Paleontology
PALEONTOLOGY
Shelter for giants
Paleoburrows in Minas Gerais may have been built by primitive ground sloths
Paleontology
Dinosaur feathers preserved in amber
Amber preserved the feathered tail of a small dinosaur
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Paleontology
Two pre-mammals in southern Brazil
Two new species of cynodonts were described in the science literature
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PALEONTOLOGY
Inside fossils
Computed tomography permits detailed analysis of bones of extinct animals
Archaeology
The people of Lagoa Santa
A team of researchers work on an archaeological site at Lapa do Santo
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PALEONTOLOGY
Heart of stone
New fossil record reveals an unforeseen pathway in the evolution of the heart
PALEONTOLOGY
The golden age of the cynodonts
Cynodonts lived during the peak of diversity of mammal precursors
Taubatherium paulacoutoi
An old mammal from Taubaté
An analysis completed a comparative description of the animal's skeleton
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Homo naledi
Collective help
Paleontologists found fossil remains of a previously unknown hominid species
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Pre-History
New pieces of the puzzle
Teeth suggests that humans were present in Piauí over 20,000 years ago
Montsechia vidalii
Oldest known flowering plant
World oldest plant fossils is found in Spain
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iguanian
80-million-year-old lizard
Fossilized pieces found in Paraná helps to understand the origin of lizards
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PALEOBOTANY
A forest of water and fire
Fossils in a coalfield in Rio Grande do Sul reveal a swampy landscape
dinosaur
Paths of Argentine dinosaurs
Fossilized dinosaur tracks and trails in Argentina are helping researchers
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PALEONTOLOGY
A Caribbean cousin
Fossil of 12 million-year-old is a distant relative of South American turtles
Alexander Kellner
Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner: On the wings of the past
Paleontologist talks about the difficulties of doing research in his field
Fossils
Primordial snakes
Described species add 70 million years to the evolutionary history of serpents
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Pre-History
New pieces of the puzzle
Teeth suggests that humans were present in Piauí over 20,000 years ago
botany
Tiny pools in the sertão
Bromeliad leaves create a natural trap for pollen in the badlands
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Cover
The last Minas coastline
Fossils found in MG indicate where there was sea 550 million years ago