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Science word of the day: Abiogenesis
4+ hour, 18+ min ago (127+ words) Rigorously fact-checked science, expert commentary and an ad-free experience built for those who want to go beyond the headlines No ads on any Live Science articles. No pop-ups. Full access to everything. Trusted, in-depth, pro-science features that are available only…...
Diminutive species 'the Hobbit' did not hunt or control fire, deepening the mystery of its ancestry, dwarf elephant bones reveal
2+ week, 4+ day ago (458+ words) The extinct human species Homo floresiensis was a scavenger, not a hunter, an analysis of fossil animal bones reveals. The diminutive, now-extinct humans known as the "hobbits" were scavengers who dined on dwarf elephants after Komodo dragons took the best…...
Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil belonged to a group of the largest land animals ever
2+ week, 6+ day ago (559+ words) Researchers have identified the first-ever dinosaur fossil discovered on Antarctica, revealing it belonged to a titanosaur. The first dinosaur found in Antarctica belonged to a group that included the largest animals ever to walk the planet, a new study finds....
'A completely different story': 300 million-year-old fossils reveal the first vertebrate land dwellers weren't what we thought, researchers claim
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (689+ words) Our ancient four-legged ancestors didn't have an amphibian-like life cycle when they began walking on land, according to a new study of rare fossils found near Chicago. Never-before-seen fossils of newly hatched crocodile-like creatures are shining new light on how…...
How did animals survive the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs?
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (460+ words) It helped to have a number of features to aid survival following the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. Around 66 million years ago, a gigantic asteroid smashed into Earth and wreaked chaos globally. In all, 75% of Earth's species went extinct, including the nonavian…...
There's a new T. rex from the dinosaur age — and it ruled the seas with a skull-crushing bite
2+ mon, 16+ hour ago (619+ words) The newly described mosasaur Tylosaurus rex spanned up to 43 feet (13 meters) long and may have been one of the fiercest marine predators of the dinosaur age. There's a new T. rex in town, but this one didn't hunt on land. It…...
Complex animals evolved up to 10 million years earlier than previously thought, fossil discovery shows
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (370+ words) Trove of fossils discovered in Canada sheds light on "when life first became large, complex and unmistakenly animal." A trove of fossils uncovered in northwestern Canada suggests that complex animals evolved in North America earlier than previously thought. The site…...
'Last titan' of Thailand discovered, and it's the longest-necked dinosaur on record from Southeast Asia
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (457+ words) A newfound species of long-necked dinosaur from Thailand lived up to 120 million years ago, and it's the largest known of its kind from Southeast Asia. Gigantic fossils discovered in Thailand reveal the "last titan," a long-necked dinosaur that lived up…...
'Their greatest challenge since they stared down the asteroid': Paleontologist Steve Brusatte on why birds are facing their biggest existential threat since the dino-killing asteroid
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1197+ words) In a new book, paleontologist Steve Brustatte tells the wild story of how birds evolved during the Jurassic and took to the skies, surviving the asteroid strike that killed their fellow dinosaurs. Birds have spread their wings the world over,…...
'He began to cry, and almost fell to the floor': The fluffy fossil that finally showed the world that birds are dinosaurs
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (673+ words) In this excerpt from "The Story of Birds", author Steve Brusatte explores the moment where paleontologists realized they had critical evidence to show birds came from dinosaurs — a fluffy fossil from China. In the 1970s, paleontologist John Ostrom revived the theory…...