Paleontology
Archaeology
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The people of Lagoa Santa
A team of researchers work on an archaeological site at Lapa do Santo
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PALEONTOLOGY
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Heart of stone
New fossil record reveals an unforeseen pathway in the evolution of the heart
PALEONTOLOGY
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The golden age of the cynodonts
Cynodonts lived during the peak of diversity of mammal precursors
Taubatherium paulacoutoi
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An old mammal from Taubaté
An analysis completed a comparative description of the animal's skeleton
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Homo naledi
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Collective help
Paleontologists found fossil remains of a previously unknown hominid species
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Pre-History
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New pieces of the puzzle
Teeth suggests that humans were present in Piauí over 20,000 years ago
Montsechia vidalii
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Oldest known flowering plant
World oldest plant fossils is found in Spain
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iguanian
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80-million-year-old lizard
Fossilized pieces found in Paraná helps to understand the origin of lizards
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PALEOBOTANY
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A forest of water and fire
Fossils in a coalfield in Rio Grande do Sul reveal a swampy landscape
dinosaur
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Paths of Argentine dinosaurs
Fossilized dinosaur tracks and trails in Argentina are helping researchers
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PALEONTOLOGY
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A Caribbean cousin
Fossil of 12 million-year-old is a distant relative of South American turtles
Alexander Kellner
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Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner: On the wings of the past
Paleontologist talks about the difficulties of doing research in his field
Fossils
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Primordial snakes
Described species add 70 million years to the evolutionary history of serpents
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Pre-History
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New pieces of the puzzle
Teeth suggests that humans were present in Piauí over 20,000 years ago
botany
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Tiny pools in the sertão
Bromeliad leaves create a natural trap for pollen in the badlands
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Cover
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The last Minas coastline
Fossils found in MG indicate where there was sea 550 million years ago
Paleontology
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Passage to the Caribbean
Amazon River flowed to Venezuela and Colombia millions of years ago
Paleontology
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It’s a stick, it’s a stone
Petrified plants reveal the look of the landscape 300 million years ago
Paleontology
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The tapeworm and the shark
Fossilized feces of fish 270 million years old contain tapeworm eggs
Paleontology
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Hard of hearing, but a good head
African dinosaur had agile skull movement for self defense
Paleontology
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Nest of a “flamingrebe”
Fossilized nest support relationship between flamingos and grebes
Ask the researchers
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Ask the researchers
How is it known if dinosaurs hunted or scavenged?
Precambrian Fauna
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Life protected by armor
The Northern of Paraguay have fossils of the earliest animals with skeletons