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Scientists Discovered 700 Fossils That Rewrite What We Know About Life on Earth
4+ hour, 48+ min ago (177+ words) The presence of'ambulacrarians [acorn worms] in the Ediacaran period is really exciting," University of Oxford's Frankie Dunn, a co-author of the study, said in a press statement. The discovery of ambulacrarian fossils in the Jiangchuan Biota also means that the…...
What Gives Fossilized Teeth Their Shiny Look?
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (359+ words) The science behind a dinosaur's shiny teeth is seriously fascinating. If you've ever picked up a shark's tooth on the beach or seen a prehistoric creature's skull on display at a natural history museum, you may have noticed one characteristic…...
Scientists May Have Discovered the Last Common Ancestor of Humans and Apes
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (192+ words) A new species of ancient primate challenges what we think we know about where human ancestors diverged from monkeys. Before Neanderthals and Denisovans, before Homo erectus, before Lucy and other australopiths, who was the ancestor that gave rise to human…...
Entire Human Populations Vanished 3, 000 Years Ago. Scientists Figured Out Where They Went.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (291+ words) The population drop opened the door for outsiders to repopulate with new demographics and cultures. According to the new research, construction of these tombs abruptly "ceased across continental northwestern Europe" at the end of the fourth millennium B. C. E. The break in…...
The Paleo Diet Never Existed. Scientists Found What Early Humans Were Really Eating.
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (182+ words) Humans are actually limited in how much protein they can metabolize for energy, meaning early humans really needed a more well-rounded diet to survive. Paleo. Carnivore. Caveman. Whatever term you prefer to use for it, some of the most popular…...
Scientists Analyzed 41, 000-Year-Old Neanderthal Bones'And Reached a Horrifying Conclusion
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (439+ words) Signs of de-fleshing on bones found in a Belgian cave suggest that one group of Neanderthals cannibalized another. Some things are so unspeakable that they're considered taboo in nearly every human culture, even in the context of ancient history. Cannibalism…...
Paleontologists Discovered a New 40-Foot-Long Dino Species. They Call It the 'Hell Heron."
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (388+ words) The remains of the fearsome Spinosaurus mirabilis have been waiting for eons to be discovered in a Sahara Desert fossil bed. Researchers working in the central Sahara Desert have unearthed stunning fossilized remains of a previously-unknown dinosaur'and it's not your…...
Scientists Discovered the Oldest Clothing in Human History
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (662+ words) Two sewn-together animal hides constituted vintage fashion from the Ice Age. This story is a collaboration with Biography. com. It's no surprise that humans living during the last Ice Age needed to stay warm. It comes as more of a…...
Scientists Discovered Evolution Went Into Overdrive Right After the Death of the Dinos
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (311+ words) The catastrophic impact of an asteroid 66 million years ago brought death and devastation on Earth'but also fascinating new life. " Scientists discovered that life rebounded at extraordinary speed after the asteroid impact 66 million years ago, with new plankton species evolving in…...
These Bizarre Fossils Have Baffled Scientists for Years. Now, Experts Have Cracked the Case.
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (35+ words) Based on our understanding of how fossils are formed, the Ediacara Biota shouldn't still be around for us to look at today. Organisms lacking hard shells and bones rarely get preserved in the fossil. .....