How researchers diagnosed a 200-million-year-old infected predator bite
Nature, red in tooth and claw.
Archaeology
Mar 22, 2018
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News tagged with dinosaur fossil
Dinosaur frills and horns did not evolve for species recognition
The elaborate frills and horns of a group of dinosaurs including Triceratops and Styracosaurus did not evolve to help species recognise each other, according to researchers at Queen Mary University of London.
Archaeology
Mar 20, 2018
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Dinosaurs were 'too successful for their own good'
The migration of the dinosaurs across the globe was so rapid that it may have contributed to their demise, new research has found.
Archaeology
Feb 6, 2018
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How some dinosaur discoveries might be wishful scientific thinking
According to Catholic doctrine, transubstantiation is the process whereby the bread and wine of the Holy Mass are transformed into the body and blood of Christ. I am unaware of any rigorous chemical investigations into this ...
Archaeology
Nov 6, 2017
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US construction crew finds triceratops skeleton in Colorado (Update)
Construction crews breaking ground on a new fire and police station north of Denver, Colorado have unearthed a 66-million-year-old triceratops skeleton, sparking a flurry of scientific interest in this iconic herbivore.
Archaeology
Aug 30, 2017
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New dinosaur discovery suggests new species roosted together like modern birds
The Mongolian Desert has been known for decades for its amazing array of dinosaurs, immaculately preserved in incredible detail and in associations that give exceedingly rare glimpses at behavior in the fossil record. New ...
Archaeology
Aug 25, 2017
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Despite heavy armor, new dinosaur used camouflage to hide from predators
Researchers reporting in Current Biology on August 3 have named a new genus and species of armored dinosaur. The 110-million-year-old Borealopelta markmitchelli discovered in Alberta, Canada, on view at the Royal Tyrrell ...
Archaeology
Aug 3, 2017
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Using step width to compare locomotor biomechanics between dinosaurs and modern bipeds
Remember the classic flocking scene from Jurassic Park? Alan and the kids are walking over a grassy plain. A flock of ostrich-like dinosaurs appear. Alan is amazed at how similar their movements are to a flock of birds, while ...
Archaeology
Jul 31, 2017
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Unraveling the mysteries of Nipponosaurus
Nipponosaurus sachalinensis—a controversial hadrosaurid dinosaur whose fossilized skeleton was unearthed in southern Sakhalin in 1934—is found to be a valid taxon and a juvenile that had not reached sexual maturity.
Archaeology
Jun 9, 2017
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Dinosaur embryo returned to China, but many fossils fall victim to illegal trade and poor protection
China's record of life's past history on Earth is second to none.
Paleontology & Fossils
May 22, 2017
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