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Fossil discovery rewrites history of modern human arrival in Europe

Neanderthal tools

An international research team including scientists from the University of Adelaide has found evidence of human occupation in Europe almost 10,000 years earlier than previously documented, a discovery that stands to rewrite modern human and Neanderthal histories on the continent.

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Examining Earth’s oldest complex fossils using AI

Fossil beds with arrows indicating presence of fossilised matgrounds

A NASA grant of more than US$ 300,000 (AUD $410,000) has been awarded to an international team led by Distinguished Professor Mary Droser from the University of California–Riverside and Associate Professor Diego C. García-Bellido from the University of Adelaide’s Environment Institute, and the South Australian Museum.

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Incredible vision in ancient marine creatures drove an evolutionary arms race

Radiodont in deep sea

Ancient deep sea creatures called radiodonts had incredible vision that likely drove an evolutionary arms race according to new research published today.

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