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Fossil in Montana Seen as Evidence of Vicious Tyrannosaurus Attack

4+ hour, 12+ min ago  (381+ words) A tooth in the skull of a dinosaur found in Montana is a sign of death by Tyrannosaurus rex. A rare fossil in the collection of the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, is the subject of new research…...

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12,000-Year-Old Clothing Made of Animal Hide Discovered in Ice Age Caves in Oregon

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (462+ words) A team of archaeologists and scientists have successfully dated a cache of animal hide clothing to the Late Pleistocene era, making it the oldest known sewn clothing in the world. A team of 13 archaeologists and scientists from universities in Oregon…...

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Rare, Complete Dinosaur Skull Fossil Acquired by Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (212+ words) By Leigh Anne Miller The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History has added a new, rare fossil to its collection: a dome-shaped skull of a Pachycephalosaurus, a type of dinosaur that lived about 67 million years ago. The fossil was donated…...

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“Little Foot” Hominin Fossil May Be a Formerly Unknown Species of Human Ancestor

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (486+ words) A team of Australian researchers have posited that Little Foot represents a new species of Australopithecus As reported by the Guardian on December 14, one of the world's most famous hominin fossils may be a previously unidentified species of human ancestor....

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Christie’s to Offer Rare Dinosaur Skeleton in December Auction

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (275+ words) This is the first time a Caenagnathid Oviraptorosaur has been offered at auction. A well-preserved Caenagnathid dinosaur, affectionately known as Spike, is expected to headline Christie's inaugural "Groundbreakers: Icons of Our Time" auction in London on December 11. At 68 million years…...

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Denver Museum Discovers 67.5 Million-Year-Old Fossil Under Parking Lot

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (292+ words) The Denver Museum of Nature & Science announced last week that it discovered a 67.5 million year old dinosaur fossil under its parking lot. The partial-bone fossil, idenified as a Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) ornithischian dinosaur bone, was found 763 feet below the surface....