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The method for estimating a dinosaurs' age at death may be off, research suggests
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (92+ words) A growing body of research on dinosaurs' closest living relatives suggests the method that's been used to estimate how old a dinosaur was when it died may be leading paleontologists astray. - On Air Now Playing 88.9 Bowling Green | 89.5 Owensboro | 89.7 Somerset | 90.9 Elizabethtown…...
Scientists thought this fossil was a teen T. rex. Turns out it's a new tyrannosaur
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (1219+ words) It's known as the "Dueling Dinosaurs" fossil: A triceratops and a tyrannosaur, skeletons entangled, locked in apparent combat right up until the moment of their mutual demise. Even in the Hell Creek Formation in eastern Montana, a spot known for…...
A stunning discovery in Mongolia changes what's known about domed-head dinosaurs
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (96+ words) The pachycephalosaurs were a unique group of dinosaurs with domed heads. But scientists haven't known much about them because their fossils have been so incomplete. A stunning discovery from southern Mongolia has changed that. - On Air Now Playing 88.9 Bowling Green…...
A discovery sheds new light on how different types of early humans co-existed long ago
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (72+ words) Researchers say recently discovered teeth come from a previously undiscovered species of Australopithecus, adding to our understanding of human evolution. - On Air Now Playing 88.9 Bowling Green | 89.5 Owensboro | 89.7 Somerset | 90.9 Elizabethtown A discovery sheds new light on how different types of early…...
A Denver science museum found its newest fossil by accident... in its own parking lot
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (83+ words) Denver museum officials found a fossil 750 feet under a parking lot through a 5-inch opening. - On Air Now Playing 88.9 Bowling Green | 89.5 Owensboro | 89.7 Somerset | 90.9 Elizabethtown Denver museum officials found a fossil 750 feet under a parking lot through a 5-inch opening. - On…...
Fossils of chipmunk shark, an ancient species with an adorable name, found in Mammoth Cave
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (334+ words) Researchers at Mammoth Cave National Park have uncovered a small, but significant addition to their ongoing Paleontological Resource Inventory (PRI) with the discovery of a previously unknown Chipmunk Shark species. Clavusodens mcginnisi, or McGinnis" nail tooth, lived roughly 340 million years…...