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Fossils reveal platypuses swam with dolphins 25 million years ago | National News
6+ hour, 46+ min ago (752+ words) Artist's impression of the toothed platypus that lived 25 million years, probably with other other aquatic animals including ancient lungfish, flamingos and freshwater dolphins. (Gen Conway / Flinders University Palaeontology Lab via SWNS) Platypuses swam with dolphins 25 million years ago, reveals an…...
Treasure trove" reveals animal diversity began earlier than thought
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (983+ words) Reconstruction of Jiangchuan biota (~554-539 million years ago). (Xiaodong Wang via SWNS) The discovery of a fossil "treasure trove" has pushed back the origins of animals at least four million years. The "exciting" find in China includes the remains of a…...
Scientists solve 75-million-year-old dinosaur "murder mystery
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (737+ words) Iran fired missiles across the Middle East on Tuesday as its" Indonesia issued summons letters to Google and Meta over the" Visualization of a tyrannosaur scavenging on a larger conspecific. (Josephine Nielsen / Aarhus University via SWNS) Tyrannosaurus rex was the…...
Teeny tiny fossil reveals clues about evolution of primates
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (459+ words) Tiny fossill of purgatorius upper molar from Corral Bluffs in Denver. (Dr. Stephen Chester via SWNS) A fossil that would fit on a baby's fingertip has revealed fresh clues about the evolution of the earliest-known relative of all primates, including…...