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A fossil so small it almost went unnoticed could change part of the history of evolution: microscopic teeth of Purgatorius found in Colorado reveal unexpected clues about how the first relatives of primates began to spread soon after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
11+ hour, 6+ min ago (627+ words) These fossils offer new evidence about The evolutionary history of the group that includes monkeys, lemurs, and humans.. Furthermore, the evidence indicates that These animals began to spread across North America soon after the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs., which…...
Before humans, giants ruled the Northeast: Fossil of a giant sloth measuring up to 6 meters and weighing 5 tons is discovered in a national park and reveals secrets of Brazilian megafauna.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (966+ words) Bone fragments attributed to a giant sloth of the species Eremotherium laurillardi were identified in the rural area of Pairs, in Rio Grande do Norte, in an area associated with the territory of the Serid" Global Geopark of UNESCO. The…...
A small creature on a lost island off the coast of Africa was declared extinct: 40 years later it reappears as a "living fossil," forcing a rewriting of its history.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (551+ words) The reappearance of a small insect on an African island has surprised the scientific and environmental community. A grasshopper that had not been seen for decades has been found again in Cape Verde, contradicting the extinction classification assigned to it…...
Considered extinct for 66 million years, the coelacanth was found alive in the depths of the ocean, maintaining an almost intact anatomy since the Age of Dinosaurs and becoming the largest "living fossil" ever discovered by science.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (933+ words) What seemed impossible has turned out to be real: An animal thought to be extinct for tens of millions of years was still alive, hidden in the depths of the ocean. The coelacanth belongs to the genus Latimeria, with two…...
Endangered lizards were released into the Australian desert and, years later, underground tunnels, water retention, fertile soil, and clear signs of ecological recovery began to surprise scientists.
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (843+ words) The information was released through field studies conducted by Australian ecological research institutions, including surveys by CSIRO and recent analyses associated with Australia's National Recovery Plan, published from 2022 onwards and consolidated in 2023 reports. At 89 years old, Seu Orestes wakes up…...
A 2-million-year-old fossil found in Kenya may be the oldest and most complete Homo habilis ever identified, with a rare skull and unprecedented clues about human evolution.
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1156+ words) Researchers different institutions have announced the identification of what they describe as the most complete set of bones ever attributed to Homo habilis, an ancestral species of the genus Homo, and possibly one of the oldest records associated with this…...
With hind legs, an elongated skull, and a body adapted to the arid soil of Patagonia, the snake Najash rionegrina revealed that snakes once walked on four limbs during the Cretaceous period.
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (865+ words) The study involved Argentinian and international researchers, and combined field findings with high-resolution CT scans. The result was a more consistent reconstruction of the evolutionary tree of snakes, contradicting classic hypotheses and opening debates about when and why snakes became…...
With its elongated neck, high nostrils, and presence in Brazil, Macrauchenia patachonica roamed South America during the Pleistocene as a humpless "camel" that intrigued Darwin and the scientific community.
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (352+ words) How discarded Christmas trees are turning into branch "reefs" in lakes, creating shelter for fish, boosting local fishing, and transforming seasonal waste into an environmental tool. With the tide rushing into homes and an entire community crammed onto a tiny…...
Measuring approximately 13 meters in length, weighing over a ton, and possessing enough strength to overpower any animal in the tropical swamps, the Titanoboa made history as the largest, heaviest, and most terrifying snake ever to have crawled the Earth.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1251+ words) A Titanoboa It went down in history as the largest known snake of the Serpentes group, a fossil snake that lived in the Paleocene, between 66 and 56 million years ago, and whose existence was reconstructed from remains found in Cerrej'n coal…...
With fins that functioned like wings and leaps that tore through the surface, the Triassic fish Thoracopteridae was the first "flying" creature of the seas and anticipated the aerial escape of birds by millions of years.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (450+ words) Recent research published in PNAS and Nature Scientific Reports Studies confirm that these fish not only jumped above the water, but also had extremely elongated and rigid pectoral fins, with bony rays designed to support aerodynamics, allowing for short-duration aerial…...