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240-million-year-old "warrior" crocodile ancestor found in Brazil rewrites what we know about life before dinosaurs
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (569+ words) Credits: Vish K, The Pulse Internal edition Crocodiles are ancient creatures that have outlived most species. We know that crocs have evolved from an ancient cousin that led to several animal species over the last few million years. But a…...
Curious 10-Year-Old Girl Spots 200-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints on a Beach in Wales
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (483+ words) Five footprints preserved in beach rock capture a dinosaur's steady walk across mud over 200 million years ago. An unlikely fossil discovery began with a playful walk along a beach in South Wales, when a 10-year-old girl noticed a set of…...
Ancient "octopus" fossil is actually a different species
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (683+ words) The fossil is actually a species related to a modern Nautilus, a multi-tentacled animal with an external shell. (Dr. Thomas Clements via SWNS) A 300-million-year-old fossil hailed as the world's oldest "octopus" has turned out to be something else altogether....
Enfin Lev's T-Rex Leather Handbag Fuses Fossils and Tech
9+ hour, 35+ min ago (810+ words) Hypebeast Newsroom produces fast-turn news across fashion, footwear, art, design, and culture. Content is AI-assisted and reviewed by our editorial team before publishing. For corrections or inquiries, contact editorial@hypebeast. com. - Techwear label Enfin Lev" has introduced a luxury handbag…...
Texas researcher uncovers rare prehistoric fossil site in underwater cave
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (353+ words) WASHINGTON " A paleontologist has uncovered'a trove of ancient fossils inside a cave, a discovery that could reshape what scientists understand about prehistoric ecosystems in the region. John Moretti, a researcher with the University of Texas at Austin, found the fossils…...
Two scientists discover Ice Age fossils in underwater cave in central Texas
1+ week, 2+ day ago (147+ words) The find in Texas highlights what researchers say is an underexplored scientific resource hiding in plain sight. Texas is home to thousands of caves, many of them unmapped and unexamined. The study suggests a significant number contain" Do the records…...
Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences Announces Major Changes to Board of Directors
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (338+ words) Noted Science Writer, TEDx Speaker Geoffrey Notkin Among Recent Appointees PHOENIX, AZ, UNITED STATES, April 7, 2026 /EINPresswire. com/ " The Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences (AAPS) today announced a major revamping of its Board of Directors, including a newly elected president, vice…...
Hunted by neanderthals: Giant elephants traveled hundreds of kilometers across ice-age europe
4+ week, 21+ hour ago (291+ words) Credit: Hodari Nundu CC-BY-4. 0 Elena Armaroli, now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE) in Italy and the study's first author, explains: "Thanks to isotope analyses, we can trace the movements of elephants almost as…...
Neanderthal Turtle Hunting: Shells Used as Tools in Central Europe
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (164+ words) "Our data provide the first evidence that Neanderthals also hunted and processed turtles north of the Alps, beyond the Mediterranean region," said Gaudzinski-Windheuser. Painting of a straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) during the early temperate period of the Eemian interglacial, the…...
How DNA forensics is transforming studies of ancient manuscripts
22+ hour, 21+ min ago (696+ words) The volume was about six centuries old, bound in worn brown leather and composed of 266 yellowed leaves of carefully crafted parchment. It bore the marks of heavy use " faint stains marked the pages and the edges were worn from repeated…...