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Fossil Teeth Reveal Biggest Asian Rodent
Prehistoric fossil teeth discovered in Thailand reveal the remains of the largest Asian rodent ever recorded.
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3-million-year-old Taung Child once again shakes up our human family tree
A century-old fossil skull from South Africa is being redated to three million years, forcing paleoanthropologists to reconsider how early hominins grew and how the human family tree branches.
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Forget Mosquitoes in Amber. Scientists May Have Found Dinosaur Blood in a 115 Million-Year-Old Bone.
Researchers report the strongest evidence yet of red blood cells preserved in a 115 million-year-old dinosaur bone, drawing wide attention.
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"Giant rat" weighing 66 pounds once roamed Thailand, fossilized teeth reveal
Fossilized teeth reveal a 66-pound giant rat once roamed Thailand millions of years ago, according to recent scientific findings.
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Dinosaur Blood Cells Detected in 115-Million-Year-Old Fossil
Scientists have detected rare evidence of fossilized red blood cells in dinosaur bones dating back 115 million years, sparking a debate over fossil preservation.
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Fossilised red blood cells found in 115m-year-old dinosaur’s bone, say scientists
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Dinosaur blood found in fossils for the first time
Scientists have discovered fossilized red blood cells in a 115-million-year-old dinosaur bone from Brazil, marking a landmark discovery in paleontology.
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Scientists Discover a New Dinosaur Species Hiding in Plain Sight for 25 Years
A fossil stored in a London museum for nearly a century has been identified as a previously unknown dinosaur species.
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Second most valuable dinosaur fossil in the world is sold for over $47 million
A rare dinosaur skeleton discovered in Montana has sold at auction for over $47 million, ranking as the second most valuable fossil globally.
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Denisovans had a distinctive look, protein and skull study suggests
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Skeleton of newly-discovered Nanotyrannus auctioned for $47.3m in New York
A rare dinosaur skeleton identified as a Nanotyrannus has sold at auction in New York for $47.3 million.
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Fossils from brickworks reveal new dinosaur species that roamed England's wetlands 125 million years ago
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Armored amphibian lived entirely at sea 237 million years ago, fossils suggest
Paleontologists discover fossils of the first known fully marine amphibian from 237 million years ago.
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Scientists Have Found a Barrel-Shaped Squid-Like Creature From The Jurassic: 'One of The Chunkiest'
Museum fossils reveal a barrel-shaped, 160-million-year-old squid relative that is upending centuries of scientific understanding.
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'Big Chunky' fossil reveals bizarre new squid-like species that lived 160 million years ago
Scientists uncover a bizarre, exceptionally heavy Jurassic squid-like fossil in Wyoming that spent decades sitting in a drawer.
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Ancient DNA challenges theories about when humans first reached North America
Recent archaeological findings indicate fossil footprint preservation relies heavily on environmental factors rather than population density.
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Not all early birds evolved toward better flight, Jurassic fossil suggests
A newly analyzed Jurassic fossil suggests that not all early avian species evolved toward better flight capabilities.
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Chinese fossil of bird with undersized wings scrambles avian evolution
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What Can Four-Winged Dinosaurs Teach Us About Birds?
Fossil discoveries in China reveal a four-winged dinosaur and a flightless bird, complicating our understanding of avian evolution.
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Scientists examined a 165-million-year-old fossil from China and found a broad swimming tail plus bony th
A newly examined 165-million-year-old fossil from China reveals a semi-aquatic, otter-like creature with ancient mammalian traits.
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Mosasaurs Were Capable of Explosive Speed
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Sotheby’s dinosaur auction shows fossils boom is not dying out
Sotheby's is offering a rare Nanotyrannus fossil named Jodi, highlighting a robust market among ultra-wealthy collectors.
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Stunning fossil shows dinosaurs’ distinctive path to flight
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Stunning fossil shows dinosaurs’ distinctive path to flight
A newly detailed fossil discovery reported in Nature provides fresh scientific insight into the distinctive path dinosaurs took toward flight.
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Newly Identified Frog-like Creature Named by Student Scientists After Their Moms
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Fossil Found in Norway Predates Dinosaurs by Millions of Years
An ancient animal fossil discovered in a Norwegian sheep field predates dinosaurs by millions of years, according to recent science coverage.
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New species of proto-amphibian described by students, named in honor of their mothers
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Fossilized Vomit Reveals How Plesiosaurs Dined on Jurassic Seafloor
Recent scientific research involving fossilized vomit reveals that giant Jurassic marine reptiles swam to shore to purge.
