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palaeontology
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forbes.comscience15 hrs ago
DNA in Arctic Ground Squirrel Faeces Reveals 700,000-Year-Old Beringian Ecosystem
Researchers extracted genetic material from 13 burrows in Yukon permafrost, identifying microbes, plants, insects and large mammals including woolly mammoths.
kottke.orgscience23 hrs ago
Cambrian Fossils With Preserved Soft Tissues Place Bryozoa in the Early Cambrian and Indicate Even Earlier Stem Origins
@Nature reported that phosphatized soft tissues in fossils from China place bryozoans among animals present at the Cambrian explosion.
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