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Sunrise over an unpaved road near Apulo, Colombia
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The Rocky Roads of Colombian Paleontology

by Camilo Garzón and Santiago Flórez 7 May 20218 November 2021

Colombia has a wealth of fossils, and geologists are leading the charge to both collect data and share ancient history with local communities.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a cave
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Sooty Layers in Stalagmites Record Human Activity in Caves

by Katherine Kornei 16 February 202118 April 2022

Scientists analyzing cave formations in Turkey find layers of soot and charcoal in stalagmites, revealing that humans—and their fires—occupied caves thousands of years ago.

St. Barthélemy Island, viewed from the Coco Islet
Posted inScience Updates

By Land or Sea: How Did Mammals Get to the Caribbean Islands?

by P. Münch, P.-O. Antoine and B. Marcaillou 19 November 202029 September 2021

A multidisciplinary team is jointly investigating mammal evolution and subduction dynamics to unravel how flightless land mammals migrated to the Greater Antilles and other Caribbean islands.

An artist’s depiction of early modern humans living amid the grasslands of the Paleo-Agulhas Plain
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A Lost Haven for Early Modern Humans

by K. Braun 14 October 202015 April 2022

Sea level changes have repeatedly reshaped the Paleo-Agulhas Plain, a now submerged region off the coast of South Africa that once teemed with plants, animals, and human hunter–gatherers.

Wide image of a group of researchers looking through slabs of rock in a ditch in a dry paddock
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Ancient “Pickled” Leaves Give a Glimpse of Global Greening

by Kate Evans 3 September 202026 January 2023

A unique fossil lake bed in New Zealand has revealed insights into global climate under elevated levels of carbon dioxide but is now off-limits to scientists.

A partial skull of the Miocene great ape Lufengpithecus
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Why Did Great Apes Disappear from Southwestern China?

by Sarah Stanley 23 June 202026 January 2023

Periodic pulses of cooler temperatures may have disrupted the warm, humid, late Miocene climate that sustained the region’s great apes long after most species disappeared elsewhere.

Rock leaves a trail on a cracked, dry lake bed.
Posted inNews

Does This Fossil Reveal a Jurassic Tropical Freeze?

by H. Leifert 19 February 202027 January 2023

On view for over a century, a fossil slab may display evidence of tropical freezing during the Jurassic, but scientists never noticed it—until one finally did. Some colleagues are not convinced.

Close-up photo of tan sandstone with gray splotches
Posted inNews

Paleontologists Peer Inside Billion-Year-Old Cells

by Hannah Thomasy 6 August 201922 February 2022

Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of Precambrian cells extraordinarily preserved with the rare earth element phosphates monazite and xenotime.

Scientist holds a rock with a fossil of the species Cambroraster falcatus
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Newly Discovered Fossil Species Named After Star Wars Starship

by Jenessa Duncombe 30 July 201930 January 2023

The 500-million-year-old species is a distant relative of today’s crabs, spiders, and insects.

Photo of hundreds of foram tests on a black background
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Nineteen Eighty-Forams

by L. Joel 22 July 2019

Facial recognition technology is helping researchers identify marine microorganisms.

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