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Ancient DNA Reveals The 'American Cheetah' Wasn't a Cheetah at All
17+ min ago (441+ words) The Ice Age movies get one major thing right: Climate shifts and glaciation caused profound animal migrations and evolutionary adaptations – though it's uncertain if any of them resulted from an acorn-burying saber-toothed squirrel splitting a continent. During the Pleistocene epoch,…...
Stunned scientist accidentally discovers massive ancient tooth - and it belongs to beast from 2.5 million years ago
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (19+ words) The Sun...
For 15 Years We Knew Denisovans Only From Their DNA. A Chinese Cave Just Gave Them an Arm
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (618+ words) A quarry cleanup in southwest China has turned up the first Denisovan arm bone ever found — along with hunting tools and animal remains that finally let researchers picture how this elusive human relative actually lived, rather than just what its…...
Captive Crocodiles Released Into the Wild Did Something Researchers Didn???t Expect
50+ min ago (620+ words) Captive-reared crocodiles adapted well after release, but a translocated wild crocodile showed strong homing instincts, offering new insights for conservation planning. A new study suggests that saltwater crocodiles born or raised in captivity may successfully adapt to life in the…...
New Fossils Found as Thessaly Natural History Museum Nears Opening
3+ hour, 32+ min ago (215+ words) Excavators at Mikro Perivolaki in Thessaly have found new fossils as the village's converted school enters the final stage of becoming a natural history museum. The building works are complete after reconstruction through the LEADER programme. The next step is…...
Fossil Ribs Reveal New Secrets About Ichthyosaur Swimming Technique
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (865+ words) Newswise — Ichthyosaurs ruled the oceans for 150 million years in the Mesozoic era. Their fish-shaped bodies are built for high speeds. In that case, it is normally an advantage to be as light as possible. “Ichthyosaur skeletons are in general quite…...
Ice Age rhino remains unearthed in N Kazakhstan
3+ hour, 47+ min ago (159+ words) On 8 September, workers excavating a sand quarry near the village of Beskol in Kyzylzhar district of North Kazakhstan unearthed bones of two humans and an Ice Age rhinoceros, Qazinform News Agency reports. The regional police department confirmed that no signs…...
New Denisovan Fossils Unveiled in China
4+ hour, 31+ min ago (658+ words) A forgotten cave in southwestern China has given archaeologists important new clues about the Denisovans, an ancient human relative whose way of life has remained largely unknown for many years. The discovery was made at Bianfu Cave, an archaeological site…...
Ancient Denisovan Fossils and Tools Unearthed in Southwestern China
5+ hour, 42+ min ago (363+ words) Archaeologists have unearthed a rare collection of Denisovan fossils and over 1,300 stone tools at a cave site in southwestern China, providing unprecedented insights into the daily lives of the enigmatic ancient human species. The discoveries at Bianfu Cave in Yunnan…...
Skeletal remains [IMAGE] | EurekAlert! Science News Releases
13+ hour, 56+ min ago (25+ words) Skeletal remains (IMAGE) EurekAlert! The CPL-2a skeleton in the trench. More on this News Release Ice Age origins of one of humanity’s oldest drug habits...