One of the most powerful volcanic events of the past 10,000 years occurred on the Greek island of Thera (Santorini) in the Aegean Sea, yet researchers have long debated whether it took place in the late 17th or 16th century BCE. Ash from the…
Category: Paleontology
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Scientists Solve 150-Million-Year-Old Mystery of Solnhofen’s Baby Pterosaurs
Scientists at the University of Leicester have uncovered two remarkable new fossils, tiny prehistoric pterosaurs with broken wings. University of Leicester paleontologists have uncovered the long-hidden cause of death for two baby pterosaurs,…
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Big Neandertal noses weren’t made for cold
Proof that Neandertals hadn’t adapted to cold was right under their noses.
Unique video from the nasal cavity of a bizarrely well-preserved Neandertal skull confirms the hominid’s enormous noses were not an adaptation to cold…
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A massive Bronze Age city hidden for 3,500 years just surfaced
An international team of archaeologists co-led by researchers from UCL has uncovered the remains of a vast Bronze Age settlement on the Kazakh Steppe. More than 3,500 years ago, this site likely served as a key regional center for large-scale…
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Giant Anacondas Hit Maximum Size 12 Million Years Ago and Never Changed
Fossil evidence from Venezuela shows that anacondas reached their giant size more than 12 million years ago and have stayed remarkably consistent ever since. Ancient Origins of Anaconda Gigantism A research group led by the University of…
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An Ancient Earthquake Might Have Unleashed a Sea Turtle Stampede
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Some 80 million years ago, an earthquake seemed to have sent a flock of…
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Fossil Site in Bolivia Records Thousands of Cretaceous Dinosaur Tracks, Tail Traces, and Swim Tracks
The Carreras Pampa site in the Torotoro National Park, Bolivia, records 1,321 trackways and 289 solitary tracks, totaling 16,600 theropod dinosaur tracks; 280 swim trackways, totaling 1,378 swim tracks; and several trackways with tail traces.
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Nanotyrannus is still not a teenage T. rex
Let the record show: In 2025, one of paleontology’s oldest debates was settled. A second study in as many months confirms — using an independent and novel analysis — that the the tiny tyrannosaur Nanotyrannus is indeed its own…
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Fossil evidence of orchid-like dust seeds in Myanmar amber featuring early angiosperm radiation
Angiosperms are the single largest group in the plant kingdom, including over 261,000 species (APG, 2025)1. However, botanists currently know little about the early history and evolution of angiosperms. The so-called sudden occurrence of…
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Giant Anacondas Blew Up 12 Million Years Ago
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Twelve million years ago, during the Miocene, South America was covered in an…
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