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‘Thunder beast’ that lived 45 million years ago unearthed in California beach town: scientists
Fossils identified as a prehistoric thunder beast have been unearthed at a project site in a California beach town.
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Fossils found in Southern California could be prehistoric ‘thunder beast’ or ‘swamp rhino’
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Bizarre new dinosaur with giant claws discovered in China
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Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography
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A T. Rex Walked Here: Teacher Finds Rare Footprints in North Dakota
A high school teacher discovers the first-ever adult T. rex trackway in North Dakota.
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T. rex teeth indicate it ran as warm as an elephant
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Bizarre ‘unknown’ species from 240million years ago that looked like a ‘huge pig with turtles beak’ is discovered
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What looked like a rock turned out to be something almost unimaginable
An object initially mistaken for a rock turned out to be an immaculate mastodon tooth fossil, according to recent media coverage.
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Dentists Will Have a Field Day With This Tooth
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Fossil tooth analysis confirms Tyrannosaurus rex was warm-blooded
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10,000-year-old fossilized mastodon found in creek
An Ice Age-era mastodon tooth estimated to be thousands of years old has been discovered in a local creek.
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The biggest dinosaurs couldn't sit on their eggs. Scientists say they did this instead
Recent fossil discoveries reveal how the largest dinosaurs handled incubation in cold regions.
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Some birds survived the asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs. A fossilized poop can help explain why
Fossilized dinosaur dung has yielded rare 66-million-year-old feathers, offering clues to how some birds survived the asteroid impact.
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Feather Preserved in Dinosaur Dung Could Explain Why Birds Survived Mass Extinction
A fossilized feather preserved inside dinosaur dung may explain how certain birds survived a mass extinction.
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Dinosaurs Had Rotten Strategy for Nesting in the Cold
Researchers put forward a new scientific theory explaining why dinosaur eggs turned up far from the equator.
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10,000-year-old fossilized mastodon found in creek
A significant paleontological discovery has emerged with the uncovering of a 10,000-year-old fossilized mastodon in a creek.
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Enigmatic Denisovans lived by cave in what is now China for 100,000 years, rare fossils and handcrafted tools reveal
Rare fossils and handcrafted tools reveal enigmatic Denisovans lived by a Chinese cave for 100,000 years.
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Paleontologists Discover First-Ever Adult Tyrannosaurus rex Trackway
Paleontologists have uncovered the first-ever adult Tyrannosaurus rex trackway, preserved in the badlands of North Dakota.
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‘Immaculate condition:’ Rare mastodon fossil found in San Mateo County creek
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The surprising place where giant dinosaurs incubated their eggs
Recent scientific findings reveal surprising details regarding how giant dinosaurs incubated their eggs and handled cold nesting environments.
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'Oddly shaped rock' found in San Mateo County turns out to be huge ice age tooth
A scientist's search for frogs in the San Mateo hills led to the discovery of a rare Ice Age mastodon tooth in a local creek bed.
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A 66.5-million-year-old trackway captures adult T. rex at walking pace
Paleontologists have uncovered the world's first known adult Tyrannosaurus rex trackway, revealing the dinosaur's walking pace from 66.5 million years ago.
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Fossil remains unearthed in China offer new clues about how Denisovans lived
Newly discovered Denisovan fossil remains unearthed in a cave in southwest China reveal rare insights into ancient human subsistence strategies.
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Fossilized eggs of the largest known dinosaurs have been unearthed in an unexpected place
The discovery of Titanosaur eggs in cold, high-latitude regions challenges previous assumptions about where the world's largest dinosaurs nested.
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Scientists found 66-million-year-old wound still healing inside a T. rex’s rib
Recent scientific reconstructions reveal details of a healing wound on Scotty, the largest known T. rex.
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What Did Jurassic Forests Sound Like? Like This.
Biologists have utilized AI, lasers, and fossilized wings to recreate the insect calls of forests from 165 million years ago.
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Earth's forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last climate shock
New fossil evidence reveals Earth's forests required over 100,000 years to recover following a major climate shock 56 million years ago.
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Were Denisovans tall compared to other ancient humans? We should be sceptical
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Fossils show huge carbon emissions harm forests, not ‘green the planet’
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This 236-Million-Year-Old Fossil Just Rewrote the Story of Live Birth
A newly evaluated fossil find dated to 236 million years ago challenges historical understandings of live birth among mammal ancestors.
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The First Ever Leg Bones Of The Mysterious Denisovans Have Been Identified From Fossils Dredged From The Seafloor
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1.4-Million-Year-Old Footprints Reveal a Giant Human Relative
Newly examined 1.4-million-year-old footprints indicate the existence of an unexpectedly large human relative.