Paleontologists are trying to dispel a myth about what life was like when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. The false narrative has wormed its way into books, lectures and even scientific papers about this long-ago era.
Plants & Animals
Jun 21, 2019
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One researcher at the University of Tokyo is in hot pursuit of dinosaurs, tracking extinct species around ancient Earth. Identifying the movements of extinct species from millions of years ago can provide insights into ancient ...
Other
May 31, 2019
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The duck-billed hadrosaurs walked the Earth over 90-million years ago and were one of the most successful groups of dinosaurs. But why were these 2-3 tonne giants so successful? A new study, published in Paleobiology, shows ...
Archaeology
May 2, 2019
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The complete skeletal remains of a new species of Mongolian dinosaur fill in a gap in the evolution of hadrosaurs, according to a study released April 17, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Khishigjav Tsogtbataaar ...
Archaeology
Apr 17, 2019
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Paleontologists from Hokkaido University in Japan, in cooperation with paleontologists from the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas, have discovered the first-confirmed occurrence of a lambeosaurine (crested ...
Archaeology
Apr 1, 2019
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"Why did the dinosaurs die out?" The consensus, among palaeontologists and dinosaur crazy seven-year-olds alike, seems to be that about 66m years ago a 10km diameter asteroid crashed into what is now Central America. It raised ...
Archaeology
Mar 29, 2019
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Paleontologists working on a steep river bank in Alaska have discovered fossil evidence of the northernmost marsupial known to science.
Archaeology
Feb 19, 2019
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A new oviraptorosaur species from the Late Cretaceous was discovered in Mongolia, according to a study published in February 6, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Yuong-Nam Lee from Seoul National University, South ...
Archaeology
Feb 6, 2019
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A herbivorous dinosaur that fended off predators with a row of spines running along its back and lived 140 million years ago has been found in Argentine Patagonia.
Archaeology
Feb 4, 2019
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It was a prehistoric clash of the ages that didn't end pretty when a monster in the sky clashed with a beast of the deep.
Archaeology
Dec 19, 2018
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