Posts Tagged ‘early life’

WFS News: The “Rosetta Stone” of Paleontology: 400 Million-Year-Old Fossil Cache Unveils Early Life

@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Cutting-edge technology has revealed new insights about a globally famous fossil treasure trove, which may provide critical evidence concerning early life on Earth. Scientists investigating the 400 million-year-old fossil cache, discovered in the remote northeastern region of Scotland, report that their results display a higher level […]

WFS News: Asteroid impacts could create niches for early life

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T sajeev Scientists studying the Chicxulub crater have shown how large asteroid impacts deform rocks in a way that may produce habitats for early life. Around 65 million years ago a massive asteroid crashed into the Gulf of Mexico causing an impact so huge that the blast and subsequent knock-on […]