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Twenty-one fossil footprints at GaJi10 on Kenya’s Lake Turkana record eight Paranthropus boisei crossing the same muddy shore 1.43 million years ago, the largest maybe 1.8 metres and 75 kilograms — a snapshot of company bones almost never preserve, published in PNAS this week.
36+ min ago (259+ words) Twenty-one hominin prints at GaJi10 on Lake Turkana record eight individuals 1.43 million years ago. The paper’s call is Paranthropus boisei; the largest maybe 1.8 m and 75 kg. By Lab Report · Edited by Justin Brown Published September 1, 2026 · How we edit Bones accumulate. Footprints…...
Evidence of bone-crushing dogs at Ashfall Fossil Beds reveal new questions
10+ hour, 31+ min ago (358+ words) image: Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, part of the University of Nebraska State Museum, is located in Royal, Nebraska. view more “We even find coprolites — fossil poop — that have chips of bone in it,” Matson said. “So, we know…...
???? This evidence of live birth is so ancient that it upends everything we know - News
4+ hour, 44+ min ago (402+ words) Sep 1, 2026, 04:00 AM Frontiers in Mammal Science FR · ES · DE · PT A 236-million-year-old fossil indicates that a very ancient relative of mammals may already have given birth to live young. The specimen belongs to Chiniquodon theotonicus, a cynodont from the Triassic....
DinoLand Cafe in Myrtle Beach, SC: Where Dinosaurs Join You for Dinner
8+ hour, 51+ min ago (715+ words) Home » Posts » DinoLand Cafe in Myrtle Beach, SC: Where Dinosaurs Join You for Dinner DinoLand Cafe in Myrtle Beach, SC is a full-service, dinosaur-themed restaurant where life-sized animatronic dinos walk the floor, hang from the ceiling, and generally steal the…...
Natural History Museum: Age of Dinosaurs at Sandbox VR Birmingham
20+ hour, 4+ min ago (118+ words) Birmingham gears up for Brum Transport Fest with one month to go Step back in time and come face-to-face with some of history’s most iconic prehistoric creatures in Age of Dinosaurs, an immersive virtual reality experience created through a brand…...
De Hoop Collection Unveils Walk Through 4.6 Billion Years of History
18+ hour, 3+ min ago (433+ words) Imagine journeying through 4.6 billion years of planetary evolution in just a short stroll. Nestled within the spectacular De Hoop Nature Reserve—located in the Overberg region of the Western Cape, roughly a three-hour drive east of Cape Town—the De…...
Longmont Library Director Jon Solomon leaves for Denver Public Library
12+ hour, 1+ min ago (228+ words) Jon Solomon has left his position as Longmont Public Library director to take a job with the Denver Public Library. Solomon announced the move in his final “Letter from the Director” in the Longmont Library’s fall programming brochure, thanking the…...
Scientists uncover two ghost human ancestral lineages hidden in modern genomes
11+ hour, 36+ min ago (443+ words) Modern DNA holds clues to populations that left no readable fossils, revealing a deeper and more complicated story of human evolution. Analysis of modern human genomes has helped scientists identify traces of two ancient ancestral lineages previously unknown from fossil…...
190-Year-Old DNA Reveals a Pangolin Hidden in Plain Sight
11+ hour, 48+ min ago (712+ words) For nearly two centuries, a pangolin specimen sat quietly in a museum collection, its true identity hidden in plain sight. Today, scientists have used DNA preserved within that 190-year-old specimen to resolve a long-standing taxonomic mystery, confirming that the Himalayan…...
55-Million-Year-Old Predatory Mammal Footprint Found in Antarctica
13+ hour, 22+ min ago (577+ words) A single fossilized footprint found in volcanic mud on a remote Antarctic island is the first known trackway from a mammal in Antarctica, and the earliest evidence anywhere on the continent of a carnivorous mammal. Track-bearing slab T-373 from King George…...