New treeshrew fossil found in J&K’s Ramnagar can provide precise age estimate for locality

New treeshrew fossil found in J&K’s Ramnagar can provide precise age estimate for locality

The fossil of a small mammal resembling squirrels in Jammu & Kashmir’s Ramnagar area could hold the key to determining the true age of the region. The fossils, resembling treeshrew squirrels, belong to a new genus and species. The treeshrew currently represents the oldest record of fossil tupaiids in the Siwalik range, extending their time … Read more

Worldwide coronavirus cases top 20 million, doubling in six weeks

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It took six months for the world to reach 10 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus. It took just over six weeks for that number to double. The worldwide count of known COVID-19 infections climbed past 20 million on Monday, with more than half of them from just three countries: the U.S., India and Brazil, … Read more