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47+ min ago   (817+ words) Home - Science - A "pre-sapiens" in China 300,000 years ago: a juvenile jawbone that blends archaic traits with nearly modern features A 300,000-year-old jawbone from a cave in eastern China is quietly reshaping what scientists thought they knew about our origins. Fresh…...

2+ hour, 7+ min ago   (430+ words) A crocodile the size of a school bus once stalked the waters of ancient North America. Known for its terrifying size and predatory skills, it earned the nickname "dinosaur killer." Scientists have completed the first-ever full-scale, scientifically accurate replica of…...

3+ hour, 33+ min ago   (1322+ words) When we think of ancient life on Earth, dinosaurs often dominate our imagination. These magnificent reptiles ruled the planet for approximately 165 million years during the Mesozoic Era, from about 245 to 66 million years ago. However, dinosaurs are relatively recent arrivals in…...

3+ hour, 45+ min ago   (975+ words) Many open questions remain about this iconic dinosaur's appearance, speed, brainpower and more Tyrannosaurus rex truly was a fearsome predator in its time. This scene gets some things about T. rex right. But other aspects don't quite match what paleontologists know…...

4+ hour, 2+ min ago   (1083+ words) Life on land has long been shaped by the creatures that inhabit it, but few epochs offer as fascinating a glimpse into the origins of terrestrial ecosystems as the Carboniferous period, some 300 million years ago. A recent discovery, detailed in…...

5+ hour, 21+ min ago   (587+ words) Meet Tyrannoroter heberti, a newly described species that was one of the largest, most feared land animals of its time " at least, if you were a fern. Hailing from 307 million years ago, this strange tetrapod was among the earliest known…...

5+ hour, 39+ min ago   (535+ words) We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as "primitive" or "ancient" and use terms like "higher" and "lower" animals. This'anthropocentric'perspective was entrenched in 1866, when German scientist'Ernst Haeckel drew'one of the first trees…...

5+ hour, 58+ min ago   (82+ words) Imagine a creature so powerful and formidable that it could swallow a human whole. This isn't a scene from a prehistoric-themed movie; this creature exists and shares the planet with us today. It's not a beast of myths or extinct…...

9+ hour, 20+ min ago   (409+ words) A towering replica of Deinosuchus schwimmeri now greets museum visitors, revealing how decades of fossil research are reshaping what scientists know about one of North America's most formidable ancient predators. Scientists rebuild a 31-foot "dinosaur killer' crocodile that terrified prehistoric…...

13+ hour, 54+ min ago   (455+ words) Paleontologists in China have discovered a nearly complete skeleton of a previously unknown species of iguanodontian dinosaur that preserves exceptionally detailed fossilized skin, including structures unlike anything seen in other non-avian dinosaur fossils. Life reconstruction of a juvenile Haolong dongi....