Tag: tree

Earliest human ancestors may have swung on branches like chimps

Our distant ancestors may have swung below tree branches and knuckle-walked like a chimpanzee – challenging recent thinking that the earliest hominins did neither Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2269038-earliest-human-ancestors-may-have-swung-on-branches-like-chimps/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Upheaval and extinctions linked to magnetic reversal 42,000 years ago

42,000 years ago, a breakdown in Earth’s magnetic field led to environmental catastrophes and mass extinctions. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/magnetic-field-reversal-42000-years-ago-neanderthal-extinction…

Is the Dyatlov Pass incident solved?

The Dyatlov Pass incident has intrigued people for generations, but a new theory pointing to a slab avalanche as the culprit does a thorough job of explaining how the 9 Russian trekkers died. A new video and more here. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/dyatlov-pass-incident-mystery-solved-slab-avalanche…

Nature and tech create a ‘tree of life’ at Australia’s Lake Cakora

This amazing image, taken using a drone in Lake Cakora, Australia, shows tea tree oil seeping into the lake’s drainage channels to create an arboreal pattern Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933201-900-nature-and-tech-create-a-tree-of-life-at-australias-lake-cakora/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Megalodon shark’s enormous babies ate their siblings in the womb

Megalodons – the extinct giant sharks that lived in most of Earth’s oceans about 3 million years ago – gave birth to babies that were larger than adult humans, scientists say. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/megalodon-extinct-giant-shark-enormous-babies…

Carbon Engineering’s Tech Will Suck Carbon From the Sky

“It’s not enough to slash greenhouse gas emissions,” warns a new article in IEEE Spectrum (shared by schwit1). “Experts say we need direct-air capture of atmospheric carbon.” West Texas is a hydrocarbon hot spot, with thousands of wells pumping millions of barrels of oil and billions of cubic feet of natural gas from the Permian Basin. When burned, all that oil…

Origins of human music linked to our ancestors’ daredevil behaviour

The roots of human music may go back to our primate ancestors developing elaborate calls to advertise that they were willing and able to perform death-defying leaps from tree to tree Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264477-origins-of-human-music-linked-to-our-ancestors-daredevil-behaviour/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Huntsman spiders stitch leaves together to trap tree frogs

In Madagascar, huntsman spiders have been seen making traps out of overlapping leaves where tree frogs tend to hide, and then eating the frogs Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264277-huntsman-spiders-stitch-leaves-together-to-trap-tree-frogs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…