Paleontology
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
Paleontology
Passage to the Caribbean
Amazon River flowed to Venezuela and Colombia millions of years ago
Paleontology
It’s a stick, it’s a stone
Petrified plants reveal the look of the landscape 300 million years ago
Paleontology
The tapeworm and the shark
Fossilized feces of fish 270 million years old contain tapeworm eggs
Paleontology
Hard of hearing, but a good head
African dinosaur had agile skull movement for self defense
Paleontology
Nest of a “flamingrebe”
Fossilized nest support relationship between flamingos and grebes
Ask the researchers
Ask the researchers
How is it known if dinosaurs hunted or scavenged?
Precambrian Fauna
Life protected by armor
The Northern of Paraguay have fossils of the earliest animals with skeletons