Paleontologists in Brazil have identified a previously unknown species of somphospondylan sauropod dinosaur with European affinities, hinting at ancient migration routes that once linked two continents now separated by the Atlantic Ocean.
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Palaeoanthropological evidence from China is changing the picture of hominin evolutionary history
Dubois, E. On Pithecanthropus erectus: a transitional form between man and the apes. J. Anthrop. Instit. Gr. Brit. Irel. 25, 240–255 (1896).
Darwin, C. The Descent of Man, and Selection in…
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Earliest Known Vertebrates Had Four Camera-Type Eyes
Two species of myllokunmingiid fishes that lived in what is now China around 518 million years ago (Cambrian period) possessed two large lateral eyes and two smaller, centrally positioned eyes, according to new research led by Yunnan…
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Paleontologists Solve a Prehistoric Murder Mystery
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Usually when paleontologists unearth dinosaur bones they don’t have any idea…
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Ancient DNA Reveals Europe’s Last Hunter-Gatherers Survived Thousands of Years Longer Than Expected
Ancient DNA shows that hunter-gatherers in northwestern Europe endured for millennia, with women driving a gradual cultural shift toward farming. Researchers at the University of Huddersfield have analyzed ancient DNA to show that hunter-gatherer…
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Triceratops had a giant nose that may have cooled its massive head
Triceratops and other horned dinosaurs had exceptionally large nasal cavities compared to most animals. To better understand what filled that space, researchers including a team from the University of Tokyo analyzed CT scans of fossilized…
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Frozen for 5,000 years, this ice cave bacterium resists modern antibiotics
Bacteria are remarkably adaptable, thriving in some of the harshest places on Earth, from boiling hot springs to deep freezes far below zero. Ice caves are one such extreme habitat, home to diverse microorganisms that scientists are only…
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New Dinosaur Species with A Head-mounted Sword Discovered in Africa
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It’s not every day that a new dinosaur is discovered, but it is a great day….
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New dinosaur discovered in Sahara desert was a horned ‘hell heron’
Paleontologists still know comparatively little about fin-backed Spinosaurid
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New Spinosaurus Species Discovered in Niger
Paleontologists have identified the first unequivocal new species of the fish-eating dinosaur Spinosaurus in more than a century.
Spinosaurus mirabilis is one of the last-surviving spinosaurid species. Image credit: Dani Navarro.
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