[astro-ph.EP] Tidally locked exoplanets orbiting M dwarf stars are prime targets in the search for habitable worlds, yet their complex climate dynamics challenge conventional models of habitability. W...

Restudy of a challenging fossil using cross-polarized light imaging and phylogenetic reconstruction identifies Chosha praecursor, a probable early-diverging insect, helping to bridge the longstanding ...

On post-extractivism and the transformation of production in transition strategy

Com descobertas e pesquisas se multiplicando nas últimas décadas, a América do Sul tem sido chamada de "eldorado" da paleontologia. Foi na Patagônia argentina, por exemplo, que os cientistas encontrar...

A sand quarry in Ecuador has yielded South America’s first amber with bio-inclusions, including a spider's web and a collection of mosquitoes, beetles, flies, wasps and biting midges that lived 112 million years ago

Ancient proteins and calcified dental plaque identify heavy-browed fossil from China as a Denisovan.

This is only the second Neanderthal fingerprint we've ever seen, and the first that was made intentionally.

Pelage coloration, which serves numerous functions, is crucial to the evolution of behavior, physiology, and habitat preferences of mammals. However, little is known about the coloration of Mesozoic m...

A Chinese rover that landed on Mars in 2021 detected evidence of underground beach deposits in an area thought to have once been the site of an ancient sea, providing further evidence that the planet ...

Notosuchians comprise a clade of mostly terrestrial crocodyliforms generally found in Cretaceous Gondwanan deposits. They evolved into many forms and some species show convergences with mammalian f...