All posts tagged "Fossils"
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1.2KScience NewsFossils Confirm Life On Earth 3.5 Billion Years Ago
For over twenty years, scientists have debated on the age of the oldest fossils ever found on the planet. Now, paleobiologists have...
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1.3KScience NewsAncient Primate Teeth Discovered In Germany
Teeth dating back to around 9.7 million years ago were found in sediments near a river in Eppelsheim, Germany, raising questions about...
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960Science NewsPoop Reveals Duckbill Dinosaurs Were Not Totally Vegetarians
Even dinosaurs had cheat days when it came to their diets, a new report suggests. Hadrosaurs, also called duckbills, were thought to...
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1.0KScience News‘World’s Largest Dinosaur’ Now Has A Proper Name
What scientists believe to be the largest dinosaur to ever work the planet now has an official name: meet the Patagotitan, scientific...
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1.1KScience NewsBoy Tripped Over A Million-Year-Old Fossil In New Mexico
A nine-year-old boy was out walking with his family in New Mexico when he literally tripped over what turned out to be...
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1.1KScience NewsBaby Bird Found In Amber Is A Very Detailed Fossil
Miners digging for amber in Myanmar discovered a complete bird hatchling that dates back to the time of the dinosaurs, encased in...
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1.3KScience NewsExhibit Featuring Lifelike Dinosaur Fossil Opens In Alberta
Scientists were pleasantly surprised when a mummified, almost-intact dinosaur turned up in an oil sands mine in Canada. Measuring over 18 feet...
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1.5KScience NewsNew Prehistoric Reptile Species Discovered
An elk hunter’s discovery in Montana seven years ago has paved the way for the discovery of a new prehistoric sea creature...
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1.3KScience NewsAustralia’s ‘Jurassic Park’ Is Home To The Biggest Dinosaur Footprints
Australia has its very own Jurassic Park, according to scientists who have been studying an impressive collection of dinosaur tracks on the...
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1.4KHealth NewsScientists Discover A New Prehistoric Giant Otter Species
A new species of giant otters weighing over 100 pounds used to live among the birds and water lilies in the wet...
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1.7KScience News99-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Feathers Found In Amber
Scientists have made an astounding discovery: the tail of a tiny feathered dinosaur that is 99 million years old preserved in a...
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1.5KScience NewsIt’s Official: First Dinosaur Brain Fossil Confirmed
Paleontology has chalked up another first: a fossilized dinosaur brain found in 2004 has been confirmed as legitimate. Jamie Hiscock, an amateur...
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1.5KScience NewsFossil Found In Museum Drawer Turns Out To Be An Extinct Bear Dog
There’s a new fossil to add to the list of extinct, ancient creature bones: a bear dog. A researcher came across the...
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1.8KScience NewsFacial Tumor Found On Dwarf Dinosaur Fossils
About 69 million years ago, a duck-billed dwarf dinosaur roamed the Earth with an unusual feature – it had a tumor on...
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1.9KScience NewsBizarre 15-Million-Year-Old Australian Marsupial Liked Snails
The Riversleigh World Heritage site in Northern Australia is home to some of the most bizarre extinct animals in the world. This...
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2.2KScience NewsPregnant T-Rex Discovery Could Help Scientists Identify Dinosaur Gender
The femur of a Tyrannosaurus rex has been examined by scientists who believe it belonged to an expectant mother. The researchers from North...
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2.1KScience NewsDinosaur Fossil Discovered In 2014 Confirmed As New Species
One of the oldest Jurassic dinosaurs in the world was discovered in 2014. Dracoraptor hanigani, or “Dragon Thief” was found by two men...
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2.9KScience NewsMass Extinction Events: Why Only Small Creatures Survive
A recent study by University of Pennsylvania’s Lauren Sallen, assisted by Andrew K. Galimberti, has found that after the Hangenberg event —...
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1.9KScience NewsNational Guard Deploys Black Hawks To Airlift Rare Baby Dinosaur Fossil
On Thursday, the New Mexico National Guard deployed UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to transport the never-before-seen fossilized remains of a baby dinosaur...
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1.8KScience NewsDNA Found In Infant Grave Has Answers For The North American Migration Mystery
New genetic information may support the theory that humans settled in Beringa – a land bridge connecting Siberia to the Americas that...
