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A 400, 000-Year-Old Tooth Found in China Links Homo erectus with Denisovans and Modern Humans
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (436+ words) A team of scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has successfully extracted molecular information from six fossil teeth of Homo erectus from three Chinese sites, using a new micro-destructive sampling…...
The Most Extensive Site of Dinosaur Footprints and Swimming Traces in the World Discovered in Bolivia, with More Than 16, 000 Identified Ichnites
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (202+ words) The ground of Carreras Pampa, in Torotoro National Park, is not simply soil and rock. It is a giant palimpsest, a monumental page of natural history where the footsteps of countless dinosaurs were superimposed again and again, creating a movement…...
Neanderthal children hunted pond turtles in Central Europe 125, 000 years ago, but not to eat them
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (504+ words) Our data provide the first evidence that Neanderthals also hunted and processed turtles north of the Alps, beyond the Mediterranean region, Gaudzinski-Windheuser explained in the statement released by the university. The significance of the discovery does not lie solely in…...
Jirahgorgon discovered: remains of a new prehistoric predator found in South Africa that challenge the history of early mammals
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (982+ words) A fossil found in South Africa reveals that large carnivores dominated ecosystems much earlier than previously believed The specimen, discovered in 2019 on the Wilgerbos farm, in the Western Cape province, belongs to the group of gorgonopsians, distant relatives of mammals…...
Did the First Human Ancestors Arise in the Balkans and Then Migrate to Africa? A 7. 2-Million-Year-Old Femur Found in Bulgaria Rewrites the History of Evolution
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (357+ words) The details of the research have been published in an article in the scientific journal Palaeodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, where the features that link this specimen to the evolutionary line leading to modern humans are described. Until now, scientific consensus held…...
300-Million-Year-Old Reptile Skin Impressions Discovered in Germany, the Oldest in History and with Exceptional Anatomical Detail
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (526+ words) An international team of researchers, led by Dr. Lorenzo Marchetti of the Berlin Museum of Natural History, has published in the journal Current Biology the discovery of the oldest known reptile skin impressions to date. The fossils, found in the…...
The skeleton of the last bison of the Iberian Peninsula 4, 000 years ago found in the Sima de Arrafela with a copper arrowhead in its ribs
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (351+ words) The discovery, promoted by the Directorate General for Culture " Pr'ncipe de Viana Institution and carried out by a multidisciplinary team that includes scientists from the University of the Basque Country (EHU) and the Natural History Museum of Madrid, among other…...
A legendary fossil forces a rethink of human origins: A new species in the family tree?
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (380+ words) This fossil remains one of the most crucial discoveries within the hominin record, and its true identity is a key piece for understanding our evolutionary past, Dr. Martin stated. Our assessment shows that it is not the case that it…...
Largest Dinosaur Tracksite in the Alps Discovered in Stelvio National Park: An Intact Late Triassic Landscape That Will Rewrite European Paleontology
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (218+ words) A Triassic dinosaur "highway" discovered in Stelvio National Park: a site with thousands of tracks redefines Alpine paleontology on the eve of the Olympic Games. The news, made public on Monday, December 16, 2025, at a press conference in Palazzo Lombardia, reveals…...
The Enigmatic Mammoth-Bone Structures of Mezhyrich Were Built During the Coldest Phase of the Last Great Glaciation as Temporary Shelters
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (372+ words) A pioneering application of radiocarbon dating on small mammal remains reveals a brief and episodic occupation at the height of the last glacial period, suggesting that these colossal bone constructions served as functional shelters for seasonal survival, not permanent settlements....