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47 million-year-old owl fossil could solve a major evolutionary mystery
A 47-million-year-old owl fossil from Germany's Messel Pit reveals early owls hunted by day, reshaping the timeline of nocturnal adaptation.
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324-million-year old California fossil found stuffed in drawer changes everything we know about life on Earth
A 324-million-year-old fossil rediscovered in a San Diego museum drawer has been identified as one of the earliest known insect species, reshaping scientific understanding of early life on Earth.
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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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The Taung Child, The First Hard Proof Humans Originated In Africa, Is Even Older Than We Thought
New scientific findings regarding the Taung Child fossil continue to upend established theories of human evolution.
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Longest Feather Ever Found in Amber Offers Clues to Flight’s Origins
A 105-millimeter feather preserved in 99-million-year-old amber is now the longest ever found, offering new data on how flight evolved.
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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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Meet The 'Hell Chicken', a Dinosaur With an Extremely Rare Type of Diet
Scientists have identified the first known fruit-eating dinosaur, dubbed the 'Hell Chicken', reshaping our understanding of Cretaceous ecosystems.
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Did These Scientists Find Evidence of Blood in a Dinosaur Bone?
Scientists report possible traces of dinosaur blood in a 115-million-year-old bone, reviving debate over soft-tissue preservation.
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How a high school science teacher stumbled upon the 1st known T. Rex trackway
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Scientists Discover "Hell Chicken", A Dinosaur That Ate Fruits Instead Of Meat
Recent coverage highlights new scientific insights regarding the diet of the creature known as the hell chicken.
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There Are 15,000 Ant Species on Earth. Blame the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs
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Bizarre beaked ‘hell chicken’ is the first dinosaur discovered to eat fruit
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Scientists say they’ve found rare evidence of blood cells in a fossil. Not everyone is convinced
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Scientists Discover That a Giant Bird Thought Extinct for Thousands of Years Never Actually Disappeared
DNA analysis reveals that a giant bird species thought extinct for thousands of years has actually survived into the modern era.
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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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17-million-year-old fossil found in Egypt challenges a long-held view of ape origins
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New Moab excavation site could be oldest Cretaceous dinosaur bonebed in North America
A new Moab excavation site is emerging as a potential contender for the oldest Cretaceous dinosaur bonebed in North America.
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Ancient ape fossil in Egypt could rewrite the story of human origins
The discovery of an ancient ape fossil in Egypt is challenging established timelines and geographic theories regarding the evolutionary roots of humanity.
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Rare fossil discovery reveals new dinosaur species that specialized in eating fruit
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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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‘Jodi,’ a Nanotyrannus Skeleton, Gets $47.3 Million at Auction
A rare Nanotyrannus skeleton named Jodi sells at auction for $47.3 million, becoming the second most valuable dinosaur ever sold.
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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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Nanotyrannus skeleton goes to auction in New York with £4.5m price tag
A Nanotyrannus dinosaur skeleton named Jodi is heading to auction at Sotheby's in New York with a price tag reaching up to $9 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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Lizard tail preserved in amber sheds light on a 100-million-year-old defense mechanism
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Evolutionary ‘game-changer’: weird armoured amphibian lived in ancient seas
Fossil evidence reveals the first known fully marine amphibian, described as a weird armored bottom-feeder from the Triassic Period.
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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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This Armored Amphibian Turned the Triassic Seafloor Into a Living Nightmare
Fossil evidence reveals a newly identified armored amphibian that lived entirely at sea 237 million years ago.
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Iconic dinosaur featured in Jurassic Park III spent most of its life underwater, study finds
New research from Yale indicates that the Spinosaurus, an iconic dinosaur from Jurassic Park III, likely spent the majority of its life underwater.
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Chinese scientists discover “D-rex,” a giant fungus with roots stretching back 65 million years
Scientists in China discover the giant D-rex fungus, a massive species with roots dating back 65 million years.
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Lizards have been shedding tails to stay safe for 99 million years, Israeli research finds
New Israeli research on a 99-million-year-old fossil from Myanmar amber provides the first direct evidence of ancient lizards shedding tails for survival.
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New long‑clawed British dinosaur is the first of its kind in Europe
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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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Mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs set the stage for the giant fungus D. rex
Scientists in China discover a nearly 5-pound ancient fungus named D. rex, revealing an entirely new fungal family.
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Large dinosaur being moved into downtown Raleigh's NC Museum of Natural Sciences
A 75-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton has arrived at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh.
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Famous Siberian cave yields remains of yak-like Ice Age mammal
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New dinosaur species discovered in London museum after 100 years
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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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Isle of Wight fossil identified as new dinosaur species
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Portsmouth scientists discover new ancient crocodile relative
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A new megaraptoran dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation, UK, and its implications for theropod evolution and biogeography
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Fossil kept in drawer for a century sheds light on enigmatic meat-eating dinosaurs
A UK dinosaur fossil stored unexamined in a museum drawer for a century has now been identified as a new predatory species.
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Scientists discover 'D-rex', a giant fungus from Chinese forests whose unique lineage dates back 65 million years
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Dinosaur fossil ‘sitting in a drawer’ for 100 years identified as new T-rex relative
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Whoops! Scientists Might Have Had the Origin of Animals All Wrong.
Recent scientific studies suggest animal life may have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously established.
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Jurassic fossil reveals ancient origins of how mammals drink milk
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University of Alberta researchers find evidence raptor may have fed on apex predator
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Mosasaurs Were Capable of Explosive Speed
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Jurassic Fossil Shows Mammal-Like Throat Evolved Far Earlier Than Thought
Fossil discoveries from the Jurassic period reveal that mammal-like throat structures evolved far earlier than previously understood.
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Otter-like critter swam lakes and rivers in the age of dinosaurs
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This surprising mammal fossil is giving scientists something to chew on
A 168-million-year-old platypus-like mammal relative discovered in China is reshaping scientific understanding of early mammalian evolution.
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New 99-million-year-old insect species had feeding tubes nearly twice its body length
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Rare insect discovery reveals a new species from the dinosaur age
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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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Scientists find evidence for several Earth axis shifts during the age of dinosaurs
Researchers discover geological evidence that Earth experienced multiple rapid axis shifts during the age of dinosaurs.
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Animals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than previously thought, new study suggests
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