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Fossilized babies of ancient predators show how life on Earth was like
3+ hour, 9+ min ago (986+ words) Fossil baby embolomere, showing that young embolomeres did not undergo a full amphibian-like metamorphosis. (Arjan Mann via SWNS) Fossilized babies of ancient crocodile-like predators have led to a "monumental" change in understanding of how animals first adapted to life on…...
World's oldest crocodile fossil discovered during walk on beach
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (302+ words) Amateur fossil hunter Heather Salt holding the world's oldest crocodile fossil. (Lyme Regis Museum via SWNS) The world's oldest crocodile fossil has been found during a walk on the Jurassic Coast. Amateur fossil hunter Heather Salt initially mistook the find…...
Nobel laureate Eric Cornell brings 'big bang' fossil hunting to K-State
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (445+ words) Eric Cornell, middle, receives a plaque from K-State College of Arts and Sciences dean Chris Culbertson, left, and Chester Peterson Jr. , right, before Cornell's lecture Tuesday in Cardwell Hall. Cornell spoke as part of the Peterson Public Lecture Series, which…...
Sharks were attacking whales in the North Sea five million years ago, reveals study
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (181+ words) themercury. com CT scan view of the tip of bluntnose six-gill shark (or cow shark) tooth (blue) found embedded in the extinct right whale skull. Scale bar = 1 mm). (Olivier Lambert via SWNS) Scientists find shark teeth in ancient whale skulls Scientists…...
Scientists find shark teeth in ancient whale skulls
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (669+ words) A painted reconstruction of a bluntnose six-gill shark (or cow shark) scavenging on a tiny extinct right whale carcass during the Early Pliocene of the southern North Sea. A pod of an extinct whale related to today's belugas swimming in…...
Adorable baby dinosaur so cute it's named after Korean cartoon
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (425+ words) An artist's interpretation of a juvenile Doolysaurus huhmini. It is depicted alongside birds and other dinosaurs that lived during the Cretaceous in what is now South Korea. (Jun Seong Yi / SWNS) A newly discovered baby dinosaur is so cute it…...
New research reveals dinosaurs used sun to help hatch eggs
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (744+ words) The study suggests that " unlike modern birds " the now extinct reptiles may have used the sun's warmth to help hatch eggs. Scientists in Taiwan examined the brooding behavior and hatching patterns of bird-like but flightless oviraptors. The research team also…...
Teeny tiny fossil reveals clues about evolution of primates
3+ mon, 2+ week 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…...
Study finds triceratops" huge nose helped control body temperature
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (662+ words) Illustration of researchers hypothesized layout for the inside of Triceratops nasal cavity. (K. Sakane CC-BY-ND via SWNS) Triceratops had a huge nose to help control its body temperature, suggests a new study. Scientists wanted to know why the iconic triple-horned dinosaur…...
Researchers have so far recovered 49 bone pieces including a femur, vertebrae and ribs from the mastodon and giant sloth
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (180+ words) themercury. com Rubio tells Europe to join Trump's fight, says it belongs wi" US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to reassure a nervo" Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced Russia's Vl" Researchers have so far recovered 49 bone pieces including a…...