Modern wild sheep, Ovis, is widespread in the mountain ranges of the Caucasus through Himalaya, Tibetan Plateau, Tianshan-Altai, eastern Siberia, and the Rocky Mountains in North America. In Eurasia, fossil sheep are known ...
Archaeology
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Scientists at The Field Museum have identified a new species of pre-mammal in what is now Zambia. Thanks to a unique groove on the animal's upper jaw, it was dubbed Ichibengops (Itchy-BEN-gops), which combines the local Bemba ...
Archaeology
Aug 14, 2015
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Crocodiles are freakin' amazing animals. They've been around for about 250 million years, and throughout this time have survived two mass extinctions, and at least twice decided to hitch up and take to the seas. Their historical ...
Archaeology
Nov 10, 2015
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(Phys.org) —The discovery of musky rat-kangaroo fossils has prompted experts to call for better protection of tropical rainforests after new links show the tiny marsupial cannot survive outside that environment.
Ecology
May 5, 2014
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When they're not being the stars of various animated movies, penguins are playing an important role in evolutionary studies. Penguins are unique among modern birds in that they 'fly' through the water. Although flightless ...
Archaeology
Aug 27, 2015
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(Phys.org) —Paleontologists have provided a new cranial reconstruction of a long-extinct limbed vertebrate (tetrapod) from previously unrecognised specimens found in coal deposits from the Czech Republic.
Archaeology
Jul 21, 2014
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A new paper published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology shows that several Jurassic sites are linked together by shared species and can be recognized as representing a single fossil fauna and flora, containing superbly ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 4, 2014
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Paleontologist Li Chun at Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and his research team, reported a new genus and species of archosaur, Diandongosuchus fuyuanensis, a Pseudosuchian reptile, from ...
Archaeology
Sep 12, 2012
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In the Tha Chang area, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand, several sand pits previously have yielded fossils. The area is 220 km northeast of Bangkok, and the sand pits are located next to the Mun River. The sedimentary ...
Archaeology
Jun 26, 2013
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A Rice anthropologist has identified a new species of extinct antelope that once roamed what is present-day India during the late ice age 10,000 and 100,000 years ago.
Archaeology
Nov 2, 2015
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