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New Child Fossil Teeth Reveal Why Humans Developed an Unusually Long Childhood
Research on fossil teeth from a 1.77-million-year-old early Homo specimen challenges the "big brain, long childhood" hypothesis. The study suggests that the extended childhood seen in humans may have evolved as a result of cultural transmission, not just brain growth. By analysing dental growth patterns, scientists show that Homo’s development wa...
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Ancient Fossil Bird Skull Reveals Roots of Avian Intelligence, Finds New Study
Researchers have uncovered a well-preserved skull of Navaornis hestiae, an ancient bird from 80 million years ago, marking a crucial discovery for understanding the evolution of avian intelligence. Found in Brazil, this fossil bridges a 70-million-year gap in bird evolution between Archaeopteryx and today's birds, showcasing intermediate brain deve...
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Half-A-Billion-Year-Old Fossilised Brain of Sea Creature Sparks Debate On Evolution Of Brain
A new study provides detailed description of Cardiodictyon catenulum, a wormlike animal preserved in rocks in China's southern Yunnan province.
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The World's First Fossilized Dinosaur Brain May Have Been Found
A bit of lumpy brown rock no bigger than an orange could be the world's first fossilized dinosaur brain.
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Brains Too Can Get Fossilised: Study
Seven newly discovered fossils of a 520-million-year-old arthropod species provide the strongest yet evidence that brains too can get fossilised, a phenomenon that was long thought as implausible, scientists say.
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Brain of World's First Known Predator Unearthed
Paleontologists have unearthed fossilised remains of the brain of the world's first known predators that lived about 520 million years ago.
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New Child Fossil Teeth Reveal Why Humans Developed an Unusually Long Childhood
Research on fossil teeth from a 1.77-million-year-old early Homo specimen challenges the "big brain, long childhood" hypothesis. The study suggests that the extended childhood seen in humans may have evolved as a result of cultural transmission, not just brain growth. By analysing dental growth patterns, scientists show that Homo’s development wa...
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Ancient Fossil Bird Skull Reveals Roots of Avian Intelligence, Finds New Study
Researchers have uncovered a well-preserved skull of Navaornis hestiae, an ancient bird from 80 million years ago, marking a crucial discovery for understanding the evolution of avian intelligence. Found in Brazil, this fossil bridges a 70-million-year gap in bird evolution between Archaeopteryx and today's birds, showcasing intermediate brain deve...
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Half-A-Billion-Year-Old Fossilised Brain of Sea Creature Sparks Debate On Evolution Of Brain
A new study provides detailed description of Cardiodictyon catenulum, a wormlike animal preserved in rocks in China's southern Yunnan province.
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The World's First Fossilized Dinosaur Brain May Have Been Found
A bit of lumpy brown rock no bigger than an orange could be the world's first fossilized dinosaur brain.
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Brains Too Can Get Fossilised: Study
Seven newly discovered fossils of a 520-million-year-old arthropod species provide the strongest yet evidence that brains too can get fossilised, a phenomenon that was long thought as implausible, scientists say.
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Brain of World's First Known Predator Unearthed
Paleontologists have unearthed fossilised remains of the brain of the world's first known predators that lived about 520 million years ago.
