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Paleontologist Pincelli Hull
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A Rapid End Strikes the Dinosaur Extinction Debate

By Joshua Sokol
March 25, 2020
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The paleontologist Pincelli Hull has nailed down the timing and speed of the extinction that killed off the dinosaurs — details that carry ominous warnings for today.

Scanning electron micrograph of a cluster of coccolithophores.
ecology

How Jurassic Plankton Stole Control of the Ocean’s Chemistry

By Christie Wilcox
October 1, 2019
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Only 170 million years ago, new plankton evolved. Their demand for carbon and calcium permanently transformed the seas as homes for life.

A row of skulls ending with homo sapiens, foreground, found at The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Human Origins.
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Artificial Intelligence Finds Ancient ‘Ghosts’ in Modern DNA

By Jordana Cepelewicz
February 7, 2019
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With the help of deep learning techniques, paleoanthropologists find evidence of long-lost branches on the human family tree.

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