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Kenyan footprints shed light on prehistoric human cousin Paranthropus
42+ min ago (675+ words) July 28 (Reuters) – Footprints left on a muddy lakeshore in northern Kenya around 1.43 million years ago are providing new insight into the size and behavior of a species in the human evolutionary lineage that was the last of its kind, known…...
Argentine researchers reconstruct 50 million years of cetacean evolution, revealing key adaptations
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (264+ words) A team of Argentinian researchers has provided an innovative insight into the transformation of cetaceans such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises over the last 50 million years. By analyzing the evolution of species and their roles within ecosystems, they have revealed…...
Giant footprints in Mongolia are shaking up what we knew about dinosaurs, because their size and shape tell a story that does not fit neatly into the old picture
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (997+ words) Rediscovered giant dinosaur footprints in Mongolia reveal that massive herbivores and predators shared the same lakeshore 120 million years ago. By ECONEWS · Editorial process A dinosaur tracksite reported about 70 years ago, then effectively lost, has been rediscovered in northern Mongolia. Its…...
Jurassic Kingdom Brings 50 Roaring Animatronic Dinosaurs To Richmond Hill This Summer
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (273+ words) There aren’t many places where a Tyrannosaurus rex can greet you with a roar before you’ve even finished walking through the gates. That’s exactly what’s waiting at Jurassic Kingdom, now open for a limited engagement at the David Dunlap Observatory…...
Dinosaur Extinction May Have Taken Only Hours
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (294+ words) Newser Dinosaur Extinction May Have Taken Only Hours Dinosaurs may have met their end not over months or years, but in the span of a brutal afternoon. A new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences argues that the…...
Wildfires rampaged across Europe in the dying days of the Triassic
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (14+ words) Infernos ravaged continental expanses of ferns during mass extinction of land and sea animals....
An Entire Branch of the Tree of Life Was Lost for 15 Million Years. Scientists Just Found It.
4+ hour, 16+ min ago (131+ words) Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: Looking back into time, paleontologists discovered a new extinct order of marsupials—Keeunamorphia—including three new extinct species and two new extinct genera. Keeunamorphia may be one of the oldest and…...
New species of octopus Graneledone sellanesi discovered in the South Pacific after 25 years in museums
4+ hour, 45+ min ago (303+ words) Researchers in Chile have revealed a new species of octopus in the southeastern Pacific, a discovery that has been waiting for decades in the collections of various museums. This species, now formally recognized, was found in specimens collected between the…...
The Soft Gap Theory: Evolution and the Bible Reconciled?
3+ hour, 31+ min ago (600+ words) The long-age timescale for earth history is so dominant in our culture today that it is somewhat understandable that Christians, even those with a high view of Scripture, want to reconcile the Bible with long ages. One of the biggest…...
Dinosaurs died out within hours, new study suggests
4+ hour, 46+ min ago (369+ words) Published Jul 28, 2026 9:00 AM EDT According to new evidence published today in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, the answer may be the flash-cooked scenario. “We’re in the realm where we might be essentially killing off everything within that first hour…...