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Paleontology - Life Sciences - 20.07.2017
Our ancestors were already warm-blooded just before the Permian-Triassic extinction event
For how long have warm-blooded animals existed? The time at which this character first appeared in the ancestors of mammals has long been debated.

Life Sciences - Paleontology - 28.06.2017
18O-derived incubation temperatures of oviraptorosaur eggs
18O-derived incubation temperatures of oviraptorosaur eggs
In order to determine the incubation temperature of eggs laid by non-avian dinosaurs, we analysed the oxygen isotope compositions of both eggshell carbonate ('18Oc) and embryo bone phosphate ('18Op) from seven oviraptorosaur eggs with preserved in ovo embryo bones.

Life Sciences - Paleontology - 23.09.2016
Synchrotron imaging of dentition provides insights into the biology of the ’last’ toothed birds
The dentitions of extinct organisms can provide pivotal information regarding their phylogenetic position, as well as paleobiology, diet, development, and growth.

Paleontology - 24.08.2015
Aquatic plant may be oldest known flower
An international research team (1) led by a researcher from the Lyon Laboratory of Geology - Earth, Planets, Environment (CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon) rec