Tag Archive for 'Tide'

The impression of a cylinder seal from the Uruk period, around 3100 BCE. Image credit: Louvre Museum.

Ancient Sumer’s Rise Was Driven by Interplay of Rivers and Tides, Archaeologists Say

Sep 2, 2025 by News Staff

New research introduces a paleoenvironmental model in which tidal dynamics influenced the earliest development of agriculture and sociopolitical complexity...

Devonian world. Image credit: Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

Large Tides Played Important Role in Evolution of Bony Fish and Early Tetrapods, Study Suggests

Oct 27, 2020 by News Staff

Large tidal ranges from the Late Silurian to the Late Devonian epoch (420 to 380 million years ago) could have fostered both the evolution of air-breathing...