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Tyrannoroter heberti: la criatura del tamaño de un balón que sería uno de los primeros animales terrestres herbívoros
10+ hour, 35+ 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 football-size creature may have been among the earliest plant-eating land animals
14+ hour, 42+ min ago (634+ words) By Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) " 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…...
Colorado crews excavate new dinosaur fossil while doing construction work on parking lot
2+ week, 2+ day ago (293+ words) DINOSAUR, Colo. (KRDO) " A crew performing construction work at the Dinosaur National Monument recently got an unexpected glimpse into prehistory " right in the middle of a parking lot. According to the National Park Service (NPS), dinosaur fossils were uncovered by…...
El T. rex habría tardado 35 años en alcanzar su tamaño adulto
3+ week, 6+ day ago (658+ words) Por Jack Guy, CNN El Tyrannosaurus rex vivi" m's tiempo y tard" m's en alcanzar su tama'o m'ximo de lo que se pensaba anteriormente, seg'n un nuevo estudio. Sin embargo, un nuevo estudio publicado el mi'rcoles en la revista PeerJ…...
A prehistoric show 165 million years in the making migrates to Colorado Springs
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (192+ words) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - A scene straight out of Jurassic Park, the traveling "Dinosaur Adventure" exhibit rolls into the Colorado Springs Event Center this weekend. Professional entertainers Christopher Plankut and Roy Jones give KRDO 13's Bradley Davis an exclusive look…...
Fossils unearthed in Morocco are first from little-understood period of human evolution
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (782+ words) (CNN) " Fossils unearthed in Morocco from a little-understood period of human evolution may help scientists resolve a long-standing mystery: Who came before us? Three jawbones, including one from a child, teeth, vertebrae and a femur were unearthed from a cave…...
This tiny ancient fish only lives between two waterfalls in one river. It’s now under threat
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1386+ words) Brisbane, Australia (CNN) " Along a nine-mile stretch of river between two waterfalls in the Australian rainforest lives a tiny fish that's been there for millions of years, hiding between rocks along the riverbank by day and emerging at night to…...
The year human evolution’s greatest mystery got a face
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1312+ words) (CNN) " Human evolution's biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil electrified the scientific community in 2010, when it revealed a previously unknown human population…...
Discovery of ancient bee nests in fossils points to a never-before-seen behavior
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (303+ words) (CNN) " Contrary to popular depictions of bee nests as large, intricate hives that hang from trees, the majority of bee species " about 90% " are actually solitary and build their nests in the ground or within rotting logs and the stems of…...
Mystery foot fossil belonged to a little-known species that lived alongside Lucy
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (999+ words) (CNN) " Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now been linked to a little-known species that was a…...