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Botanical Pompeii" shows plants thrived before dinosaur extinction
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (921+ words) (Brian Engh via SWNS) The discovery of a "botanical Pompeii" has rewritten a long-held theory that flowering plants only flourished after the dinosaurs. The "unique" fossil find shows they were in fact blooming 10 million years before dinosaurs were wiped out,…...
Ice Age woolly mammoth found likely butchered by hunters
2+ week, 3+ day ago (686+ words) The mammoth's tusk at the excavation site in Taimering, Germany. (BLf D via SWNS) A recently discovered woolly mammoth was likely butchered by Ice Age hunters around 25, 000 years ago, according to new research. They even used one of the rib…...
Fossils reveal how ancient cattle roamed Earth 4 million years ago
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (584+ words) Palaeoartistic reconstruction of the environment in the surroundings of Camp dels Ninots maar lake during the early Pliocene. (Mauricio Ant'n via SWNS) Ancestors of today's cattle were roaming the grasslands of Europe over four million years ago, reveals new research....
Scientists discover toothless croc ancestor that walked like ostrich
4+ week, 11+ hour ago (704+ words) Reconstruction of Labrujasuchus expectatus, a new species of Shuvosauridae from Late Triassic rocks of Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. (Jorge Gonzalez via SWNS) A newly discovered crocodile ancestor had a body similar to an ostrich and no teeth. The strange creature…...
Newly identified long-necked dino weighed same as 9 elephants
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (878+ words) Artistic illustration of the Nagatitan. (Patchanop Boonsai via SWNS) A newly identified giant long-necked dinosaur weighed the same as nine adult elephants and was as long as three city buses, according to new research. Bones found at the edge of…...
New research reveals dinosaurs used sun to help hatch eggs
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (762+ words) Coordinated blasts by suspected suicide bombers tore through" Exhausted and distressed from their ordeal, the trio are now" The study suggests that " unlike modern birds " the now extinct reptiles may have used the sun's warmth to help hatch eggs. Scientists…...
Study finds triceratops" huge nose helped control body temperature
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (662+ words) Illustration of researchers hypothesized layout for the inside of Triceratops nasal cavity. (K. Sakane CC-BY-ND via SWNS) Triceratops had a huge nose to help control its body temperature, suggests a new study. Scientists wanted to know why the iconic triple-horned dinosaur…...