class="textwidget custom-html-widget"><center><a href="https://index.rdworldonline.com"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RD-House-Promo.jpg" alt="RD 25 Power Index"></a></center></div></div></section> <section id="custom_html-8" class="widget_text widget widget_custom_html"><div class="widget_text widget-wrap"><h4 class="widget-title widgettitle">R&D World Digital Issues</h4> <div class="textwidget custom-html-widget"><div id="digital" style="padding: 0 15px 10px 15px;"> <a href="/topics/digital-issues/"><img align="left" style="padding:0 10px; width: 100px;" src="/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/rdworld-fall24-coverifinal.jpg" alt="Fall 2024 issue" /></a> <p><a href="/topics/digital-issues/" style="text-decoration: underline;">Browse the most current issue</a> of R&D World and back issues in an easy to use high quality format. 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