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New study finds earliest evidence of big land predators hunting plant-eaters
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (167+ words) Scavengers and small arthropods also fed on young herbivores image:Skeletal reconstruction of Diadectes sideropelicus with overlaid left and right tooth and bore marks in right lateral view. view more Credit: Redrawn and modified from AMNH 4684 mounted skeleton from the…...
Artistic palaeo-reconstructions of ecosystem states in Central Europe over the last 23 million years
5+ hour, 40+ min ago (307+ words) Artistic palaeo-reconstructions of ecosystem states in Central Europe over the last 23 million years. The illustrations depict typical landscapes and key large herbivores from six time periods: the Neogene (evolutionary origins of many present taxa), the Pleistocene (pre-Homo sapiens baseline), and…...
New ‘scimitar-crested’ Spinosaurus species discovered in the central Sahara
1+ week, 3+ day ago (629+ words) The first indisputable evidence of a new species of Spinosaurus in over a century belongs to S. mirabilis, named for its scimitar-shaped crest and found at a locality far from the ocean's edge Paleoartist rendering of Spinosaurus mirabilis eating a coelacanth....
Why Triceratops has such a big nose
1+ week, 6+ day ago (62+ words) First comprehensive hypothesis on soft tissue in Triceratops reveals some nosy secrets " Funding:"Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI, 24KJ1879; JSPS Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers." Department of Earth and Planetary Science" The University Museum,"The University…...
Football-sized fossil creature may have been one of the first land animals to eat its veggies
2+ week, 6+ day ago (343+ words) The "tyrant digger's" tough teeth'including ones on the roof its mouth'reveal the evolutionary history of plant-eating image:A reconstruction of Tyrannoroter heberti, eating a fern. Illustration by Hannah Fredd view more Credit: Illustration by Hannah Fredd "This is one of…...
UT San Antonio-led research team discovers compound in 500-million-year-old fossils, shedding new light on Earth’s carbon cycle
3+ week, 4+ day ago (631+ words) Discovery helps demystify how organic carbon is stored in Earth's crust February 6, 2026 --A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells and insect exoskeletons, in trilobite fossils more than 500 million years…...
Keck Medicine of USC scans and analyzes two Egyptian mummies to reveal new details about their lifespans, health and life experiences
3+ week, 6+ day ago (124+ words) Keck Medicine of USC scans two ancient Egyptian mummies using innovative computed tomography (CT) scanners. Summer Decker, PhD, (right), 3D imaging lead for Keck Medicine and director of the USC Center for Innovation in Medical Visualization, and Jonathan Ford, PhD, (left)…...
The earliest known bird had complex tongue bones and fleshy “teeth” on the roof of its mouth—which might have helped it snag the food it needed for flight
1+ mon, 2+ hour ago (797+ words) Painstaking preparation means that the Chicago Archaeopteryx still has traces of soft tissues and microscopic mouth bones image:" A life reconstruction of Archaeopteryx, including the oral papillae on the roof of its mouth, a bill-tip organ at the end of…...
Missing pieces added to ancient global fish puzzle
1+ mon, 7+ hour ago (792+ words) image:Illustration ofPaleolopus- a lungfish that swam in the South Chinese seas 410 million years ago courtesy Brian Choo (Flinders University) view more Credit: B Choo (Flinders University) New pieces have been added to the puzzle of the evolution of some…...
New discovery sheds light on evolutionary crossroads of vertebrates
1+ mon, 10+ hour ago (411+ words) New research from the University of St Andrews has'discovered'that vertebrates make higher numbers of different'forms'of proteins from'individual'signalling output'genes,a crucial piece in the'puzzle'of'how all animals with a spine-including all mammals, fish,reptiles and amphibians - evolved." UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 01:00AM (GMT) MONDAY…...