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Archaeologists in awe as schoolboy finds 1. 8 million year-old elephant tooth
8+ hour, 7+ min ago (389+ words) An 11-year-old schoolboy made a remarkable once-in-a-lifetime discovery when he found an ancient elephant tooth on a beach. Charlie Orchard-Lisle was strolling along East Lane beach at Bawdsey in Suffolk when he stumbled upon the rock-like object on the shoreline....
Archaeologists in awe as schoolboy finds 1. 8 million year-old elephant tooth - Science - News
5+ hour, 37+ min ago (389+ words) An 11-year-old schoolboy made a remarkable once-in-a-lifetime discovery when he found an ancient elephant tooth on a beach. Charlie Orchard-Lisle was strolling along East Lane beach at Bawdsey in Suffolk when he stumbled upon the rock-like object on the shoreline....
Archaeology breakthrough found in 'exciting' fossil from 25 M years ago
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (633+ words) Platypuses swam alongside dolphins 25 million years ago, according to an "exciting" new fossil discovery. Paleontologists made the rare find east of the Flinders Ranges in remote outback South Australia. They say it demonstrates that ancient platypuses with well-developed teeth fed…...
Bus-sized 'terror croc' discovered with bite force greater than T. rex
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (252+ words) A bus-sized "terror croc" capable of crushing dinosaur bone with a bite more powerful than the Tyrannosaurus rex has been brought back to life in remarkable detail. Paleontologists have revealed the first scientifically accurate full skeleton of Deinosuchus schwimmeri, a…...
Researchers make grisly discovery in ancient tyrannosaur bones
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (369+ words) Groundbreaking new research has revealed that the T. rex was the ultimate cannibal, feeding on the carcasses of its dead relatives. While tyrannosaurs are commonly portrayed as fearsome apex predators, a new study has uncovered a far more opportunistic side to…...
Greenland shark thought to be alive since the 1600's goes viral
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (258+ words) A Greenland shark, estimatd to be nearly 400 years old -- born around the 1600s -- has gone viral for being the longest-living vertebrate known." Scientific American's Carin Leong tells the story of the Greenland shark in a You Tube video, entitled "These super…...
Archaeologists find 121, 000-year-old footprints where they shouldn't be
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (410+ words) Archaelologists believe they may have found the oldest preserved footprints left behind by humans." The prints could date back as far as 121, 000 years ago, according to a team of researchers in a study published in Science Advances." Seven footprints were…...