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New ape discovery ‘reshaping’ understanding of evolution
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (86+ words) The discovery of a new ape species that lived in Egypt 17 million years ago is "reshaping" the understanding of evolution. Sallam Lab team from Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center. (Professor Hesham Sallam via SWNS) Reconstruction of Masripithecus moghraensis in the…...
Scientists find shark teeth in ancient whale skulls
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (111+ words) Scientists find shark teeth in ancient whale skulls'Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal A painted reconstruction of a bluntnose six-gill shark (or cow shark) scavenging on a tiny extinct right whale carcass during the Early Pliocene of the southern North Sea. A…...
Study finds crocodile-like predator preyed on man’s ancestors
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (90+ words) Study finds crocodile-like predator preyed on man's ancestors'Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa more than 3 million years ago. (Tyler Stone, University…...
Croc ancestor started life on 4 legs before it began walking on 2
2+ week, 3+ day ago (95+ words) Croc ancestor started life on 4 legs before it began walking on 2Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Artist's reconstruction of Sonselasuchus cedrus in its environment in what is now Petrified Forest National Park, 215 million years ago. (Artwork by Gabriel Ugueto via SWNS) A…...
Teeny tiny fossil reveals clues about evolution of primates
3+ week, 2+ day ago (198+ words) Teeny tiny fossil reveals clues about evolution of primates'Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Tiny fossill of purgatorius upper molar from Corral Bluffs in Denver. (Dr. Stephen Chester via SWNS) Illustration of a Purgatorius. (Andrey Atuchin via SWNS) Brooklyn College Undergraduate Research…...
Woolly rhino remains found in Ice Age wolf give clue to species’ end
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (187+ words) The remains of a 14,400-year-old woolly rhinoceros recovered from an Ice Age wolf's stomach have given new clues about the demise of the species. Tumat-1 wolf puppy. (Michil Yakovlev via SWNS) H. Osborn, 'Men of the Old Stone Age' The remains…...
How a Prentiss County fossil park changed science history
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (188+ words) Joanna Byrd McDowell holds her hand up at the W.M. Browning Cretaceous Fossil Park in Baldwyn, Miss. on Nov. 20, 2025. She was estimating the size of a fossil she found with her children at the site years ago. Joanna Byrd McDowell holds…...
Teeth hurt? It could be because of a 500-million-year-old fish
10+ mon, 5+ day ago (254+ words) Ever wondered why our teeth are so sensitive to pain or even just cold drinks? It might be because they first evolved for a very different purpose than chewing half a billion years ago, a study suggested Wednesday." Suffering pain…...
Newly found fossil offers fresh clues about long-necked marine dinosaurs
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (169+ words) A newly discovered plesiosa u r fossil suggests several species of the long-necked marine dinosaur roamed the oceans 180 million years ago. (Lund University/PeerJ Life and Environment via SWNS) A newly discovered plesiosaur fossil suggests several species of the long-necked…...