7+ hour, 4+ min ago   (406+ words) Megalodons went extinct approximately 3.58 million years ago A Pennsylvania family vacationing in New Jersey discovered something prehistoric and rare during their trip to the beach: the fossilized tooth of a megalodon. Megalodons were enormous sharks that lived approximately 23 to 3.58 million…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (620+ words) As all children learn, everyone poos. But when did this begin? And what evolutionary and environmental changes accompanied the dawn of dung? Going further, is the evolution of excrement the reason we exist? Our new research suggests the evolution of…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (705+ words) Mammoths vanished some 10,000 to 12,000 years ago A new study shows that hunters during the ice age were specific about what woolly mammoths they hunted for food and clothing. The giants were a favourite target for these prehistoric people in Eurasia…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (436+ words) Dinosaur likely swung its tail forcefully to deter predators, scientists say A peculiar fossil of a long-necked reptile unearthed in India has pushed back the timeline of the popular colossal dinosaur group’s spread by tens of millions of years. The…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (127+ words) The Independent T-Rex fossil becomes most expensive dinosaur after fetching record $50m at auction - A 67 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex fossil, nicknamed Gus, was sold for a record $50.1m (£37.3m) at auction, making it the world's most expensive dinosaur. - The T-Rex was acquired after a…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (736+ words) A 67 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex fossil has become the world’s most expensive dinosaur after being sold for a record $50.1m (£37.3m) at auction. On Tuesday (14 July), the T-Rex, nicknamed Gus, was acquired for a record price after a seven-way bidding contest at Sotheby's…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (159+ words) The Independent Tyrannosaurus rex fossil sells for record $50.1 million at auction - A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil, nicknamed "Gus," was sold for an unprecedented $50.1 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York. - This 67-million-year-old skeleton is now the most expensive set of…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (570+ words) The 67-million-year-old skeleton is billed as one of the world's largest and most complete specimens A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil, nicknamed "Gus," has shattered auction records, selling for an astonishing $50.1 million on Tuesday. Billed as one of the world's largest and…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (569+ words) A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil billed as one of the world's largest and most complete specimens sold for a record $50.1 million Tuesday. Sotheby's said the 67-million-year-old fossil, nicknamed “Gus,” is now the most expensive set of dinosaur bones ever auctioned off,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (601+ words) A research team at Yunnan University has resolved a longstanding mystery regarding Earth’s earliest vertebrates, revealing that primitive fish from the Cambrian Period likely possessed four high-functioning, “camera-type” eyes. The study, published in the journal Nature, focuses on myllokunmingids — tiny,…...