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Most Complete Early Human Ancestor Ever Found
Justin Mukanku from the Wits Institute of Human Evolution spotted the tooth – Credit: University of the Witwatersrand Scientists from the Wits Institute for Human Evolution based at the University of...
View ArticleHuge dinosaur cache uncovered in Lleida
A cheese-shop owner and his son have turned unlikely paleontologists after stumbling across a major cache of hadrosaurid — or duck-billed dinosaur — bones in Catalonia. Pere Galceran got in touch with...
View ArticleThe world’s fossils are rapidly going extinct
The world has a finite number of Tyrannosaurs rexes. All that there will ever be have lived and long since died. And all of those that could have become fossilised have done so. What remains for...
View ArticleFairbanks scientists stunned to find intact 40,000-year-old steppe bison
As she scraped cold dirt from the remains of an extinct bison, Pam Groves wrinkled her nose at a rotten-egg smell wafting from gristle that still clung to the animal’s bones. She lifted her head to...
View ArticleCavemen Had Better Teeth Than We Do
Apparently, cavemen (and cavewomen?) were dirty, filthy, ragged people. But they had very nice teeth. The dirty, ragged part is understandable. After all, in the Mesolithic period there were no washing...
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Researchers find new information about ‘Snowball Earth’ period
It is rather difficult to imagine, but approximately 635 million years ago, ice may have covered a vast portion of our planet in an event called “Snowball Earth.” According to the Snowball Earth...
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First fossil evidence shows small crocs fed on baby dinosaurs (Video)
A South Dakota School of Mines & Technology assistant professor and his team have discovered a new species of herbivorous dinosaur and today published the first fossil evidence of prehistoric...
View ArticleFossils of ‘giant bird’ unearthed in Peru
The fossilized remains of a giant pelican-like bird dating back some 35 million years have been uncovered in Peru’s Ica desert, paleontologists said Friday. Klaus Honninger, who heads the team that...
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Mass extinction paved way for dinosaur domination
A mass extinction that occurred over 200 million years ago, killed off a slew of huge predators, including hefty beasts that looked like crocodiles and enormous armadillos, according to new research....
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Remains of human-Neanderthal hybrid discovered in Italy
The skeletal remains of an individual that lived 40,000-30,000 years ago were found in northern Italy and are believed to be that of a human/Neanderthal hybrid. If further analysis proves the study...
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