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From Ethiopia to Abu Dhabi: What Lucy, our prehuman ancestor, teaches us 50 years after discovery
2+ min ago (765+ words) More than five decades after her discovery, Lucy remains one of the most important finds in human evolutionary science. Unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974, the 3.2-million-year-old fossil has long been central to how scientists understand early bipedalism, growth and adaptation. What…...
A football-size creature may have been among the earliest plant-eating land animals
7+ hour, 53+ min ago (629+ words) A chunky, squat creature that roamed Earth 307 million years ago is helping scientists understand how plant-eating animals first appeared on land. The newly described species is one of the earliest known tetrapods " or four-limbed animals " to show evidence of having…...
Tyrannoroter heberti: la criatura del tamaño de un balón que sería uno de los primeros animales terrestres herbívoros
8+ hour, 46+ min ago (591+ words) Por Lily Hautau, CNN en Espa'ol Una criatura robusta y rechoncha que deambulaba por la Tierra hace 307 millones de a'os est" ayudando a los cient'ficos a entender c'mo aparecieron por primera vez los animales herb'voros en tierra firme. La especie…...
A Prehistoric Bear Attack Ended in the Gruesome Death of a Teenage Boy Around 27,000 Years Ago
10+ hour, 19+ min ago (609+ words) Learn about the bear attack that may have killed "Il Principe," a prehistoric teenager whose skeleton was found in a lavish burial site. Being attacked by a bear often ends in tragedy, and this is certainly no exception for prehistoric…...
Prospects for fistula technologies in the study of digestion and metabolism in birds
11+ hour, 52+ min ago (1351+ words) For developing more effective feeds and feeding methods for farm birds, it is important to study digestion and metabolism processes usinf fistula technologies. This approach has an unconditional ethical priority over post-mortem collection of research material. Furthermore, a positive aspect…...
Skull of first veggie-eating animal found
12+ hour, 30+ min ago (294+ words) A 307-million-year-old skull discovered in Canada may have belonged to one of the earliest known vegetarian animals, scientists say. Paleontologists - scientists who study fossils - found the skull inside a fossilized tree stump in Nova Scotia, Canada. It belonged to a…...
This Ancient Sea Monster Could Swallow a Great White Whole
12+ hour, 42+ min ago (565+ words) Home " News " This Ancient Sea Monster Could Swallow a Great White Whole The ocean is a place of mystery and wonder, filled with creatures both majestic and terrifying. While the Great White Shark is often considered the apex predator of…...
5-Million-Year-Old Crustaceans Unveil Ancient Ocean Routes Across the North Pacific
12+ hour, 49+ min ago (841+ words) 5-Million-Year-Old Crustaceans Unveil Ancient Ocean Routes Across the North Pacific'Indian Defence Review...
A football-size creature may have been among the earliest plant-eating land animals - CNN
12+ hour, 53+ min ago (18+ words) A football-size creature may have been among the earliest plant-eating land animals'CNN You can cancel anytime....
Meet Brian Hebert, discoverer of Hebert's tyrant digger and Nova Scotia fossil hunter
13+ hour, 11+ min ago (1101+ words) Football-sized critter, the 'Tyrannosaurus rex of microsaurs,' one of the earliest plant eaters discovered It hid nameless in stone for 307 million years. Then Brian Hebert stood quietly before the cliff in Point Aconi, Cape Breton. His eyes sought patterns they…...