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Strengthening monsoons might have enticed early humans to migrate from Africa to East Asia: study
Back in Southeast Africa, where our ancestors initially called home, things were getting rough. Dry…
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Ginormous worms ruled the Cambrian seas 500 million years back, fossils reveal
These creatures were a remarkable 30 centimeters long, which was enormous in a world where most org…
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Ancient giant mammals such as mammoths might’ve gone extinct due to human activity, not climate change
While past studies often attributed the extinction of large mammals to climate change, a new invest…
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This massive 'Blue Dragon' was likely an apex predator of ancient Japan's seawaters!
Paleontologist Akihiro Misaki stumbled upon the discovery while searching for ammonite fossils alon…
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Not hard, not soft, the earliest dino eggs may have been of a 'leathery' texture to protect against damage: study
In a recent revelation shaking the foundations of paleontology, researchers discovered that the ini…
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One of India's ancient geological features might have helped kill off the dinosaurs millions of years ago!
The Deccan Traps are a series of lava flows that occurred at the end of the Cretaceous period, span…
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Massive 122-million-year-old sauropod unearthed in Spain likely a key puzzle piece in dinosaur evolution
Named the Garumbatitan morellensis, meaning "giant of the Garumba," this herbivorous quadruped cons…
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Only 5 feet down under, a dinosaur graveyard turned up in Australia. It's sparking a paleontological revolution in the country.
A farmer in Australia dug deeper than ever before and found a dinosaur graveyard resting 5 feet und…
Jessica Orwig
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3 boys hunting for fossils made the ultimate discovery: a young T-rex skeleton that scientists have dubbed Teen Rex
Three boys were fossil hunting in North Dakota when they made the ultimate find: a young T. rex ske…
Kelsey Vlamis
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A man found a stegosaurus skeleton during a stroll on his Colorado property. He could make $6 million from it.
Jason Cooper discovered a stegosaurus on a birthday walk on his property in May 2022. The fossil is…
Joshua Zitser
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A man stumbled upon a 70-million-year-old dinosaur fossil but kept it secret for 2 years
A man in France found a massive and rare dinosaur skeleton while walking his dog.
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A 13-year-old found a 5-million-year-old fossil, and now there's a new species of walrus named in his honor
A 13-year-old saw a skull protruding from a boulder. The fossil belonged to an ancient toothless wa…
Jenny McGrath
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Scientists found a new, huge dinosaur with tiny arms like a T. rex, deepening the mystery of why they evolved that way
Meraxes gigas is the third type of huge, carnivorous dinosaur found with very small arms, suggestin…
Marianne Guenot
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A 76 million-year-old dinosaur skeleton may sell for up to $8 million at auction. Paleontologists say high-profile sales make fossils less accessible to them.
A Gorgosaurus skeleton up for auction in July is the latest in a series of sales that experts worry…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Hundreds of frogs died while mating in an ancient swamp 45 million years ago, new study suggests
Researchers analyzed the fossilized frog bones and concluded the frogs likely met their untimely en…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Yves Coppens, paleontologist who discovered 3.2 million-year-old 'Lucy' skeleton, dead at age 87
Yves Coppens helped discover the skeletal remains of "Lucy," which showed that human ancestors walk…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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A new dinosaur discovered was a 'huge' 32-foot-long predator with a crocodile face, say scientists
Remains of Europe's largest-ever land-based dinosaur have been discovered on the Isle of Wight in E…
Julian Kossoff
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Shark tooth enamel suggests prehistoric great whites may have competed with giant megalodons for food
Ancient megalodon sharks were four times the size of great whites, but they went extinct, while the…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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An ancient tooth found in a cave proves an extinct species of archaic humans lived in southeast Asia over 130,000 years ago
Scientists were looking at how humans in southeast Asia today have some genes of an ancient human s…
Marianne Guenot
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Neanderthals and humans may belong to the same species, say scientists. It could rewrite the history of our evolution.
As we begin to unpick the history of human and Neanderthal evolution, new scrutiny is being placed …