The first animals lived on the ocean floor. LMU researchers have found that microbial metabolic processes and marine material cycles played a key role in their early evolution.
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An expedition team including Oliver Rauhut has excavated two specimens of a new spe-cies of predatory dinosaur. The find is one of the most significant in Central Asia.
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Melting Arctic glaciers are in rapid recession, and microscopic pioneers colonize the new exposed landscapes. LMU researchers have revealed that yeasts play an important role in soil formation in the Arctic.
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