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Why Carnivorous Dinosaurs Evolved Such Tiny Arms
12+ hour, 22+ min ago (306+ words) tovima. com The famously tiny forelimbs found in several carnivorous dinosaurs, including tyrannosaurs, carnotauruses, spinosaurs, and velociraptors, were most likely a consequence of the evolution of their large, powerful heads, which they used to attack prey. That is the conclusion…...
Scientists solve 320-million-year mystery of reptile bone armor
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (586+ words) Reptiles have been growing armor in their skin on and off for hundreds of millions of years, but scientists never fully understood how it evolved. A massive new evolutionary study shows these skin bones appeared independently in multiple lizard groups…...
Dino-mite summer awaits as Dino World roars into South City Mall
10+ hour, 2+ min ago (257+ words) This summer, South City Mall is giving the city a chance to step into a world that existed millions of years before humans did. Dino World, which will be on at the Prince Anwar Shah Road mall until July 5, transforms part…...
Jurassic Quest
4+ hour, 45+ min ago (134+ words) " Jurassic Quest is coming to Kansas City! " Get ready to come face-to-face with life-sized dinosaurs at Jurassic Quest, happening May 22nd25th at the Overland Park Convention Center! Families can explore giant, true-to-life dinosaurs, meet interactive baby dinos, experience live raptor training…...
Early complex life clung to oxygenated seafloors for hundreds of millions of years
12+ hour, 27+ min ago (56+ words) The discovery overturns certain long-held assumptions about the group while corroborating others image: Delicate microfossils don't last when exposed to the surface. But they remain preserved in deeper rock layers. view more Credit: UC Santa Barbara University of California - Santa…...
Study finds early complex life lived in oxygenated seas, challenging long'held views of evolution
12+ hour, 59+ min ago (344+ words) Eukaryotes include humans, plants, animals, fungi and many microscopic organisms. Knowing where and how they first evolved is central to understanding how life on Earth became diverse and complex. "We wanted to know what environments earliest eukaryotic life inhabited, in…...
Tiny fossils found in 1. 7 billion-year-old mud yield clues to the evolution of complex life
45+ min ago (825+ words) Stored in an open-air warehouse in tropical Darwin, Australia, are dozens of trays containing cylindrical cores of rock. They are from drill holes bored hundreds of metres below the surface by mineral exploration companies decades ago. Some of these cores…...
From the pages of The News: Mammoth skull found in Randolph in 1934
9+ hour ago (177+ words) On May 20, 1934, a group of workers digging a pond at a state fish hatchery near Randolph in Cattaraugus County made a stunning discovery: the skull and tusks of Columbian Mammoth. Willis Carrier was born and raised in Western New York,…...
Scientists Found The Real Reason T. rex Had Tiny Arms May Have Nothing to Do With Its Size
11+ hour, 45+ min ago (603+ words) The arms of T. rex looked too small to make sense for an apex predator. New research now points to a surprising explanation. The tiny arms of Tyrannosaurus rex have puzzled scientists for decades. A new study now suggests a fairly…...
Rare 567-million-year-old fossils refine our understanding of early animal evolution
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (766+ words) From butterflies to blue whales, corals and worms, Earth is home to an incredible diversity of animals. How all of these animals evolved from earlier, simpler ancestors is one of the most exciting stories in the history book of life…...