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Thailand unearths Nagatitan, 90foot sauropod hailed as Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur yet
16+ hour, 10+ min ago (615+ words) BANGKOK, May 16 " Along a "meandering river in a warm and arid region that is now Thailand roughly 113 million years ago, a plant-eating behemoth almost 90 feet (27 metres) long browsed on the treetops without much fear of predators due to its sheer…...
Jurassic chic? "T. rex leather" handbag roars into spotlight
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (350+ words) AMSTERDAM, April 3 " Scientists and designers unveiled on Thursday a handbag made with collagen derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils from the US in a unique creation intended to demonstrate the value of laboratory-grown leather. The teal-coloured bag will be displayed on…...
Japan's lost lions: DNA analysis reveals cave cats ruled before extinction 10, 000 years ago
3+ mon, 16+ hour ago (388+ words) TOKYO, Feb 15 " Lions lived in a wide area of the Japanese archipelago tens of thousands of years ago, as analysis of fossil specimens that were believed be of tigers were revealed to belong to an extinct lion species, a team…...
New fossils link Ethiopia's "mystery foot' to little-known human relative
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (635+ words) PARIS, Nov 27 " Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient human relative who lived alongside the species of the famous Lucy, scientists said yesterday. The discovery is the latest twist…...
Kissing: Not a human invention " a primate legacy 20 million years in the making
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (307+ words) AMSTERDAM, Nov 19 " Kissing did not begin with star-crossed human lovers but with the primate ancestors of great apes around 20 million years ago, according to a study published today. Researchers from Oxford University and the Florida Institute of Technology wanted to…...
Could ancient eels have had a built-in GPS? Fossils 50 times thinner than a hair suggest they might
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (502+ words) WASHINGTON, Nov 19 " Microscopic magnetic fossils found in North Atlantic seafloor sediments may represent components of an internal "GPS system" for an ancient marine creature that used Earth's magnetic field to navigate long distances, according to scientists. The researchers said the…...
Human ancestor Lucy gets first European showing in Prague
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (433+ words) PRAGUE, Aug 26" The 3. 18-million-year-old bone fragments of human ancestor Lucy, which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on display in Europe for the first time yesterday at the Czech National Museum in Prague. The ancient remains of the Australopithecus afarensis were…...
Coexisting ancestors: Fossil teeth in Ethiopia reveal early Homo and Australopithecus coexisted 2. 6 million years ago, reshaping understanding of human evolution
9+ mon, 1+ day ago (714+ words) ADDIS ABABA, Aug 14 " Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2. 65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same time and place as the earliest-known member of…...
New T-Rex ancestor discovered in drawers of Mongolian institute
11+ mon, 4+ day ago (438+ words) PARIS, June 12 " Misidentified bones that languished in the drawers of a Mongolian institute for 50 years belong to a new species of tyrannosaur that rewrites the family history of the mighty T-Rex, scientists said yesterday. This slender ancestor of the massive…...
Teeth hurt? It could be because of a 500-million-year-old fish
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (611+ words) PARIS, May 22 " Ever wondered why our teeth are so sensitive to pain or even just cold drinks? It might be because they first evolved for a very different purpose than chewing. .. PARIS, May 22 " Ever wondered why our teeth are so…...