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10 things we learned about our human ancestors in 2025
24+ min ago (1407+ words) Findings about our human ancestors continue to surprise us, especially those from 2025. Our understanding of how our species evolved has improved dramatically since we first began analyzing ancient DNA. This year, researchers made impressive discoveries across 3 million years of human…...
The year human evolution’s greatest mystery got a face
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (1312+ words) (CNN) " Human evolution's biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil electrified the scientific community in 2010, when it revealed a previously unknown human population…...
The Walrus Booming Calls Sounds of the Arctic
5+ hour, 2+ min ago (496+ words) The walrus, with its distinctive ivory tusks, wrinkled brown skin, and sizable body, is a fascinating marine mammal that resides primarily in the Arctic region. Known scientifically as Odobenus rosmarus, walruses are members of the pinniped family, which also includes…...
Digging up the past: Important dinosaur discoveries of the year
6+ hour, 51+ min ago (241+ words) [A pack of Nanotyrannus brazenly attacks a juvenile T. rex]Dinosaurs may be long extinct, but 2025 made it abundantly clear that they're anything but settled science. Over the past year, new fossils, reanalyses of famous specimens and the use of increasingly…...
Ming, the World’s Oldest Animal, Lived for 507 Years… Then Humans Killed It
15+ hour, 54+ min ago (575+ words) Ming, the World's Oldest Animal, Lived for 507 Years" Then Humans Killed It'Indian Defence Review Ming, the World's Oldest Animal, Lived for 507 Years" Then Humans Killed It Ming, the world's oldest known animal, lived for 507 years before being accidentally killed by…...
Meet the Devon Rex - Animals Around The Globe
18+ hour, 34+ min ago (958+ words) Author:Author Linnea H, BSc Sociology Home " Pets " Cats " Meet the Devon Rex What's better than a cat that feels like a dog? Meet the Devon Rex, the cat breed that will forever change your perspective on feline companionship. Let's…...
‘All you need are your eyes’: a stretch of Victorian shore is a magnet for fossil fossickers
19+ hour, 54+ min ago (1018+ words) Experts and novices alike hunt for specimens that could change our understanding of evolution " and all only a short day trip from Melbourne Between the cliffs and the sea at Jan Juc, on Victoria's Surf Coast, researchers scour the shore…...
Hidden Molecules in Animal Fossil Reveal How the Ancient World Looked
19+ hour, 54+ min ago (591+ words) Learn more about the hidden molecules uncovered in animal fossils from an ancient human site, and the new view they give us of that ancient world. Fossils have provided scientists with incredible insights into the prehistoric world. This information has…...
16-Foot Dinosaur Found in China? Scientists Discover Massive Fossilized Footprints
1+ day, 39+ min ago (456+ words) Forget T. rex, this massive raptor and Its footprints may have been the real king of the dinosaurs! Massive raptor footprints found in China have led to the discovery of a new dinosaur species, Fujianipus yingliangi, potentially one of the largest…...
World's only limping dino trackway: Rare 150 million-year-old dinosaur fossil reveals amazing secrets
1+ day, 42+ min ago (346+ words) Trending News: Dinosaur footprints frozen in time are no less than a window into ancient world of giants, revealing secrets about their daily lives that bones alone . Dinosaur footprints frozen in time are no less than a window into ancient…...