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2026-03 - The most complete Australopithecus skeleton to date
23+ hour, 21+ min ago (360+ words) Skip navigation and go to page content 9 March 2026 - Am'lie Beaudet and Dominic Stratford Meet the reconstructed skull of "Little Foot" which provides valuable insights into how our ancestors adapted to their environment. What did the face of our ancestors look…...
Rare Jurassic Nest: 150-million-year-old dinosaur egg nest discovered on Portugal’s Santa Cruz beach
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (446+ words) In a remarkable find, paleontologists have uncovered a 150-million-year-old dinosaur egg nest on the cliffs of Santa Cruz Beach. This discovery offers an unprecedented glimpse into dinosaur reproductive behaviour during the Upper Jurassic period. The eggs were preserved exactly where…...
Dinosaurs roar back to life at Freeport Museum
14+ hour, 9+ min ago (140+ words) Fossils and prehistoric artifacts are displayed along a table as part of the Dinosaur George traveling exhibit Friday at the Freeport Historical Museum in Freeport. Paleontology educator George Blasing, known as "Dinosaur George," discusses a fossil during the Dinosaur George…...
We’ve only just confirmed that Homo habilis really existed
13+ hour, 39+ min ago (1064+ words) Their species name is well known, but until recently we've understood very little for certain about Homo habilis. Columnist Michael Marshall reveals what new fossils are telling us about the hominins that have been considered the first humans Homo habilis…...
Rex eyes spot amid stiff competition
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (352+ words) COMPETITION for spots at the SP PNG Hunters is heating up, and although Graham Rex missed out on the Round 1 team list, the outside-back remains excited and fully focused as he enters his second season with the club. After debuting…...
Biologist Kirk Winemiller discusses constructing a ‘Periodic Table of Niches’ during annual Margalef Seminar in Ecology
9+ hour, 37+ min ago (842+ words) by Steve Walentik | Mar 9, 2026 Longtime University of Missouri'St. Louis Professor Robert Ricklefs and his wife, Susanne Renner, created the Department of Biology's annual Margalef Endowed Seminar in Ecology to honor the legacy of Ramon Margalef, considered one of the founding…...
Croc ancestor started life on 4 legs before it began walking on 2
15+ hour, 17+ min ago (535+ words) Artist's reconstruction of Sonselasuchus cedrus in its environment in what is now Petrified Forest National Park, 215 million years ago. (Artwork by Gabriel Ugueto via SWNS) A "peculiar" ancient relative of the crocodile started life on four legs before it began…...
Triassic Crocodile Relative May Have Learned to Walk on Two Legs
11+ hour, 24+ min ago (445+ words) Fossils from the Chinle Formation of Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, the United States, reveal that Sonselasuchus cedrus, a species of shuvosaurid that lived about 215 million years ago (Triassic period), likely began life walking on four legs before shifting…...
God Made Them All
15+ hour, 39+ min ago (302+ words) God Made Them All'Philstar.com God Made Them All How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all. Psalm 104:24 My three-year old son, Xavier, squeezed my hand as we entered the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. Pointing…...
EXQUISITE FOSSIL OF ONE OF THE SMALLEST DINOSAURS FOUND IN ARGENTINA
13+ hour, 25+ min ago (11+ words) EXQUISITE FOSSIL OF ONE OF THE SMALLEST DINOSAURS FOUND IN ARGENTINA'PressReader...