Micropaleontology
Micropaleontology: the branch of palaeontology that studies microfossils, or fossils that require the use of a microscope to see the organism, its morphology and its characteristics details. It is the largest discipline in paleontology, just as microfossils are by far the most abundant of all fossils. Although nearly invisible, micro-organisms at the base of the food chain make up nearly 90 per cent of the biomass in oceans and lakes. Changes in the abundance and types of microfossils from year to year, over millions of years of undisturbed accumulation, makes an exquisitely detailed record of climate change, plate tectonics, and biological evolution.
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JUL 28, 2021Plants & Animals
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JUL 28, 2021
Plants & Animals
JUL 28, 2021
Professor Elizabeth C. Turner of Laurentian University may have discovered the oldest animal fossil ever, as reported in
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
MAY 18, 2021
Bacteria are everywhere, including our guts and mouths. Researchers are learnings more about the history of the human mi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2021
Microbiology
MAY 13, 2021
What can we learn from a specimen of ancient poo? A lot, it turns out. Scientists have now reported their findings from
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 05, 2021
Microbiology
MAY 05, 2021
An image of Bicellum brasieri by Prof P.K. Strother. The fossil suggests multicellular structures existed 400 million ye
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
FEB 24, 2021
Long ago, fungi colonized the impact crater of an ancient meteor. It seems they may have begun working in partnership wi
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
FEB 01, 2021
When an organism dies, it begins to decay. It's long been assumed that after death, the cells in an organism break down
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Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2021
Microbiology
JAN 29, 2021
An international team reported finding a filamentous microfossil found in South China, shown in this image by Andrew Cza
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Carmen Leitch
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Anyone that has ever watched Hollywood’s famous Jurassic Park films will know that dinosaurs were large and hungry
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Anthony Bouchard
MAY 17, 2020
Plants & Animals
MAY 17, 2020
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