A new study led by the University of Southampton and University of East Anglia (UEA) points to a major change in South Pacific climate conditions, beginning around 1,000 years ago, that may have encouraged people to move and settle farther to the…
Category: Paleontology
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New reconstruction of DAN5 cranium (Gona, Ethiopia) supports complex emergence of Homo erectus
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Paleontologists Discover New Species of False Saber-Toothed Cat
A new genus and species of nimravid from the middle Oligocene epoch has been identified from the fossilized remains found in northern China. The discovery fills a gap in knowledge about the Nimravidae family in the eastern part of Eurasia.
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Mosasaurs Could Inhabit Freshwater Environments, New Fossil Discovery Suggests
Paleontologists have unearthed a 66-million-year-old mosasaurine tooth in the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota, the United States. This discovery adds to the growing evidence that mosasaurs, traditionally considered marine reptiles, hunted…
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“Bones Almost on Top of Each Other” – Extraordinary Dinosaur Fossil Site Discovered in the Hațeg Basin
Researchers at the newly discovered site reported finding more than one hundred vertebrate fossils per square meter, making it one of the densest fossil deposits known. The Hațeg Basin in Transylvania has long attracted global attention for its…
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Giant sea monsters lived in rivers at the end of the dinosaur age
Mosasaurs were enormous marine reptiles that lived more than 66 million years ago, but new evidence shows they did not spend all their time in the ocean. Researchers analyzing a mosasaur tooth discovered in North Dakota have found strong signs…
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A Hidden Difference Between Dinosaurs and Mammals Is Changing Science’s View of the Past
New University of Maryland research suggests that dinosaur parenting strategies helped transform the Mesozoic world, as “latchkey kid dinosaurs” spread into ecological niches their parents left untouched. Imagine a young Brachiosaurus no…
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A ‘spectacular’ dinosaur dome heads for the Smithsonian
A remarkably well-preserved dinosaur fossil has arrived at the Smithsonian’s…
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This 3.4 Million-Year-Old Foot Changes the Story of Human Origins
New fossils link a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a species that mixed climbing skills with its own style of bipedal walking. The evidence shows that multiple early human ancestors inhabited the same region…
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New fossils in Qatar reveal a tiny sea cow hidden for 21 million years
Today the Arabian Gulf supports large numbers of dugongs, marine mammals related to manatees that feed on seagrass and leave trails in the sediment as they graze. Newly examined fossils from Qatar show that sea cows living more than 20 million…
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