Tag: asteroid
The Wildly Varying Intelligence of T. Rex
After centuries with the “stupid” label, the big, bad extinct dino was found in one 2023 study to be as smart as a primate. But then…
What’s in a Name? Debating the Anthropocene Epoch
Earlier this month, geologists voted down a proposal to give the years since 1950 a geological name, the Anthropocene Epoch.
Origin of Life: The Challenge of Achieving Homochirality with Mineral Surfaces
There are sound counterarguments to the plethora of schemes that OOL researchers devise in trying to account for how life could have emerged abiotically.
New Claim: Tyrannosaur Was as Smart as a Monkey
One researcher argues that, based on bird studies, the huge predators may have had many more brain cells than we have supposed.
Fossil Friday: Purgatorius and the Abrupt Origin of Primates
Primates not only appeared suddenly, but their different subgroups of lemurs, tarsier, and simians all appeared at about the same time.
