A new species of Triassic reptile from Brazil is a close cousin of a mysterious group called tanystropheids, according to a study published April 8, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Tiane De-Oliviera of the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil and colleagues. After the Permian mass extinction, […]
Day: April 11, 2020
Ancient teeth from Peru hint now-extinct monkeys crossed Atlantic from Africa
IMAGE: Tiny molar teeth of the parapithecid monkey Ucayalipithecus from the Oligocene of Perú view more Credit: Erik Seiffert Four fossilized monkey teeth discovered deep in the Peruvian Amazon provide new evidence that more than one group of ancient primates journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa, according to new USC […]
Not Just Ventilators: Staff Trained to Run Them Are in Short Supply
Governor Andrew Cuomo has warned that New York State is running out of time to get enough ventilators to treat the sickest coronavirus patients. Without them, vastly more New Yorkers could die. But the number of ventilators is not the only bottleneck: hospitals around the country are worried that a […]