Soumya Sagar

2 weeks ago | livescience.com | Soumya Sagar

A CT scan of an ancient marine reptile that was entombed while pregnant has revealed a huge surprise — there were two fetuses inside her fossilized remains. "Twins! She has another baby," Judith Pardo-Pérez, a paleontologist at the University of Magallanes in Chile who first discovered the fossil in 2009, told Live Science, adding that she plans to release more details of this discovery in a forthcoming research paper.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Soumya Sagar

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of the pregnant ichthyosaur (Myobradypterygius hauthali), nicknamed Fiona, swimming 131 million years ago around what is now Chile. | Credit: Mauricio ÁlvarezA CT scan of an ancient marine reptile that was entombed while pregnant has revealed a huge surprise — there were two fetuses inside her fossilized remains.

1 month ago | livescience.com | Soumya Sagar

In a first-of-its-kind discovery, archaeologists in China have unearthed the 2,200-year-old burial of a woman whose teeth had been painted with cinnabar, a toxic red substance. Cinnabar is a bright-red mineral that's made of mercury and sulfur. Although it's been used since at least the ninth millennium B.C. in religious ceremonies, art, body paint and writing, this is the first time it's been found on human teeth, according to a study published Feb.

Oct 18, 2024 | livescience.com | Soumya Sagar

Scientists have unspooled the life history of an ice age baby who lived in southern Italy about 17,000 years ago, revealing the child most likely died from a congenital heart disease. The tiny remains of the youngster also showed evidence of poor development and inbreeding, while a DNA analysis revealed that the child was male and likely had blue eyes, dark skin and curly dark-brown to almost black hair, according to a new study, published Sept. 20 in the journal Nature Communications.

Oct 7, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | Soumya Sagar

A new DNA analysis has identified the remains of Captain James Fitzjames, a Royal Navy officer who disappeared on a doomed Northwest Passage expedition in Canada more than 175 years ago. Fitzjames was part of an expedition led by Sir John Franklin that set out in 1845 from England with 129 men on two ships: HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. The expedition aimed to navigate the Northwest Passage, an Arctic ship route that links the Atlantic with the Pacific.