Latest articles by Pete Buchholz

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almost 4 years ago by Pete Buchholz

Oldest multicellular fossils found in 1.6 billion-year-old rocks

Exceptionally well-preserved fossils of red algae living in a shallow equatorial sea have been discovered in central India. These fossils represent the oldest known multicellular organisms and push back the origin of complex life by hundreds of millions of years.
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fossils
almost 4 years ago by Pete Buchholz

Final mammoth populations suffered from "genetic meltdown"

The last populations of woolly mammoths lived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Siberia. Comparison of specimens from Wrangel Island and the Siberian mainland show that the island populations accumulated a number of genetic mutations that would adversely affect the last living mammoths.
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fossils
almost 4 years ago by Pete Buchholz

Did T. rex have feathers?

Tyrannosaurus has never been found with feathers preserved, but its cousins tell us it wasn't the green scaly giant of our childhood.
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fossils
almost 4 years ago by Pete Buchholz

Deinocheirus, the giant hunchbacked dinosaur with terrifying hands

In 1965, a pair of arms as long as a full-grown ostrich's height were discovered in Mongolia. For more than 40 years, the rest of the animal remained a mystery.
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about 4 years ago by Pete Buchholz

Burgess Shale animal clapped its feathery arms during feeding

A suspension feeding “worm” from the Cambrian Burgess Shale held on to the ground with its rear legs and used its feather-like front legs to capture food out of the water.
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