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Dorset's Fossil Forest: A Jurassic Landscape Preserved by Microbial Fossilisation
The Fossil Forest in Dorset, England, preserves tree stumps from the late Jurassic period through unique microbial fossilisation. Found along the Jurassic Coast, these remains showcase the ancient Protocupressinoxylon cypress species and offer insight into prehistoric ecosystems. Rising sea levels submerged the forest, but microbes encased the root...
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Continent Merger, Deadly Heat May Lead To Human Extinction: Study
Extreme temperatures in future may potentially lead to the first mass extinction on Earth since the dinosaurs, a new study has revealed.
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Colossal Meteorite Impact 3 Billion Years Ago May Have Boosted Early Life on Earth
Around 3.26 billion years ago, a giant meteorite, 200 times larger than the one that killed the dinosaurs, struck Earth. This impact stirred up nutrients from the ocean floor, like phosphorus and iron, that may have given early microbes a much-needed boost. While the event was likely catastrophic for some life forms, it also created opportunities f...
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Mega Meteorite, 4 Times The Size Of Mount Everest, May Have Sparked Life On Earth: Study
This immense rock slammed into Earth, boiling the oceans and unleashing a record-breaking tsunami.
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Massive 125-Million-Year-Old Herbivorous Dinosaur's Fossil Found In England
The fossil remains of a plant-eating dinosaur estimated to have roamed the earth some 125 million years ago have been discovered on England's Isle of Wight.
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150-Million-Year-Old Stegosaurus Fossil To Be Put On Auction, $4-6 Million Anticipated
The Stegosaurus, recognisable for its distinct double row of large, kite-shaped plates along its back plates and spiked tail, roamed the Earth as a herbivorous dinosaur in the Late Jurassic period, around 155-150 million years ago.
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Fossils Being Formed Today Will Show How Humans Disrupted Life On Earth
When we think of fossils it is usually of dinosaurs, or perhaps the beautiful spiral shape of an ammonite picked up on a beach during a summer holiday.
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Asteroid That Ended Dinosaurs Also Halted Key Life Process On Earth: Study
The fine dust that was flung high into atmosphere eclipsed the sun's rays, preventing plants from carrying out photosynthesis.
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If Dinosaurs Hadn't Gone Extinct, How Would Our World Look? Read On
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of evolution. The skies darkened and plants stopped photosynthesising. The plants died, then the animals that fed on them.
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Dinosaur Discovered in Australia Identified as New Species, Could Be One of the Largest of Its Kind
A gigantic dinosaur discovered in Australia's outback has been identified as a new species and recognised as one of the largest to ever roam the Earth, according to palaeontologists.
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Comet From Edge Of Solar System Killed Dinosaurs: Study
Sixty-six million years ago, a huge celestial object struck off the coast of what is now Mexico, triggering a catastrophic "impact winter" that eventually wiped out three-quarters of life on Earth, including the dinosaurs.
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Remains Of The Day: Dinosaur Skeleton Fetches 3 Million Euros
The near-complete skeleton of a carnivorous dinosaur which roamed the earth around 150 million years ago was sold at a Paris auction house on Tuesday for 3 million euros ($3.52 million).
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Asteroid Calamity Shaped Life On Earth 466 Million Years Ago: Study
The cataclysmic asteroid impact off Mexico's coast that doomed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was not the only time an astronomical event shaped the history of life on Earth.
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Fossils Show World-Wide Catastrophe On The Day Dinosaurs Died
Sixty-six million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into a shallow sea near Mexico. The impact carved out a 90-mile-wide crater and flung mountains of earth into space. Earthbound debris fell to the planet in droplets of molten rock and glass.
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Anonymous Buyer Pays Over $3 Million For 2 Dinosaur Skeletons
Two dinosaur skeletons marketed as hip design objects -- one of a diplodocus, the other of an allosaurus -- sold for more than 1.4 million euros ($1.7 million) apiece at auction in Paris on Wednesday. The two dinosaurs roamed the Earth during the late Jurassic period, around 150 million years ago.
