1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (358+ words) The human chin has long been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose The human body is a machine whose many parts " from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain " have been…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (647+ words) A handbag made out of material fragments derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils has gone up for auction in Paris. Auctioneers Giquello had expected the "one-of-a-kind" piece to sell for more than $500, 000 (374, 500) on Thursday (11 June), however, bids failed to break the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (619+ words) Jian was likely covered in feathers and capable of living on ground and in trees A newly discovered relative of the famed Velociraptor that stalked the ancient lakeside ecosystems of northwestern China about 120 million years ago had a particular fondness…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (619+ words) Jian was likely covered in feathers and capable of living on ground and in trees A newly discovered relative of the famed Velociraptor that stalked the ancient lakeside ecosystems of northwestern China about 120 million years ago had a particular fondness…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (565+ words) Despite its name, the cave lion, or Panthera spelaea, did not actually inhabit caves One of the largest felines to ever roam the Earth, the formidable cave lion once dominated a vast territory stretching from Western Europe across Siberia and…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (622+ words) Tyrannosaurus rex, an apex predator of the Cretaceous period, famously sported a massive, 5-foot-long skull designed for bone-crushing bites, yet possessed remarkably diminutive arms. This peculiar combination of traits was not unique to T. rex; many other meat-eating dinosaurs exhibited a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (142+ words) The Independent Why T. rex ditched its arms for a bone-crushing skull - A new study indicates that the robust skulls of carnivorous dinosaurs evolved as a direct response to the increasing size of the plant-eating dinosaurs they hunted. - This development subsequently…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (730+ words) Palaeontologists refer to the missing chapter as the "Furongian gap" Roughly 500 million years ago, a strange event in the evolution of life on Earth seems to have taken place. The known fossil record from this time, which falls within the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (329+ words) The Kansas preteen has spent at least 30 hours cleaning the fossil, which he plans to show at the Sedgwick County Fair in July A 12-year-old Kansas boy made a prehistoric discovery during a recent trip with his 4 H club when…...

4+ week, 15+ hour ago  (134+ words) The Independent Octopus discovered off Galapagos Islands confirmed as new species - A new deep-sea octopus species, named Microeledone galapagensis, has been identified from a specimen first spotted off the Galapagos Islands in 2015, according to a new study. - The palm-sized creature…...