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How warming oceans increased marine biodiversity – Expert Reaction

How warming oceans increased marine biodiversity – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 27 August 202127 August 2021

New Zealand has marine fossil records that span the course of 40 million years. Now they’re giving us a glimpse at how marine […]

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Denisovan jawbone discovery – Expert Reaction

Denisovan jawbone discovery – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 02 May 201901 May 2019

Ancient Denisovans travelled much further than we thought, according to the discovery of a 160,000-year-old jawbone on the Tibetan Plateau […]

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Ancient NZ penguin was as tall as a human – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 13 December 201711 April 2018

A fossil penguin discovered in New Zealand has been identified as a new species and it was so tall it […]

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Tūhoe and scientists collaborate on dinosaur hunt – In the news

In the News  |  Published: 07 July 201603 May 2017

Ngāi Tūhoe and palaeontologists have teamed up to go digging for dinosaurs and understand more about how these animals lived in […]

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Fossil find uncovers possible hobbit ancestor – In the news

In the News  |  Published: 09 June 201603 May 2017

Fossilised remains of small-bodied hominins found on the Indonesian island of Flores have been dated to around 700,000 years old […]

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Forgotten bones lead to ancient penguin species

In the News  |  Published: 28 November 201428 November 2014

Both the New Zealand Herald and Radio New Zealand have today covered the story of a newly identified species of […]

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NZ’s early natural history in Scientific American

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 15 November 201215 November 2012

Freelance geologist David Bressan, blogging for Scientific American, writes about the early investigations into ‘giant birds’ reported by European settlers […]

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Fossils reveal giant prehistoric NZ penguin

In the News  |  Published: 29 February 201202 March 2012

Fossils found on the East coast of New Zealand have been used to reconstruct the skeleton of an extinct prehistoric […]

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Coverage: DNA extracted from fossil eggshells

In the News  |  Published: 10 March 2010

For the first time, DNA has been successfully extracted from fossilized eggshells, with some of the fragments being from moa. […]

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Dom Post: The fascinating world of fossil finding

In the News  |  Published: 17 February 201017 February 2010

Kiran Chug of the Dominion Post reports on a new book, written by GNS scientists, which tells people where to […]

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