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• How the future species of Earth may view fossils left behind after mankinds extinction

  Date: 27 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/how-the-future-species-of-earth-may-view-fossils-left-behind-after-mankind2019s-extinction

  Giant hyper-evolved rats 100 million years from now, carefully and logically analysing petrified remains from the long-vanished human civilization...

• Discovery of Hadrosaur footprint over 30 years ago was first dinosaur fossil finding in Scotland

  Date: 25 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/student-discovery-of-2018hadrosaur2019-footprint-over-30-years-ago-was-first-dinosaur-fossil-finding-in-scotland

  Recent discoveries in Patagonia and other parts of South America as part of a four-year study has revealed a ‘mass grave’ littered with charred...

• The Bulletin - Leicester research reveals hit and run motives

  Date: 20 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/the-bulletin-leicester-research-reveals-hit-and-run-motives

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Hear about the new University of Leicester research revealing why...

• Project to strengthen reputation with South American mining sector

  Date: 19 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/project-to-strengthen-reputation-with-south-american-mining-sector

  A geologist from our University has been awarded a ‘Chile Prosperity Fund’ from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, aimed at developing and...

• PhD student invited to Vienna to present his research on how living things become fossils

  Date: 15 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/phd-student-invited-to-vienna-to-present-his-research-on-how-living-things-become-fossils

  A palaeontologist has been invited to Vienna to talk about his doctoral research in the field taphonomy – the process of fossilisation.

• The Bulletin - Leicester study suggests exercise counteracts sitting time

  Date: 13 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/the-bulletin-leicester-study-suggests-exercise-counteracts-sitting-time

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Hear about the research which suggests that exercise counteracts...

• Prehistoric peepers provide vital clue in solving ancient Tully Monster mystery

  Date: 11 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/prehistoric-peepers-provide-vital-clue-in-solving-ancient-tully-monster-mystery

  A 300 million year-old fossil mystery has been solved by a team from the Department of Geology, which has identified that the ancient ‘Tully...

• Scientists discover prehistoric Kite Runner

  Date: 4 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/scientists-discover-prehistoric-2018kite-runner2019

  Scientists have discovered an ancient animal that carried its young in pouches or capsules tethered to the parent’s body like tiny, swirling kites.

• Ancient supereruptions in Yellowstone Hotspot track significantly larger than expected

  Date: 24 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/ancient-super-eruptions-in-yellowstone-hotspot-track-2018significantly-larger2019-than-expected

  A number of giant super-eruptions between 8 and 12 million years ago that could be larger than the colossal eruptions known to have taken place at...

• Research shows human impact forms striking new pattern in Earths global energy flow

  Date: 23 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/research-shows-human-impact-forms-2018striking-new-pattern2019-in-earth2019s-global-energy-flow

  The impact humans have made on Earth in terms of how we produce and consume resources has formed a ‘striking new pattern’ in the planet’s global...