Tag: Paleontology
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Ancient Bee Nests in Fossils Reveal Unseen Bee Behavior
New fossil discoveries reshape our view of ancient bees For generations, scientists have pictured bees as either solitary ground-builders or highly organized colonial hives. Yet a groundbreaking fossil discovery is challenging that simple dichotomy by revealing ancient bee nests that point to a behavior never before observed in the fossil record. The find not only…
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Ancient Bee Nests in Fossils Reveal Surprising Behavioral Shifts
New fossil evidence uncovers unusual bee nest behavior In a breakthrough for entomology and paleontology, researchers have identified bee nests preserved in fossils that suggest behaviors never before observed in the fossil record. This discovery challenges long-held views about how ancient bees lived, especially regarding nesting choices and social structure. Traditionally, scientists imagined bee nests…
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Ancient bee nests reveal unprecedented early-bee behavior
Groundbreaking fossil finds illuminate a surprising aspect of early bees For decades, scientists have imagined the early bees as small, simple creatures that resembled solitary relatives of today’s honeybees and carpenter bees. A striking new set of fossil discoveries challenges that view, presenting evidence of ancient bee nests built in ways that researchers had not…
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Origins of Kissing: Evolutionary Roots Traced to 21 Million Years
Unraveling a universal gesture Kissing is often viewed as a uniquely human romance, but recent scientific work suggests that the mouth-to-mouth kiss evolved long before Homo sapiens. By studying anatomy, behavior, and the fossil record of our close relatives, researchers argue that this intimate act appeared more than 21 million years ago and was likely…
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Asteroid Strike Revisited: A Multidisciplinary Journey Through AMNH’s Impact Exhibit
Introduction: A Fresh Lens on a Global Extinction New York’s American Museum of Natural History has opened a groundbreaking exhibition that invites visitors to walk through the event that reshaped life on Earth: the asteroid impact that ended the Cretaceous period and led to the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs. The Impact exhibit blends geology,…
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New AMNH Exhibit Reimagines the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Impact
A Fresh Look at a Jurassic Pop Quiz When the asteroid that struck Earth around 66 million years ago is mentioned in classrooms or documentaries, the narrative often lands as a single, dramatic punchline: a colossal rock, a deadly explosion, and the sudden end of the age of dinosaurs. The American Museum of Natural History’s…
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Walk-through: AMNH’s Impact exhibit on the asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs
Overview: A multidisciplinary journey into the dinosaur extinction In New York City, the American Museum of Natural History opens a bold new exhibition that looks at the asteroid strike credited with ending the reign of the non-avian dinosaurs. The Impact exhibit invites visitors to move beyond a single narrative, weaving together geology, paleontology, archaeology, climate…
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Remembering Marmaduke: Hillsborough’s Mastodon Tale from 1936
How Marmaduke Became a Local Legend On July 2, 1936, a routine day at a small dam project near a pond in Hillsborough, New Brunswick, took an unexpected turn. Civil engineer C.R. Fancy and his crew were focused on their work when a long-buried mystery surfaced—literally. Amid the tangle of earth and tools, the team…
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Remembering Marmaduke: Hillsborough’s Mastodon that Shaped a Town
Introduction: A Quiet Day Turned Into a Fossil Tale July 2, 1936, began as a routine workday for C.R. Fancy, a civil engineer in Hillsborough, New Brunswick. He and his crew were laying a small dam on a pond near Conrad Osman’s property when the unexpected happened: a fossil dug up from the earth beside…
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Remembering Marmaduke: Hillsborough’s Mastodon and a 1936 Dig That Made History
Introduction: A Day That Became a Discovery On July 2, 1936, a routine civil engineering project in Hillsborough, New Brunswick, was interrupted not by weather or a sudden flood, but by a moment that would echo through local history and paleontology. C.R. Fancy, a civil engineer overseeing a crew on a dam project near a…