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Plant roots evolved at least twice, and step by step | Susannah Lydon
The discover of a unique rooting anatomy from 407m years ago supports theory roots evolved at least twice, and step by step
Susannah Lydon
23, Aug, 2018 @11:02 AM
The real palaeo diet: the nutritional value of dinosaur food
Experiments on modern plants show that the nutrients which dinosaurs could get from plants varied with carbon dioxide levels
Susannah Lydon
18, Jul, 2018 @6:00 AM
Speculative biology: understanding the past and predicting our future
A new edition of After Man by Dougal Dixon, a landmark piece of speculative biology which influenced a generation of palaeontologists, has been released
Susannah Lydon
30, May, 2018 @12:59 PM
Spore heroes: unlocking the life-cycle secrets of the earliest land plants
Fossils from 432m years ago push back the origin of the alternating life cycle still seen in ferns today
Susannah Lydon
25, May, 2018 @9:47 AM
How the earliest plants made our world muddy
The first plants to make it on to land altered mud production and where it formed rocks, changing our planet forever
Susannah Lydon
23, Mar, 2018 @8:00 AM
What fossils reveal about the spider family tree is far from horrifying | Susannah Lydon
Recent fossils in amber tell us how spiders evolved into their modern groups, but the fossil record for arachnids goes much deeper
Susannah Lydon
14, Feb, 2018 @1:09 PM
Strangest things: fossils reveal how fungus shaped life on Earth
Fossil fungi from over 400 million years ago have altered our understanding of early life on land and climate change over deep time
Susannah Lydon
16, Jan, 2018 @6:00 AM
Top Fossil Discoveries of 2017 | Lost Worlds Revisited
Our team of experts round up a few of the best fossil discoveries of 2017
Elsa Panciroli, Dr Dave Hone, Hanneke Meijer, Susannah Lydon & Mark Carnall
28, Dec, 2017 @9:02 AM
There's more than one way to build a tree, 374m-year-old fossils reveal | Susannah Lydon
Fossils from China show that evolution found an alternative – and ultimately overly-complicated – way to increase the size of the earliest tree trunks
Susannah Lydon
15, Nov, 2017 @3:26 PM
Smallest Ichthyosaurus ever found was squid-eating newborn, research reveals
A museum specimen has revealed details of the early life of a marine reptile from the Age of Dinosaurs
Susannah Lydon
03, Oct, 2017 @6:00 AM
How biomolecules from deep time can help to reconstruct the tree of life
Applying spectroscopy techniques to tricky fossil leaves enables researchers to work out their evolutionary origins
Susannah Lydon
20, Sep, 2017 @12:34 PM
We now know what the 'first flower' looked like – but when did it bloom? | Susannah Lydon
The fossil record for flowering plants has been a hot topic since Darwin’s day and despite recent breakthroughs remains ‘an abominable mystery’
Susannah Lydon
24, Aug, 2017 @7:00 AM
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