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Pure Science

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2 months ago

Scientists Extract Metabolic Molecules From Million-Year-Old Fossils for the First Time Fossils can reveal far more than the shapes of ancient creatures. Molecules preserved inside old animal bones provide clues about past diseases, what those animals ate, and the climates they lived in....

Scientists Extract Metabolic Molecules From Million-Year-Old Fossils for the First Time #Science #Biology #Paleontology #AncientBiology #FossilScience #MetabolicResearch

Pure Science

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3 months ago

This Ancient Sea Monster Had a Killer Bite and No Teeth Some 360 million years ago, a terrible and strange sea monster named the Dunkleosteus patrolled shallow seas around the world, terrorizing its neighbors with its formidable razor-like jaws. The early...

This Ancient Sea Monster Had a Killer Bite and No Teeth #Science #Biology #Paleontology #AncientCreatures #FossilScience

HigherJobz

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7 months ago

Postdoctoral in Palaeontology at CNRS–MNHN Paris | HigherJobz Apply for a postdoctoral position in palaeontology at CNRS–MNHN, Paris. Open to PhDs in fossil science. Apply by 14 Aug 2025.

Postdoctoral Researcher – CNRS–MNHN, France
DIM PAMIR fossil imaging & archival science
Eligibility: PhD in paleontology, 1–4 years postdoc
Deadline: 14 Aug 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/postdoc-pala...
#HigherJobz #PostdocJobs #Paleontology #EuropeJobs #EarlyCareer #ResearchJobs #FossilScience

HigherJobz

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7 months ago

Postdoctoral in Paleontology at CNRS–MNHN Paris | HigherJobz Apply for a postdoctoral position in paleontology at CNRS–MNHN, Paris. Open to PhDs in fossil science. Apply by 14 Aug 2025.

Postdoctoral Researcher – CNRS–MNHN, France
DIM PAMIR fossil imaging & archival science
Eligibility: PhD in palaeontology, 1–4 years postdoc
Deadline: 14 Aug 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/postdoc-pale...
#HigherJobz #PostdocJobs #Paleontology #EuropeJobs #EarlyCareer #ResearchJobs #FossilScience

Anthropology.net

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9 months ago

Teeth, Proteins, and Paranthropus: Cracking Open an Ancient Mystery How 2-Million-Year-Old Tooth Enamel Is Rewriting the Story of a Hominin Enigma

Ancient tooth proteins show Paranthropus robustus wasn't just dimorphic—its variation went deeper. Male tooth, small size. DNA gone, but enamel remembers. #Paleoproteomics #Paranthropus #HumanEvolution #AncientProteins #FossilScience @science.org

Geekoo

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9 months ago

Teeth Began as Armor That Felt New research shows that teeth began not as tools for chewing, but as pressure-sensing structures in the armored skin of ancient fish. A sensory origin story buried deep in time.

Your teeth feel pain because ancient fish needed to sense danger. They started as armor with nerves. #Evolution #SensoryTeeth #FossilScience

Earth.com

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1 year ago

100-million-year-old bones inspire new aircraft design Researchers have discovered a hidden network of microscopic canals inside of pterosaur wing bones that may inspire new aircraft designs.

100-million-year-old bones inspire new aircraft design: Researchers have discovered a hidden network of microscopic canals inside of pterosaur wing bones that may inspire new aircraft designs.

#PterosaurFossils #Biomimicry #AerospaceInnovation #FossilScience #FlightTechnology #EarthDotCom #Earth