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Fossils Reveal Giant Prehistoric Kangaroos Could Hop
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (400+ words) Today, the red kangaroo is the largest living hopping animal and weighs around 90kg. But during the Ice Age, some kangaroos grew more than twice the size of that - some reaching up to 250kg. Lead researcher Megan Jones, Postgraduate Researcher at the…...
How Giant Kangaroos Moved Across Ancient Australia
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (180+ words) Structure of fossil foot and ankle bones was robust enough for occasional hopping The full Nautilus archive " eBooks & Special Editions " Ad-free reading After all, Pleistocene giant kangaroos faced hyper-carnivore predators like "marsupial lions(Thylacoleo carnifex), whose tooth marks have been…...
Giant Kangaroo Fossils Reveal a Surprise About How They Moved
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (438+ words) The image of kangaroos hopping their way across the Australian outback is iconic " and it turns out it might have been an even more impressive sight during the Pleistocene. A new study by researchers from the Universities of Manchester and…...
Kangaroos’ giant ancestor probably able to hop despite 250kg weight, scientists say
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (711+ words) Research for first time suggests tendon and bones in heavier species would have made bounding possible Giant 250kg kangaroos that once roamed Australia would probably have been able to hop despite their enormous size, researchers have said. While modern kangaroos are…...
Blind, slow and 500 years old – or are they? How scientists are unravelling the secrets of Greenland sharks
3+ hour, 20+ min ago (903+ words) Described by one researcher as looking "already dead, the enigmatic creatures are one of the least understood species on the planet It looks more like a worn sock than a fearsome predator. It moves slower than an escalator. By most…...
This day in history: 4-winged dinosaur found in China
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (11+ words) This day in history: 4-winged dinosaur found in China'AOL.com...
Andy's Prehistoric Adventures
6+ hour, 17+ min ago (65+ words) Andy's Prehistoric Adventures on CBeebies: full details and when it's on'TVGuide.co.uk Season 1 Episode 14 of 25 Andy Day sets off on another mission into the past, travelling back 85 million years to meet a giant feathered dinosaur, as tall as a…...
Hey Kids: Learn how an 11-year-old discovered an ancient turtle
8+ hour, 21+ min ago (252+ words) Hey Kids: Learn how an 11-year-old discovered an ancient turtle'bhpioneer.com ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. " Last fall, a routine day of rockhounding on Bureau of Land Management-managed public land in southwest Wyoming turned into an extraordinary discovery. While exploring public lands…...
Exhibition of rarely seen fossils now on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
8+ hour, 23+ min ago (439+ words) (PITTSBURGH) " The Carnegie Museum of Natural History has made the behind-the-scenes inventory of rare fossils and other ancient artifacts available for public viewing for the first time. The exhibition, dubbed "The Stories We Keep," features items from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,…...
University of Calgary - UCalgary paleontologists capture public's imagination with dinosaur discoveries
12+ hour, 9+ min ago (239+ words) On the main floor of the Earth Sciences building at the University of Calgary, across from the Gallagher Library, sits an empty display case. Currently wrapped in brown paper adorned with claw marks, it promises that something big is coming....