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Dorset's Fossil Forest: A Jurassic Landscape Preserved by Microbial Fossilisation
The Fossil Forest in Dorset, England, preserves tree stumps from the late Jurassic period through unique microbial fossilisation. Found along the Jurassic Coast, these remains showcase the ancient Protocupressinoxylon cypress species and offer insight into prehistoric ecosystems. Rising sea levels submerged the forest, but microbes encased the root...
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Continent Merger, Deadly Heat May Lead To Human Extinction: Study
Extreme temperatures in future may potentially lead to the first mass extinction on Earth since the dinosaurs, a new study has revealed.
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Colossal Meteorite Impact 3 Billion Years Ago May Have Boosted Early Life on Earth
Around 3.26 billion years ago, a giant meteorite, 200 times larger than the one that killed the dinosaurs, struck Earth. This impact stirred up nutrients from the ocean floor, like phosphorus and iron, that may have given early microbes a much-needed boost. While the event was likely catastrophic for some life forms, it also created opportunities f...
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Mega Meteorite, 4 Times The Size Of Mount Everest, May Have Sparked Life On Earth: Study
This immense rock slammed into Earth, boiling the oceans and unleashing a record-breaking tsunami.
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Massive 125-Million-Year-Old Herbivorous Dinosaur's Fossil Found In England
The fossil remains of a plant-eating dinosaur estimated to have roamed the earth some 125 million years ago have been discovered on England's Isle of Wight.
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150-Million-Year-Old Stegosaurus Fossil To Be Put On Auction, $4-6 Million Anticipated
The Stegosaurus, recognisable for its distinct double row of large, kite-shaped plates along its back plates and spiked tail, roamed the Earth as a herbivorous dinosaur in the Late Jurassic period, around 155-150 million years ago.
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Fossils Being Formed Today Will Show How Humans Disrupted Life On Earth
When we think of fossils it is usually of dinosaurs, or perhaps the beautiful spiral shape of an ammonite picked up on a beach during a summer holiday.
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Asteroid That Ended Dinosaurs Also Halted Key Life Process On Earth: Study
The fine dust that was flung high into atmosphere eclipsed the sun's rays, preventing plants from carrying out photosynthesis.
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If Dinosaurs Hadn't Gone Extinct, How Would Our World Look? Read On
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of evolution. The skies darkened and plants stopped photosynthesising. The plants died, then the animals that fed on them.
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Dinosaur Discovered in Australia Identified as New Species, Could Be One of the Largest of Its Kind
A gigantic dinosaur discovered in Australia's outback has been identified as a new species and recognised as one of the largest to ever roam the Earth, according to palaeontologists.
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Comet From Edge Of Solar System Killed Dinosaurs: Study
Sixty-six million years ago, a huge celestial object struck off the coast of what is now Mexico, triggering a catastrophic "impact winter" that eventually wiped out three-quarters of life on Earth, including the dinosaurs.
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Remains Of The Day: Dinosaur Skeleton Fetches 3 Million Euros
The near-complete skeleton of a carnivorous dinosaur which roamed the earth around 150 million years ago was sold at a Paris auction house on Tuesday for 3 million euros ($3.52 million).
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Asteroid Calamity Shaped Life On Earth 466 Million Years Ago: Study
The cataclysmic asteroid impact off Mexico's coast that doomed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was not the only time an astronomical event shaped the history of life on Earth.
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Fossils Show World-Wide Catastrophe On The Day Dinosaurs Died
Sixty-six million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into a shallow sea near Mexico. The impact carved out a 90-mile-wide crater and flung mountains of earth into space. Earthbound debris fell to the planet in droplets of molten rock and glass.
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Anonymous Buyer Pays Over $3 Million For 2 Dinosaur Skeletons
Two dinosaur skeletons marketed as hip design objects -- one of a diplodocus, the other of an allosaurus -- sold for more than 1.4 million euros ($1.7 million) apiece at auction in Paris on Wednesday. The two dinosaurs roamed the Earth during the late Jurassic period, around 150 million years ago.
