World’s Oldest Host-Associated Microbial DNA Obtained from Ancient Mammoth Remains
In a brand-new research study, researchers evaluated ancient microbial DNA from 483 massive remains covering over 1 million years, consisting of 440 newly-sequenced and unpublished samples from a 1.1-million-year-old steppe…
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World’s Oldest Ankylosaur Had Uniquely Elaborate Dermal Armor
The armored ankylosaurian dinosaurs are best understood from Late Cretaceous northern hemisphere communities, however their early development in the Early-Middle Jurassic is shrouded in secret due to a bad fossil…
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East Asia’s Oldest Known Sauropodomorph Dinosaur Unearthed in China
Wudingloong wui resided in what is now Yunnan, China, around 200 million years ago (Early Jurassic date). Rebuilt skeleton and representative bones of Wudingloong wuiPerson scale bars– 5 cm. Scale…
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Oldest wooden tools unearthed in East Asia show that ancient humans made planned trips to dig up edible plants
Archaeologists have actually uncovered the earliest wood tools ever discovered in East Asia. (Image credit: Bo Li ) Archaeologists have actually found 35 wood tools from the Old Stone Age…
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Catquistadors: Oldest known domestic cats in the US died off Florida coast in a 1559 Spanish shipwreck
Felines have actually long accompanied sailors on ships, as held true for the very first domestic felines in what is now the U.S. (Image credit: iboter by means of Getty…
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‘Hell ant’ with scythe-like jaws may be oldest ant fossil ever discovered
A photo of the fossilized “hell ant.” (Image credit: Anderson Lepeco ) A freshly found “hell ant” fossil might be the earliest ant ever discovered, researchers state. This fossilized bug…
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Oldest sinew bowstrings ever found in Europe have been hiding in Spain’s ‘Bat Cave’ for 7,000 years
3 Neolithic arrows discovered in Spain’s Cueva de Los Murciélagos, or “Bat Cave,” consist of one made from reed and wood. (Image credit: © MUTERMUR Project) Approximately 7,000-year-old cables discovered…
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Oldest firearms ever found in US were abandoned by Spanish in 16th-century battle against Native Americans
The cannons that were found by the group are called a hackbut or hook weapon. They are both made from bronze and this one is well maintained. (Image credit: Courtesy…
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World’s oldest person, Maria Branyas Morera, dies at 117 years old
Maria Branyas Morera commemorated her 117th birthday previously this year. (Image credit: Arxiu de la família Branyas Morera, (CC0 1.0 UNIVERSAL Deed), through Wikimedia Commons) Maria Branyas Morera, the earliest…
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