@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev When most people hear the word fossil, they probably think of gigantic leg bones or sharp teeth. But, given the right conditions, after an animal dies even delicate body coverings like skin, hair and feathers can be preserved. New research led by The University of Texas at Austin […]
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WFS Facts: Toba catastrophe theory
September 7th, 2017 
Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev According to the Toba catastrophe theory, modern human evolution was affected by a recent, large volcanic event. Within the last three to five million years, after human and other ape lineages diverged from the hominid stem-line, the human line produced a variety of human species. According to the […]
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No Comments »WFS News: ‘Living fossil fish’ not as old as we thought
September 5th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Polypterids are weird and puzzling African fish that have perplexed biologists since they were discovered during Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt in the late 1700s. Often called living fossils, these eel-like misfits have lungs and fleshy pectoral fins, bony plates and thick scales reminiscent of ancient fossil fish, and […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Living fossil fish, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Machine learning predicts laboratory earthquakes
September 4th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev By listening to the acoustic signal emitted by a laboratory-created earthquake, a computer science approach using machine learning can predict the time remaining before the fault fails. “At any given instant, the noise coming from the lab fault zone provides quantitative information on when the fault will slip,” […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: earthquakes, predicts, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »Forensic science techniques help discover new molecular fossils
September 1st, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Researchers in Japan and China believe they have found new molecular fossils of archaea using a method of analysis commonly used in forensic science. According to a system designed by microbiologist Carl Woese, there are three domains of life on Earth — Bacteria, Archaea and Eukaryota. To date, […]
