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Ancient penguin bones reveal Antarctica’s shift from warm to cold

  • Penguin fossils have provided insights into Antarctica's climate changes over millions of years.
  • Chinese paleontologists used non-destructive X-ray mapping to analyze the elemental makeup of ancient penguin bones.
  • The fossils cover a climate shift from the warm, humid early Eocene to the cooler middle and late Eocene.
  • Older fossils about 55 million years old showed higher levels of titanium, silicon, and potassium, linked to warmer, more humid conditions.
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Ancient penguin bones reveal Antarctica’s shift from warm to cold

Analysis have shown how ancient bird bones can act as "chemical archives" of changing weather conditions in Antarctica.

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