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Neandertals may have hunted and eaten outsiders, chilling cannibalism study finds
6+ hour, 30+ min ago (604+ words) A new study of Neanderthal remains from a cave in Belgium is shedding light on a disturbing aspect of prehistoric life. Researchers analyzing human bones from the Troisi'me caverne of Goyet (Belgium) found evidence that Neanderthals engaged in selective cannibalism…...
This tiny claw in a 500-million-year-old fossil just rewrote the origin of spiders
1+ week, 2+ day ago (777+ words) After a long day of teaching, Rudy Lerosey-Aubril turned to a familiar task: preparing a Cambrian arthropod fossil for study. At first glance, the specimen looked typical for its age. But as he carefully removed surrounding material, something unusual appeared....
Ancient bees found nesting inside fossil bones in rare cave discovery
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1068+ words) A giant barn owl, a type of rodent called a hutia, and a burrowing bee entered a cave. Only two of them left. Which one stayed behind? The answer is the one that cannot fly. This unusual chain of events…...
Strange "elephant skin" rocks reveal ancient life in the dark ocean
1+ week, 2+ day ago (628+ words) In 2016, geologist Rowan Martindale was hiking across a hillside in Morocco when something unusual caught her eye. A slab of sedimentary rock was covered in a wrinkled texture that looked strikingly like elephant skin. The pattern was so unexpected that…...
Scientists found a baby dinosaur hidden in rock and it is surprisingly cute
1+ week, 4+ day ago (821+ words) In South Korea, a playful green cartoon dinosaur named Dooly, known for the two small tufts of hair on his head, has been a favorite for generations. So when scientists uncovered a new species of young dinosaur on Aphae Island,…...
Some dinosaurs could rise up like giants " until they grew too big
1+ week, 6+ day ago (476+ words) Around 66 million years ago, two types of long-necked, four-legged dinosaurs stood out from other sauropods. They had the ability to rise up on their hind legs and stay upright for extended periods. This posture likely helped them reach leaves high…...
Scientists found a rhino in the Arctic and it changes everything
2+ week, 5+ day ago (864+ words) Researchers from the Canadian Museum of Nature have identified a previously unknown species of extinct rhinoceros from the High Arctic. The remarkably well-preserved fossil skeleton was uncovered in ancient lakebed sediments at Haughton Crater on Devon Island in Nunavut. This…...
This crocodile ran like a greyhound across prehistoric Britain 200 million years ago
3+ week, 1+ day ago (471+ words) A newly identified crocodylomorph from about 215 million years ago has been discovered in Gloucester, UK, revealing a fast-moving, land-dwelling predator: Fast Land-Dwelling Crocodile Relative Discovered in Triassic UK The species name combines a nod to Arthurian legend with a personal…...
Scientists recreated a dinosaur nest to solve a 70-million-year-old mystery
3+ week, 3+ day ago (736+ words) How oviraptors, bird-like but flightless dinosaurs, hatched their eggs has long been unclear. Did they depend on heat from their surroundings like crocodiles, or did they warm their eggs directly like birds? A new study in Frontiers in Ecology and…...
These dinosaurs had wings but couldn't fly
3+ week, 4+ day ago (416+ words) Dinosaur fossils preserved with their feathers suggest that some of these animals had already lost the ability to fly. As the research team explains, "Feather molting seems like a small technical detail -- but when examined in fossils, it can change…...