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Evaluating the Classification Split Between Neanderthals and Modern Humans (Video)
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Dr. Thomas Hughes
Exploring the enigmatic aspects of Neanderthal psychology reveals intriguing facets of their cognitive landscape. While understanding an extinct species’ psyche is speculative, ...
Ancient Extinction Mirrors Today’s Ocean Crisis: Deoxygenation’s Role Unveiled
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Dr. Thomas Hughes
A study in Nature Geosciences reveals that oceanic anoxia significantly contributed to marine extinctions during the Triassic–Jurassic period, with current levels of ...
The Dinosaur-Era Plants That “Breathed” Nitrogen To Survive Extinction
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Dr. Thomas Hughes
New research on cycads, ancient plants from the Mesozoic Era, reveals that their survival into the modern era can be attributed to ...
De-extinction of the wooly mammoth by 2028? Colossal Biosciences plans to combine DNA from ancient species with living Asian elephants to birth a calf that could live on tribal land
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Dr. Thomas Hughes
Colossal’s scientists are working to recreate the woolly mammoth genome If successful, they would use Asian elephants as surrogate mothers The company ...
