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From the Cambrian of Kangaroo Island to the Ordovician of Morocco

Dr Diego Garcia-Bellido recently presented at the April 2015 Sprigg Lecture Series, held at the South Australian Museum. In his lecture entitled ‘From the Cambrian of Kangaroo Island to the Ordovician of Morocco,’ Dr Garcia-Bellido explored the Cambrian (541–485 million years ago or ‘Ma’) and the Ordovician (485–458 Ma) periods, which saw the sudden appearance […]

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Media Release: Ancient fossils confirmed among our strangest cousins

More than 100 years since they were first discovered, some of the world’s most bizarre fossils have been identified as distant relatives of humans, thanks to the work of University of Adelaide researchers. The fossils belong to 500-million-year-old blind water creatures, known to scientists as “vetulicolians” (pronounced: ve-TOO-lee-coal-ee-ans). Alien-like in appearance, these marine creatures were […]

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Evolution’s “Big Bang” – has Darwin’s Dilemma been resolved?

Environment Institute researchers Mike Lee and Julien Soubrier, with Greg Edgecombe have resolved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for centuries, Darwin’s Dilemma. They have published their findings in Current Biology, Mike explains below in an article he produced for The Conversation. Evolution’s ‘big bang’ explained (and it’s slower than predicted) The sudden appearance of […]

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Issue 4 of e-Science out now!

Issue 4 of the Faculty of Sciences e-Science Magazine is out now! The new and exciting Issue 4 of e-Science features: How fossils reveal the hot and wet world of the Eocene The possibilities of plastic solar cells How evolution is helping to make better wine The effects of deforestation on genetic diversity of forest […]

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The Sprigg Geobiology Centre Launch

The Environment Institute is pleased to announce the launch of a new research centre at the University of Adelaide, the Sprigg Geobiology Centre. The Sprigg Geobiology Centre is a new initiative of the University of Adelaide, developing expertise within geobiology. It aims to understand how organisms both alter and evolve in response to the environment, […]

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New fossils provide evidence of powerful eyes

Palaeontologists have uncovered half-a-billion-year-old fossils demonstrating that primitive animals had excellent vision. An international team led by scientists from the South Australian Museum and the University of Adelaide found the exquisite fossils, which look like squashed eyes from a recently swatted fly. This discovery will be published today in the prestigious journal Nature. The lead […]

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