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Botanical Pompeii" shows plants thrived before dinosaur extinction | News | kdhnews. com
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (1113+ words) (Brian Engh via SWNS) The discovery of a "botanical Pompeii" has rewritten a long-held theory that flowering plants only flourished after the dinosaurs. The "unique" fossil find shows they were in fact blooming 10 million years before dinosaurs were wiped out,…...
Ice Age woolly mammoth found likely butchered by hunters
2+ week, 3+ day ago (853+ words) The mammoth's tusk at the excavation site in Taimering, Germany. (BLf D via SWNS) A recently discovered woolly mammoth was likely butchered by Ice Age hunters around 25, 000 years ago, according to new research. They even used one of the rib…...
Nonprofit in charge of Gault site " visited by humans 20, 000 years ago " names new executive director
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (426+ words) The Gault School of Archaeological Research has announced new leadership positions. The Gault site in near Florence, about 20 miles south of Killeen. Researchers found evidence at Gault showing human presence up to 20, 000 years ago. FLORENCE " The Gault School of Archaeological…...
Fossils reveal platypuses swam with dolphins 25 million years ago
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (846+ words) Artist's impression of the toothed platypus that lived 25 million years, probably with other other aquatic animals including ancient lungfish, flamingos and freshwater dolphins. (Gen Conway / Flinders University Palaeontology Lab via SWNS) Platypuses swam with dolphins 25 million years ago, reveals an…...
Nolanville SMART Museum to offer weekend programs
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (129+ words) The Nolanville SMART Museum, 408 N. 10th St. , will be hosting a variety of upcoming programs. Friday, May 1 from 10: 30 a. m. to 1 p. m. " Out of the World Fun Friday at the Museum Preschoolers and their families enjoy a morning of stories, science, and more. 10: 30 a. m. , Storytime; 11 a. m. - 1 p. m. " Science…...
Parrot-beaked" reptile found in Brazil may have Scottish cousins
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (973+ words) Isodapedon Varzealis in a landscape 230 million years ago. (Caio Fantini via SWNS) A "parrot-beaked" reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs in Brazil 230 million years ago may have had relatives in Scotland, say scientists. The fossilized skull of the newly discovered species…...
Scientists say the world's oldest octopus fossil isn't an octopus after all
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (530+ words) FILE -Field Museum and Chicago's skyline is seen from Soldier Field prior to an NFL preseason football game between the Chicago Bears and the Tennessee Titans, Aug. 12, 2023, in Chicago. Newly published research concludes that fossilized remains listed by Guinness World…...
Ancient "octopus" fossil is actually a different species
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (683+ words) The fossil is actually a species related to a modern Nautilus, a multi-tentacled animal with an external shell. (Dr. Thomas Clements via SWNS) A 300-million-year-old fossil hailed as the world's oldest "octopus" has turned out to be something else altogether....
Croc ancestor started life on 4 legs before it began walking on 2
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (535+ words) Artist's reconstruction of Sonselasuchus cedrus in its environment in what is now Petrified Forest National Park, 215 million years ago. (Artwork by Gabriel Ugueto via SWNS) A "peculiar" ancient relative of the crocodile started life on four legs before it began…...
Creature with twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth discovered
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1018+ words) The remains of a "weird" creature with a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth have been discovered in the Amazon jungle. Scientists say the plant-eater Tanyka was a "living fossil" when it stalked the Earth around 275 million years ago, from a…...