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20 Jun 2024 · When the kingdoms of Israel and Judah controlled the land of Canaan, the kingdoms of Ammon, Moab and Edom ruled east of the Jordan. Although the Bible offers information about these three Iron Age kingdoms, recent archaeological discoveries are bringing to light a fuller picture of them.
27 Jun 2024 · New research reveals that ammonites, ancient marine mollusks with iconic coiled shells, were flourishing globally right up until their abrupt extinction 66 million years ago. This finding contradicts earlier beliefs that these creatures were in decline long before the event that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs.
7 Jul 2024 · A recent study utilized museum collections to chart global ammonite diversity prior to their complete extinction. The findings reveal that ammonites were not declining before they perished alongside non-avian dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
27 Jun 2024 · Ammonoids, marine mollusks often distinguished by their coiled shells, are one of paleontology’s great icons. They flourished in Earth’s oceans for more than 350 million years until their extinction during the same chance event that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
27 Jun 2024 · Over the next 130 million years, the ammonites managed to weather a series of extinction events caused by everything from oxygen-depleted oceans to climate change. However, some research had previously found that by the end of the Cretaceous Period ammonites seemed to be in a long-term, unstoppable decline.
27 Jun 2024 · A new study used museum collections to map ammonite diversity around the globe before their total extinction and found they were not in decline prior to their extinction alongside non-avian ...
4 hari yang lalu · Recent findings from the University of Bristol reveal that ammonites, ancient marine mollusks, were not necessarily declining before their extinction 66 million years ago. The research, utilizing a new fossil database, shows regional variations in ammonite diversity, indicating that their demise was due to a chance event rather than a gradual ...
