Long-necked dinosaurs rotated their forefeet to the side
Scientists at the University of Bonn investigated the tracks of sauropods. New findings on locomotionCredit: © The Society of Vertebrate ...
Tag: Paleontology
Crocodiles have complex past
New study says modern-day crocodiles and alligators came from variety of surroundings A new study throws into question the notion ...
Research shows what it takes to be a giant shark
Have you ever wondered why the Megalodon shark became to be so big? Or wondered why some other sharks are ...
'Revealing Greater Cahokia' details research on ancient North American metropolis
Credit: Photos courtesy Illinois Archaeological Society: 'Revealing Greater Cahokia.' CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- With a population between 10,000 and 30,000 in ...
Fossilized slime of 100-million-year-old hagfish shakes up vertebrate family tree
Ancient eel-like creature answers questions about when these bizarre fish branched off the evolutionary tree from other vertebratesCredit: Tetsuto Miyashita, ...
Ancient carpet shark discovered with 'spaceship-shaped' teeth
Credit: (c) Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum The world of the dinosaurs just got a bit more bizarre with a newly ...
Fossil shark teeth discovered in leftover rock that contained SUE the T. rex
Freshwater shark lived in South Dakota, had teeth shaped like 'Galaga' spaceshipsCredit: (c) Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum SUE the T. ...
Understanding our early human ancestors: Australopithecus sediba
Credit: Courtesy of Sawyer Broadley, Amey Zhang and Jeremy DeSilva. The fossil site of Malapa in the Cradle of Humankind, ...
Scientists confirm pair of skeletons are from same early hominin species
Research part of detailed accounting of nearly two-million-year-old speciesCredit: © Sculpture Elisabeth Daynes /Photo S. Entressangle Separate skeletons suggested to ...
Artificial intelligence applied to the genome identifies an unknown human ancestor
Scientists use deep learning for the first time ever to account for human evolutionCredit: Pilar Rodriguez By combining deep learning ...
Sudden aging
FAU palaeontologists demonstrate that coralline red algae have existed for 300 million years longer than previously presumed Coralline red algae ...
Plant phytolith and water content influence rate of tooth enamel abrasion in vertebrates
Fodder experiments in guinea pigs provide insights into the causes of tooth wear / Findings could allow scientists to reconstruct ...
Skull scans tell tale of how world's first dogs caught their prey
Credit: Julia Schwab Analysis of the skulls of lions, wolves and hyenas has helped scientists uncover how prehistoric dogs hunted ...
Reconstruction of trilobite ancestral range in the southern hemisphere
Brazilian researchers used biogeographic analysis to study trilobites, arthropods that became extinct over 252 million years ago The first appearance ...
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