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Climate Change: Lessons from latest global warming
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), which resembles current and future warming, occurred 56 million years ago and was one of the largest and fastest global warming events in Earth's history. Global temperatures increased by 5-8°C during this phase.
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Prehistoric primates had a sweet tooth: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [UK], September 18 (ANI): Dental fossils belonging to a species of prehistoric primate, Microsyops latidens, which date to the early Eocene, around 54 million years ago, display the earliest known evidence of dental caries in mammals, according to a recent study.
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Researchers find prehistoric primates had sweet tooth
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI): During a recent study, scientists found dental fossils belonging to a species of prehistoric primate, Microsyops latidens, which dates back to the early eocene (around 54 million years ago), display the earliest known evidence of dental caries in mammals.
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World's oldest bamboo fossil discovered to be a conifer
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 4 (ANI): A fossil of a leafy branch discovered from the early Eocene in Patagonia in 1941 is still considered to be the oldest bamboo of the world.
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Greenhouse gases responsible for long-term climate change
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 3 (ANI): Turns out, greenhouse gases were the main drivers of climate change 66 million years ago, providing insight into the causes behind long-term climate change.
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