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A “pre-sapiens” in China 300,000 years ago: a juvenile jawbone that blends archaic traits with nearly modern features
8+ hour, 17+ 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…...
Australia has a river older than the dinosaurs: the Finke (Larapinta) has been flowing for between 300 and 400 million years and cuts through the MacDonnell Ranges as if the terrain did not exist
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (654+ words) Home - Environment - Australia has a river older than the dinosaurs: the Finke (Larapinta) has been flowing for between 300 and 400 million years and cuts through the MacDonnell Ranges as if the terrain did not exist That means this river was already…...
A team was excavating in Patagonia when they saw dark fragments inside a closed rock, and now they are talking about a predator that no one had put on the map
1+ week, 3+ day ago (742+ words) Home - Science - A team was excavating in Patagonia when they saw dark fragments inside a closed rock, and now they are talking about a predator that no one had put on the map If you imagine the last days of…...
You enter Mammoth Cave looking for darkness... and encounter sharks: a park ranger discovers fossils of 10–12-foot predators that swam here 325 million years ago on the ceiling of this cave
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (589+ words) Home - Science - You enter Mammoth Cave looking for darkness" and encounter sharks: a park ranger discovers fossils of 1012-foot predators that swam here 325 million years ago on the ceiling of this cave Most visitors step into Kentucky's Mammoth Cave for…...
It was first spotted by environmental police, and a week later science arrived. The video of orange-and-black fish climbing wet rock is already being called a historic discovery
2+ week, 6+ day ago (739+ words) Home - Trending - It was first spotted by environmental police, and a week later science arrived. The video of orange-and-black fish climbing wet rock is already being called a historic discovery A routine observation near a police headquarters in Brazil has…...
The story seemed perfect: for 70 years, these vertebrae were touted as the “youngest mammoth” in Alaska, and the twist comes when science decides to review them from scratch
3+ week, 11+ hour ago (846+ words) Home - Science - The story seemed perfect: for 70 years, these vertebrae were touted as the "youngest mammoth" in Alaska, and the twist comes when science decides to review them from scratch For years, museum visitors and researchers alike thought they were…...
A landslide on an English beach uncovered something impossible: a millipede the size of a car that lived before the dinosaurs
4+ week, 2+ day ago (531+ words) Home - Science - A landslide on an English beach uncovered something impossible: a millipede the size of a car that lived before the dinosaurs Today Northumberland is cool and windswept. During the late Carboniferous, the same region sat near the equator…...
A 100-million-year-old fossil pearl found in outback Queensland is rewriting a small piece of Australia’s ancient sea story
1+ mon, 4+ hour ago (522+ words) Home - Science - A 100-million-year-old fossil pearl found in outback Queensland is rewriting a small piece of Australia's ancient sea story How does a pearl end up in the outback? Around 100 million years ago, Richmond sat about 40 meters underwater beneath the…...
A man was struck by a stone projectile 12,000 years ago, survived for months, and his skeleton has just told the whole story
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (825+ words) Archaeologists working in a cave in northern Vietnam have identified what they describe as the oldest known case of one ... [A man was struck by a stone projectile 12,000 years ago, survived for months, and his skeleton has just told the…...
Scientists find two nearly perfect dinosaur eggs in China and, upon opening them, discover a shiny interior filled with crystals like a geode
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (378+ words) Home - Science - Scientists find two nearly perfect dinosaur eggs in China and, upon opening them, discover a shiny interior filled with crystals like a geode Each egg is about 13 centimeters wide, roughly the size of a small cannonball. One cracked…...