1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1023+ words) (CNN) " Mosquitoes haven't always had a taste for human blood " partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans. Pinpointing when mosquitoes shifted their preference to human blood could provide a novel window into…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (782+ words) (CNN) " Fossils unearthed in Morocco from a little-understood period of human evolution may help scientists resolve a long-standing mystery: Who came before us? Three jawbones, including one from a child, teeth, vertebrae and a femur were unearthed from a cave…...

7+ mon, 6+ day ago  (427+ words) (CNN) " A clutch of 28 dinosaur eggs found in the Qinglongshan fossil reserve in central China is about 86 million years old, according to scientists who used an "atomic clock" method to date the samples. Researchers said they now hope the eggs,…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (632+ words) (CNN) " Modern humans are evolutionary survivors, thriving generation after generation while our ancient relatives died out. Now, new research into our brain chemistry suggests that an enzyme unique to Homo sapiens may have made us more efficient water seekers than…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (220+ words) MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. (WLWT) " A new species of shark was discovered in Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park. The ancient shark is called a "Macadens Olsoni." Experts say it had a distinct curved row of teeth, used to crush small sea…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (625+ words) By Gordon Ebanks, Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) " The devastating flooding that swept through Texas Hill Country in early July, killing at least 135 people, unearthed a prehistoric discovery in Travis County on Monday, experts say. A volunteer helping residents clear debris…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (813+ words) By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) " Paleontologists have discovered remarkable fossils in the Grand Canyon that reveal fresh details about the emergence of complex life half a billion years ago. The newfound remains of fauna from the region suggest that it…...

1+ year, 2+ week ago  (544+ words) (CNN) " Tyrannosaurus rex ancestors and their plant-eating dinosaur prey would have congregated to drink water from a lagoon in what is now Scotland, new research suggests. Despite the fact that the carnivorous megalosaurs would have hunted the long-necked sauropods 167 million…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1061+ words) (CNN) " Scientists have recovered ancient proteins from a fossilized rhinoceros tooth, breaking new ground in the study of ancient life on Earth. The 24 million-year-old tooth, which was unearthed in the Canadian Arctic, contains proteins that are 10 times older than the…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (882+ words) By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) " What scientists understand about the voracious feeding habits of the colossal megalodon could be up for some revision. The prehistoric predator that went extinct about 3. 6 million years ago was not hunting only large marine mammals…...