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Scientists Just Discovered the Oldest Human Footprint Ever Found, Hidden in Chilean Mud
1+ hour, 38+ min ago It's just one footprint, but it's older than any other ever found in the Americas. Scientists spent nearly a decade studying it, and what they discovered changes the game. A fossilized human footprint found in southern Chile has been dated…...
Ethiopian Homo Erectus Skull Discovery Rewrites Human Evolution Timeline
3+ hour, 25+ min ago 1.6-Million-Year-Old Fossil Combines Homo habilis Face With Homo erectus Brow The skull had the brow of a descendant but the face of an ancestor. When researchers finished reconstructing the DAN5/P1 cranium from Ethiopia's Afar region, dated to between 1.6 and 1.5 million years…...
Realistic Images of Earth’s First Animals: The Ediacaran Period
5+ hour, 14+ min ago Author:Author Amy King, BSc Microbiology and Physiology Home " News " Realistic Images of Earth's First Animals: The Ediacaran Period The first complex animals to have ever existed arose during the Ediacaran period (635540 million years ago). Before then, less complex and…...
Ancient Bees Made Nests in the Bones of Dead Rodents, Study Finds
5+ hour, 39+ min ago More than 5,000 years ago, bees in the Caribbean nested inside dead animals. They built their brood chambers in the hollow teeth and vertebrae of rodents buried in a cave. According to a new study published in Royal Society Open Science,…...
What happened to Earth’s rivers as dinosaurs disappeared?
5+ hour, 44+ min ago In an intriguing twist of geological history, Montana's ancient river systems have been found remarkably undeterred by the Cretaceous'Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction event that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs. The event occurred 65 million years ago and wiped out 50 per cent of plants…...
Why are chickens called the closest relatives of dinosaurs
8+ hour, 16+ min ago When we think of dinosaurs, fierce giants like Tyrannosaurus rex or long-necked sauropods usually come to mind. However, not all dinosaurs went extinc....
How the Largest Dinosaurs Compared to Today’s Giants
8+ hour, 16+ min ago When we contemplate the mightiest creatures to ever roam our planet, dinosaurs immediately come to mind as the undisputed champions of size and scale. These prehistoric behemoths, particularly the sauropods, achieved dimensions that seem almost mythical by today's standards. Yet…...
9+ hour, 10+ min ago Ancient oceans teemed with massive marine reptiles, some over ten metres long. These creatures occupied a previously unknown seventh level in the food chain. This indicates a highly complex ecosystem unlike today's seas. Researchers reconstructed this lost world from fossils…...
Family uncovers 20 million-year-old fossil on beach
10+ hour, 27+ min ago Excitement is building on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula after a family uncovered a 20-million-year-old whale fossil at the beach. The Sydney Morning Herald...
Thousands of dinosaur footprints found in Italy near next year's Winter Olympics venue
20+ hour, 11+ min ago A wildlife photographer was following tracks of deer and vulture when he stumbled across thousands of dinosaur tracks spanning hundreds of meters. Thousands of dinosaur footprints found in Italy near next year's Winter Olympics venue Thousands of dinosaur footprints from…...