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What scientists found in 40 meters of South African coastline rewrites dinosaur timeline
6+ hour, 29+ min ago (274+ words) A study detailing the site appeared in the January 2026 issue of the South African Journal of Science. The researchers determine the tracks are approximately 132 million years old, placing them in the early Cretaceous Period. Consequently, these are the youngest dinosaur…...
Is This the Largest Dinosaur Ever Found in Asia? The Nagatitan Stuns Scientists
1+ week, 4+ day ago (509+ words) The tale of Nagatitan begins in 2016, in the province of Chaiyaphum, Thailand. Thanom Luangnan, a local resident, noticed some very odd-looking rocks sitting near a public pond and decided to alert the country's Department of Mineral Resources. These weren't just…...
A groundbreaking study suggests Japan's earliest inhabitants may not have been fully human and rewrites history
1+ week, 6+ day ago (446+ words) Futura, le m'dia qui explore le monde A groundbreaking study suggests Japan's earliest inhabitants may not have been fully human and rewrites history A case of mistaken identity Researchers in the 1950s didn't lack logic. Tools simply fell short. They hunted…...
Scientists discover perfectly preserved fossils hiding in Australian farmland rust
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (718+ words) Beneath farmland in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales lies one of Australia's most remarkable fossil sites: Mc Graths Flat. The site dates back between 11 million and 16 million years to the Miocene epoch, a time when many modern plants…...
DNA from a 7, 200 year old woman found in cave reveals a completely unknown human lineage
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (299+ words) A study in Nature identifies Bess" as a member of the Toalean culture. These hunter-gatherers occupied Sulawesi's southwestern peninsula between 8, 000 and 1, 500 years ago. She represents the first relatively complete skeleton linked to that culture. Her remains yielded genomic data that…...
Student discovers greyhound-like crocodile and names it after his high school teacher
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (218+ words) He didn't let me settle either. He was very good at challenging people and helping students be the best they could be. Above all, he's a really funny, authentic, and kind guy." A physics teacher in Wales pushed a curious…...
Dolphins and orcas crossed an evolutionary threshold millions of years ago: Science confirms they can never go back
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (210+ words) The team found a hard boundary between semi aquatic species and fully aquatic ones. Semi aquatic mammals, those that move between land and water but retain functional locomotion on both, can still transition in either direction. Fully aquatic mammals cannot....
This 86-million-year-old Mongolian dinosaur was the most feared predator of its time and we didn't even know it existed
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (410+ words) In the red dust of the Gobi Desert's rock formations, fossil remains unearthed about fifty years ago and carefully reexamined today have finally revealed their secret. Behind bones warped by time lies Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, a medium-sized dinosaur that lived around…...
Why Do Slugs Have Four Noses? The Strange Reason No One Expects
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (675+ words) I then continued my development at the national French-language newspaper El Moudjahid, where I sharpened my analytical skills and journalistic storytelling through in-depth reporting and the coverage of current events. These experiences helped me shape a writing style rooted in…...
Fossils found in China suggest our earliest ancestors appeared millions of years earlier than anyone thought
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (900+ words) Until now, only a handful of organisms from the Ediacaran period had been identified. For decades, the emergence of complex animals was primarily linked to the Cambrian explosion, a later geological period spanning roughly 542 million to 488 million years ago, when…...