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Digital reconstruction reveals the face of ‘Little Foot,’ a nearly 4 million-year-old human ancestor
6+ hour ago (16+ words) Digital reconstruction reveals the face of "Little Foot," a nearly 4 million-year-old human ancestor'KTVZ...
Scientists document over 16,000 footprints in the world’s most extensive dinosaur tracksite
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (920+ words) (CNN) " A high-traffic "dinosaur freeway" may have once stretched across a shoreline in what is now Bolivia. Traveling along this busy route were theropods " three-toed, bipedal meat-eating dinosaurs, which left behind thousands of fossil footprints. Paleontologists have now described their…...
‘Dueling dinosaurs’ fossil forces a radical rethink of T. rex remains
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1024+ words) (CNN) " A legendary fossil housed at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh features skeletons apparently locked in prehistoric combat " an epic meeting of two of the world's favorite dinosaurs: Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex. Or so paleontologists thought....
Dinosaur eggs from China found to be around 86 million years old, according to ‘atomic clock’ dating
5+ mon, 3+ week 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,…...
Researchers unearthed skeleton of extinct ‘hypercarnivore’ that had a taste for dinosaurs
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (522+ words) (CNN) " Tens of millions of years ago, an apex predator resembling a giant crocodile stalked the humid freshwater floodplains of southern Patagonia. Measuring up to 11.5 feet (3.5 meters) long and weighing about 550 pounds (250 kilograms), it ate whatever it could catch. Including…...
Fossils show two types of ancient human ancestors lived at the same place and time. One was possibly an unknown species
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (746+ words) (CNN) " Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same place between 2.6 million and 2.8 million years ago " and one of them may be…...
The Texas floods washed away debris and dirt. They also uncovered 100-million-year-old dinosaur tracks
6+ mon, 4+ 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…...
New species of ancient shark discovered at Kentucky's Mammoth Cave
7+ mon, 1+ 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…...
Fossils unearthed in Grand Canyon reveal new details of evolutionary explosion of life
7+ mon, 1+ 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…...
Scientists recover proteins from a 24 million-year-old rhino fossil. Are dinosaurs next?
7+ mon, 3+ week 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…...