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DNA traces show the North Sea once held sprawling woodlands
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (325+ words) Secrets of a drowned realm: DNA traces show the North Sea once held sprawling woodlands'The Jerusalem Post Sedimentary DNA recovered from the floor of the North Sea is revealing that Doggerland'once a vast landmass that connected Britain to continental Europe'supported…...
Colossal octopus may have dominated Cretaceous oceans, researchers say
5+ hour, 18+ min ago (371+ words) The Jerusalem Post Giant octopuses that may have stretched up to 19 meters (62 feet) long appear to have been among the top predators in Cretaceous seas about 100 million years ago The emerging picture places colossal cephalopods in direct competition with the…...
Apes may have originated in north Afrida, study finds
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (364+ words) A fossilized lower ape jaw unearthed in in the southwestern Sinai, has forced researchers to reconsider the origin of modern apes, including humans, according to a new study published in the journal Science. The fossil, discovered at the Wadi Maghara…...
'Fat factories': How Neanderthals butchered elephants 125, 000 years ago
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (239+ words) A new study of elephant teeth from the Neumark-Nord site in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, portrays Neanderthals as systematic hunters. They managed resources from migrating herds of giant straight-tusked elephants over centuries, planned large-scale kills, and processed carcasses to extract maximum nutrition....
Fossils of new Spinosaurus species found in the Sahara
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (740+ words) At a remote and barren Sahara desert site in Niger, scientists have unearthed fossils of a new species of Spinosaurus, among the biggest of the meat-eating dinosaurs, notable for its large blade-shaped head crest and jaws bearing interlocking teeth for…...
Elephant bone found in Spain may have belonged to Hannibal
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (290+ words) A "baseball-sized" bone discovered in Spain may have belonged to one of famed Carthaginian general Hannibal's war elephants, according to a new study published in the February edition of Journal of Archaeological Science. The finding represents the first elephant skeletal…...
CT scans of Egyptian mummies reveals day-to-day aches
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (344+ words) Full-body CT scans were performed on two mummified ancient Egyptian priests by radiologists from Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC), as part of the effort to understand more about the day-to-day life of ancient Egyptians." Both the…...
Ice Age wolf puppy unveils new information about woolly rhino
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (559+ words) About 14, 400 years ago, a weeks-old wolf puppy ate its last meal - meat from a woolly rhinoceros - shortly before dying on the harsh Ice Age landscape of northeastern Siberia. In a first, researchers have extracted DNA and recovered the rhino's genome…...
Fossils found in Moroccan cave may be a close Homo sapiens ancestor
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (620+ words) Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773, 000 years ago were unearthed in a Moroccan cave and are providing a deeper understanding of the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa, representing the remains of archaic humans who may have been close ancestors…...
160-million-year-old fossil rewrites bird evolution history
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (87+ words) [160-million-year-old Anchiornis fossils. (photo credit: TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY)]Research on the Anchiornis specimen reveals hidden feather structures that contradict old theories on dinosaur flight. Scientists are now re-evaluating how and when animals first took to the skies. 160 million years later:…...