Fish left the water, evolved into land animals for a while, and then returned to the water all in less time than it apparently took for deep sea fish to evolve! And the thing that made it possible for fish to finally colonize the deep sea may surprise you... Check out the new video on our channel now!
For this #FossilFriday, two of the littlest Eons fans are enjoying the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Pictured: Corythosaurus and various Jurassic dinosaurs, including Mymoorapelta (a favorite).
As we get older, our bodies begin to deteriorate, our fertility declines, and, eventually, we die. But while we take it for granted, from an evolutionary perspective, aging is actually something of a paradox. Why would a process like this evolve in the first place, seeing as it is so detrimental to survival and reproduction, and comes with no obvious upsides?
Check out our latest video to find out how we’re shaped by long-gone ecosystems, predators, and lifestyles, in ways that still manifest today. (Link in bio!)
#science #aging #paleontology
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What is this, you ask? This is a teeny tiny fragment of eggshell from the dinosaur Maiasaura found near Bynum, MT in the 75 million year old Two Medicine Formation! #fossilfriday
It’s possible that the rise and fall of supermountains is the reason complex life is here. Supermountains are so ridiculously enormous that, as far as we know, they’ve only ever formed twice, far back in deep time, and they lasted for just a small fraction of our planet’s overall history. And both of the times when Earth had supermountains seem to coincide with some of the most profound evolutionary shifts in the entire history of life.
Learn more in our new video "When Earth Had Supermountains" now on our channel!
#geology #naturalhistory #science #supermountains
A dinosaur bone was accidentally discovered under the parking lot of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science!
Thanks to @denvermuseumns for sharing photos of this discovery with us!
#dinosaur #fossil #science
What happens when competing scientists unknowingly give the same species two different names? Or, in the case of T. rex, four?
Check out our newest video for the story of how T. rex got (and kept) its name.
