Tag: South Africa
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CBC: Bloodsucking-fish fossils overturn once-popular theory about our evolution
CBC Technology & Science has a story about fossil lampreys. New baby lamprey fossils found in South Africa have shed some light on the early evolution of vertebrates. The fossils date to the Devonian Period about 360 million years ago. Incredibly, there were hatchlings included with some of the specimens of the Priscomyzon. Babies are…
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365-Million-Year-Old Lungfish Unearthed in South Africa
Sci-News has a story about a recently discovered Lungfish from South Africa. The new fish, called Isityumzi mlomomde, lived about 365 million years ago during the Devonian period in what is now modern day South Africa. Lungfish origins stretch back about 410 million years ago to the early Devonian. Details on this new find can…
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Meet the giant dinosaur that roamed southern Africa 200 million years ago
Lara Sciscio, University of Cape Town Globally at around 200 million years ago, in what’s known as the Early Jurassic, small and agile two-legged carnivorous dinosaurs called theropods roamed the ancient landscapes. In southern Africa, we know of their existence from their rare body fossils but also, importantly, from their fossil footprints. Now our team’s…
