Sentences with phrase «older fossils pushes»
The timing is calculated using molecular data and fossil age, so the discovery of older fossils pushes back the estimated time of the origin.
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Fossils discovered by UNSW scientists in 3.48 billion year old hot spring deposits in the Pilbara region of Western Australia have pushed back by 580 million years the earliest known existence of microbial life on land.
BEASTLY BREAKOUT Fossil finds have pushed aside old views of dinos, like the 1853 beasts in London's Crystal Palace Park (background).
Several dating techniques applied to archaeological materials and the fossil itself suggest the jawbone is between 175,000 - 200,000 years old, pushing back the modern human migration out of Africa by at least 50,000 years.
Researchers have discovered a 2.8 - million - year - old jawbone that is not just the oldest Homo fossil ever — it also pushes back the origins of our genus by 400,000 years.
Fossils of the oldest bird ever pushes back the evolutionary record for birds by nearly six million years.
The discovery of fossils of microorganisms in 3.48 billion - year - old hot spring deposits pushes back the earliest known existence of microbial life on land by at least 580 million years.