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Oct 4, 2024 | 
nature.com | Robert Patalano |Steffen Mischke |Pedro Piñero |Hugues-Alexandre Blain |Patrick Roberts |Alfonso Benito-Calvo | +3 more
AbstractThe earliest archaeological evidence from northern Africa dates to ca. 2.44 Ma. Nevertheless, the palaeoenvironmental setting of hominins living in this part of the continent at the Plio-Pleistocene transition remains poorly documented, particularly in comparison to eastern and southern Africa. The Guefaït-4 fossil site in eastern Morocco sheds light on our knowledge of palaeoenvironments in northern Africa.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
metastellar.com | Robert Patalano
Reading Time: 4 minutesDoes life exist elsewhere in the universe? If so, how do scientists search for and identify it? Finding life beyond Earth is extremely difficult, partly because other planets are so far away and partly because we are not sure what to look for. Yet, astrobiologists have learned a lot about how to find life in extraterrestrial environments, mainly by studying how and when the early Earth became livable.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
bostonglobe.com | Robert Patalano
As any parent can tell you: College students can eat. But even big appetites can create substantial food waste. According to the National Resource Defense Council, universities across the United States throw out about 22 million pounds of food waste annually.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
bigthink.com | Robert Patalano
Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? If so, how do scientists search for and identify it? Finding life beyond Earth is extremely difficult, partly because other planets are so far away and partly because we are not sure what to look for. Yet, astrobiologists have learned a lot about how to find life in extraterrestrial environments, mainly by studying how and when the early Earth became livable.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
atlasobscura.com | Robert Patalano
This story was originally published on The Conversation. It appears here under a Creative Commons license. Does life exist elsewhere in the Universe? If so, how do scientists search for and identify it? Finding life beyond Earth is extremely difficult, partly because other planets are so far away and partly because we are not sure what to look for.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
space.com | Robert Patalano
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Robert Patalano is an archaeologist and biological anthropologist who specializes in early human paleoecology. Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? If so, how do scientists search for and identify it? Finding life beyond Earth is extremely difficult, partly because other planets are so far away and partly because we are not sure what to look for.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
iverifyu.com | Robert Patalano
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Wff3w2GyRmtjeSJFPgQwaM.jpgThis article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Robert Patalano is an archaeologist and biological anthropologist who specializes in early human paleoecology. Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? If so, how do scientists search for and identify it?
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
discovermagazine.com | Robert Patalano
Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? If so, how do scientists search for and identify it? Finding life beyond Earth is extremely difficult, partly because other planets are so far away and partly because we are not sure what to look for. A close-up view of the Clarkia site where you can see lacustrine clay and volcanic ash layers. This site represents Mars in our work.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
phys.org | Robert Patalano
Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? If so, how do scientists search for and identify it? Finding life beyond Earth is extremely difficult, partly because other planets are so far away and partly because we are not sure what to look for.
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
astronomy.com | Robert Patalano
Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? If so, how do scientists search for and identify it? Finding life beyond Earth is extremely difficult, partly because other planets are so far away and partly because we are not sure what to look for. Yet, astrobiologists have learned a lot about how to find life in extraterrestrial environments, mainly by studying how and when the early Earth became livable.
