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Octopuses were around before dinosaurs, fossil find suggests
11th March 2022 | theguardian.com | Ancient, Animal Life

Scientists have found the oldest known ancestor of octopuses – an approximately 330m-year-old fossil unearthed in Montana. The researchers concluded the ancient creature lived millions of years earlier than previously believed, meaning that octopuses originated before the era of dinosaurs.

Controversial impact crater under Greenland’s ice is surprisingly ancient
11th March 2022 | science.org | Ancient, Earth

New date of 58 million years undercuts idea that strike triggered recent 1000-year plunge in temperatures.

Traces of Ancient Life Discovered Deep in Earth’s Mantle
10th March 2022 | newsweek.com | Ancient, Animal Life, Earth

Scientists discovered traces of carbon—the element on which life on Earth is based—that appear to have come from the Cambrian Explosion.

The human brain would rather look at nature than city streets
10th March 2022 phys.org | Animal Life, Earth, Humans

There is a scientific reason that humans feel better walking through the woods than strolling down a city street, according to a new publication from UO physicist Richard Taylor and an interdisciplinary team of collaborators.

Spiders Use Electric Fields to Fly, And We May Finally Know How
10th March 2022 | sciencealert.com | Animal Life

Having never evolved wings, many species of spider instead evolved an uncanny ability to take to the skies using nothing more than a few short threads of gossamer dangling from their dainty butts.

Amazon rainforest reaching tipping point, researchers say
10th March 2022 | bbc.co.uk | Animal Life, Earth, Humans

A study suggests the world’s largest rainforest is losing its ability to bounce back from damage caused by droughts, fires and deforestation.

Demand grows for UK ministers to reclassify psilocybin for medical research
10th March 2022 | theguardian.com | Humans, Misc.

People suffering debilitating cluster headaches say the active ingredient in magic mushrooms is a help.

Predators Have Evolved to Not Overexploit Their Resources. Can Humans Do The Same?
8th March 2022 | sciencealert.com | Animal Life, Earth, Humans

People have been trying to understand how predators and prey are able to stay balanced within our planet’s ecosystems for at least 2,400 years. The Greek author Herodotus even raised the question in his historical treatise Histories, written around 430 BC.

Rare Pictish symbol stone found near potential site of famous battle
8th March 2022 phys.org | Ancient, Humans

Archaeologists have uncovered a Pictish symbol stone close to the location of one of the most significant carved stone monuments ever uncovered in Scotland.

The Venus of Willendorf travelled hundreds of kilometres
8th March 2022 cosmosmagazine.com | Ancient, Humans

The Venus of Willendorf, one of the world’s oldest pieces of artwork, was made of rock mined in Italy, more than 600 kilometres from her final resting place in Austria, according to new research.

Neuroimaging research sheds light on what happens in our brain when we die
5th March 2022 | psypost.org | Humans, Misc., Tech

What happens inside your brain during these experiences and after death are questions that have puzzled neuroscientists for centuries. However, a new study published to Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience suggests that your brain may remain active and coordinated during and even after the transition to death, and be programmed to orchestrate the whole ordeal.

Old Stone Age culture discovered in China
5th March 2022 | livescience.com | Ancient, Humans

Scientists discovered remnants of an Old Stone Age culture, less than 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of Beijing, where ancient hominins used a reddish pigment called ochre and crafted tiny, blade-like tools from stone. The archaeological site, called Xiamabei, offers a rare glimpse into the life of Homo sapiens and now-extinct human relatives who inhabited the region some 40,000 years ago.

Lost Photos Suggest Europeans Were Mummifying Their Dead Far Earlier Than We Thought
5th March 2022 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Humans

Archaeologists may have just uncovered evidence for the oldest known practice of mummification. Human remains interred 8,000 years ago in the Sado Valley in Portugal, during the Mesolithic, appear to have been deliberately treated for mummification prior to burial.

Tyrannosaurus rex may have been three species, scientists say
2nd March 2022 | Ancient, Animal Life

With its immense size, dagger-like teeth and sharp claws, Tyrannosaurus rex was a fearsome predator that once terrorised North America. Now researchers studying its fossils have suggested the beast may not have been the only tyrannosaurus species

Archeologists to scan the Great Pyramid of Giza with cosmic rays
2nd March 2022 phys.org | Ancient, Humans, Tech

A team of scientists will use advances in High Energy Physics (HIP) to scan the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza with cosmic-ray muons. They want to see deeper into the Great Pyramid than ever before and map its internal structure.

Archaeologist Identifies a Lost Timekeeping System in The Stones of Stonehenge
2nd March 2022 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Humans

A new study explains how Stonehenge may have originally been used to keep track of a solar year (aka tropical year) of 365 and a quarter days, which has long been suggested by researchers but never fully understood.

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