3+ hour, 54+ min ago  (391+ words) Researchers say finding indicates duckbilled plant-eating dinosaur was killed by a T rex A dinosaur's tooth found embedded in the skull remains of another has revealed insights into the final moments of a fight between two giant beasts over 66 million…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (478+ words) The species" namesake "really inspired me", academic says A newly identified species of prehistoric crocodile, dating back to the Triassic period, has been named in honour of a Welsh schoolteacher. Researchers describe the creature as resembling a reptilian greyhound, a…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (936+ words) Guano was a potential source of power and influence In 1532, in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and a group of Europeans took the Inca ruler Atahualpa hostage, setting the stage for the fall of the Inca…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (133+ words) World's priciest dinosaur fossil unveiled in NY museum Reuters Museum unveils first 3D replica of ancient "dinosaur killer" crocodile - Scientists have reconstructed the most complete skeletal model to date of Deinosuchus schwimmeri, a monstrous 10-metre-long prehistoric crocodile. - Known as a 'dinosaur…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (387+ words) Scientists have reconstructed our most complete skeletal model ever of a monstrous 10 metre-long (32ft) crocodile known as a "dinosaur killer" that terrorised prehistoric waters about 76 million years ago. The species was named Deinosuchus schwimmeri in 2020, in recognition of the decades-long contribution…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (282+ 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…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (161+ words) Scientists discover 3,500-year-old lost city in Peru that rivalled Ancient Egypt Lumen5 Scans of ancient Egyptian mummies reveal conditions still common today - Advanced X-ray scans of two 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummies have unveiled details about their health and daily lives, revealing conditions…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago  (356+ words) Analysis revealed facial features, including shapes of eyelids and lower lips of mummies X-ray scans conducted on a 2,000-year-old mummy have revealed that the ancient Egyptian lived with an aching lower back, not unlike many modern humans. Radiologists subjected two…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (752+ words) Newly discovered tracks reveal the animals survived far longer in the region than previously believed Two exciting recent discoveries confirm, however, that there is more to find of dinosaurs that lived in southern Africa a long time after those lava…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (722+ words) Researchers considered several types of evidence in reconstructing the complex Dry Mesa food web It may have been suicidal for a predator to go after a healthy adult Brachiosaurus, a behemoth weighing perhaps 60 tons that was a member of the…...