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Fossil discovery reveals giant worm lizard with snail-cracking jaws
An international team of researchers has discovered a new fossil worm lizard species in Tunisia. Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi is the largest known species of the Amphisbaenia group, with a skull length of over five ...
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Nov 22, 2024
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Parasaurolophus pipes: Modeling the dinosaur's crest to study its sound
Fossils might give a good image of what dinosaurs looked like, but they can also teach scientists what they sounded like. The Parasaurolophus is a duck-billed dinosaur with a unique crest that lived 70 million to 80 million ...
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Nov 22, 2024
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Human ancestor Lucy still has secrets 50 years after discovery
She was, for a while, the oldest known member of the human family. Fifty years after the discovery of Lucy in Ethiopia, the remarkable remains continue to yield theories and questions.
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Nov 21, 2024
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Manatees might be relatively recent arrivals to Florida, study finds
New research suggests that while manatees are an indelible part of Florida's seascape, they might also be relatively new residents in the Sunshine State.
Ecology
Nov 20, 2024
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Dinosaur drumsticks, X-ray videos and 3D models shed light on the evolution of bird motion
Wings may be the obvious choice when studying the connection between dinosaurs and birds, but a pair of Yale paleontologists prefer drumsticks. That part of the leg, they say, is where fibular reduction among some dinosaurs ...
Evolution
Nov 20, 2024
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Ankylosaurid dinosaur, unearthed in China in 1986, identified as a new species
A team of archaeologists and paleontologists at the Jiangxi Provincial Museum, working with colleagues from Yunnan University, all in China, has found that the unearthed skeletal remains of an ankylosaurid dinosaur uncovered ...
The megafauna mystery: Australia's 40,000-year-old cold case
A long, long time ago, marsupials the size of small trucks, 2-meter-tall "thunder birds" and 5-meter-long venomous lizards roamed Australia.
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Nov 19, 2024
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Paleontologists discover Saskatchewan's first Centrosaurus and Citipes elegans fossils
Paleontologists and students from McGill University have documented Saskatchewan's first confirmed fossil specimens of Centrosaurus, a horned dinosaur species closely related to Triceratops.
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Nov 19, 2024
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How brain evolution is linked to the use of tools
Researchers led by Dr. Alexandros Karakostis from the Institute for Archaeological Science and the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen suggest that changes in the brain ...
Evolution
Nov 19, 2024
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Fossil finds: Footprints on South Africa's coast offer a glimpse into our ancestors' lives
Mention the word "fossils" to people and most will probably think of bones. Of course, body fossils make up a large part of the global fossil record. But humans and other species leave their mark in other ways too—for instance, ...
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Nov 18, 2024
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New fossil reveals the evolution of flying reptiles
The pterosaurs are extinct flying reptiles that lived alongside their close relatives, the dinosaurs. The largest of these reached 10 m in wingspan, but early forms were generally limited to around 2 m. In a paper, a team ...
Evolution
Nov 18, 2024
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Tiny worm makes for big evolutionary discovery: Scientists describe 'Uncus,' the oldest ecdysozoan
Everyone has a past. That includes the millions of species of insects, arachnids, and nematode worms that make up a major animal group called the Ecdysozoa.
Evolution
Nov 18, 2024
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Saber-toothed kitten preserved in ice for 35,000 years
Found encased in ice in 2020 along the Badyarikha River in the Republic of Sakha, a northeastern region of Russia that borders the East Siberian Sea of the Arctic Ocean, a well-preserved specimen offers a rare opportunity ...
A 150-million-year journey from the Jurassic to Exposition Park
150 million years ago, Laurasia .The massive neck dips, casting a curving shadow on the mossy ground. The dinosaur's jaws close around its prize. The creature lifts its head, nearly dainty in scale, and contentedly gnaws ...
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Nov 18, 2024
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Dinosaur skeleton fetches 6 million euros in Paris sale
The skeleton of a 22-meter-long dinosaur (70 feet) fetched six million euros ($6.4 million) Saturday, AFP learned from auction houses Collin du Bocage and Barbarossa.
Paleontology & Fossils
Nov 17, 2024
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Fossil teeth suggest a long childhood is the prelude to the evolution of a large brain
Compared to the great apes, humans have an exceptionally long childhood, during which parents, grandparents and other adults contribute to their physical and cognitive development. This is a key developmental period for acquiring ...
Evolution
Nov 13, 2024
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Bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence
A 'one of a kind' fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the most enduring mysteries of vertebrate evolution.
Evolution
Nov 13, 2024
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Particle accelerator helps discover new fossil species of coelacanth
Coelacanths are strange fish that are currently only known from two species found along the East African coast and in Indonesia. A team from the Natural History Museum (MHNG) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has succeeded ...
Evolution
Nov 12, 2024
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How did the division of labor emerge in animals and humans? Little-known organisms hold clues
Human societies have long depended on the division of labor to thrive—walk into any town, and you can probably find bakers baking bread, truck drivers driving that bread to market and grocers selling it.
Evolution
Nov 12, 2024
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Hypercarnivores study reveals unique adaptations of jaw function and tooth wear
A new study led by Dr. Jack Tseng, published in PeerJ, has shed light on the intricate relationship between tooth wear and jaw mechanics in highly carnivorous mammals, known as hypercarnivores.
Evolution
Nov 11, 2024
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