A University of Missouri researcher has identified a new species of prehistoric crocodile. The extinct creature, nicknamed "Shieldcroc" due to a thick-skinned shield on its head, is an ancestor of today's crocodiles. Its ...
Archaeology
Jan 31, 2012
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A team of paleontologists, including a University of Pennsylvania doctoral candidate, has described a new species of dinosaur based upon an incomplete skeleton found in western New Mexico. The new species, Jeyawati rugoculus, ...
Archaeology
May 26, 2010
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Scientists have revealed fossils of a giant salamanderlike beast with sharp fangs that ruled waters before the first dinosaurs arrived.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jul 7, 2024
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A selection of bones belonging to a juvenile mastodon who roamed the woods of Michigan 13,000 years ago is now on display at the Grand Rapids Public Museum, after workers unearthed it by chance last year.
Paleontology & Fossils
May 19, 2023
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A partial human skull unearthed in 2008 in northern Israel may hold some clues as to when and where humans and Neanderthals might have interbred. The key to addressing this, as well as other important issues, is precisely ...
Archaeology
Mar 3, 2015
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A partial skull and two tusks of a prehistoric Columbian mammoth have been found in northwest Oklahoma.
Archaeology
Mar 28, 2016
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