Archaeology
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When did humans first colonize Australia?
University of UtahPeer-Reviewed Publication
University of Utah anthropologist used genetic studies to conclude Sahul colonizers arrived later than the commonly held 65,000-year timeframe. James O’Connell and archaeologist Jim Allen’s paper re-opens debate on when Australia was first settled.
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- Archaeology in Oceania
Polarization technology facilitates 3D imaging under turbid water
Chinese Society for Optical EngineeringPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- PhotoniX
- Funder
- National Key Research and Development Program of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Special Project for Enterprise Research and Development in Tiankai Higher Education Innovation Park
Carbon-14 dating unlocks ancient Jerusalem’s water secret: monumental Siloam Dam was built in 800 BCE to face a climate crisis
Weizmann Institute of SciencePeer-Reviewed Publication
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
New crocodile-relative “hypercarnivore” from prehistoric Patagonia was 11.5ft long and weighed 250kg
PLOSPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- PLOS One
New fossils show how “bizarre” armoured dinosaur, Spicomellus afer, had 1 metre spikes sticking out from its neck
University of BirminghamPeer-Reviewed Publication
New research published in Nature reports that world's oldest dinosaur Spicomellus afer had a tail weapon more than 30 million years before any other ankylosaur, as well as a unique bony collar ringed with metre-long spikes sticking out from either side of its neck.
Spicomellus is the world’s oldest ankylosaur, having lived more than 165 million years ago in the Middle Jurassic near what is now the Moroccan town of Boulemane. It was the first ankylosaur to be found on the African continent.
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- Nature
Study: Fossils reveal reliable record of marine ecosystem functioning
University of Nevada, Las VegasPeer-Reviewed Publication
Research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences confirms that fossilized marine invertebrates serve as a powerful tool for understanding long-term ecological change and informing modern conservation efforts.
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences