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Newly discovered fossils fill gaps in amphibian evolution

The newfound fossils shed light on the early evolution of one of the planet’s most mysterious amphibians.




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Fundamentals of Invertebrate Palaeontology: Microfossils / Sreepat Jain

Online Resource




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Introduction to plant fossils / Christopher J. Cleal, Barry A. Thomas

Hayden Library - QE905.C54 2019




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The story of the dinosaurs in 25 discoveries: amazing fossils and the people who found them / Donald R. Prothero

Hayden Library - QE705.A1 P76 2019




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Podcast: Glowing robot skin, zombie frogs, and viral fossils in our DNA

Online News Editor David Grimm shares stories on zombification by a frog-killing fungus, relating the cosmological constant to life in the universe, and ancient viral genes that protect us from illness.   Chris Larson joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss a new type of robot skin that can stretch and glow.   [Image: Jungbae Park]




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How to weigh a star—with a little help from Einstein, toxic ‘selfish genes,’ and the world’s oldest Homo sapiens fossils

This week we have stories on what body cams reveal about interactions between black drivers and U.S. police officers, the world’s oldest Homo sapiens fossils, and how modern astronomers measured the mass of a star—thanks to an old tip from Einstein—with Online News Intern Ryan Cross. Sarah Crespi talks to Eyal Ben-David about a pair of selfish genes—one toxin and one antidote—that have been masquerading as essential developmental genes in a nematode worm. She asks how many more so-called “essential genes” are really just self-perpetuating freeloaders? Science Careers Editor Rachel Bernstein is also here to talk about stress and work-life balance for researchers and science students. Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: Chris Burns/Science; Music: Jeffrey Cook]




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Microfacies and microfossils in upper Jurassic limestones from Cheile Turenilor




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Preserving fossils in the national parks: A history




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Invertebrate fossils from cave sediments: a new proxy for pre-Quaternary paleoenvironments