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Paleontologists Unearth 150-Million-Year-Old Giant Sauropod Dinosaur In Thailand
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How Ancient Is Being Right-Handed? First Evidence of "Right-Handedness" Discovered in a 550-Million-Year-Old Fossil
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (588+ words) A study documents that the species Spriggina floundersi showed a systematic preference for curving to the right, placing the origin of lateralized behavior in animals much earlier than previously thought. Scientists from the American Museum of Natural History, Florida State…...
The Giant Dinosaur Delusion and the Paleontology Hype Machin " Weddings
12+ hour, 1+ min ago (727+ words) Every time a paleontology team unearths a handful of fragmented vertebrae in a remote corner of the world, the media apparatus runs the exact same playbook. They dust off the "largest ever" template, find a quirky local metric for comparison'like…...
12th European Conference on Echinoderms
6+ hour, 12+ min ago (160+ words) Scientists from around the world share and discuss the latest research on both fossil and modern echinoderms. 12th European Conference on Echinoderms 13 Jul 2026 - 17 Jul 2026 UCL Gower Street London WC1 E 6 BT United Kingdom Welcome to the 12th European Echinoderm Conference 2026! The European Echinoderm…...
Dino Cunial
6+ hour, 39+ min ago (313+ words) Don't Let the Old Man In and for 87 remarkable years, Dino Cunial did just that. Born to Emilio and Giaconda (Zanesco) Cunial, on September 29, 1938 in Susanville, CA, Dino was the youngest sibling to the late Dario Cunial and late Norma…...
Fossils reveal the earliest animal with a head was also the oldest known 'righty"
7+ hour, 20+ min ago (856+ words) SYDNEY "If you happen to be right-handed, you may be able to trace the origins of that trait to a wormlike animal that lived about 550 million years ago and had a tendency to bend to the right. Spriggina floundersi appeared…...
World's first right handed fossil is 500 million years old.
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Rare fossil goose rewrites the story of New Zealand's giant birds
9+ hour, 9+ min ago (312+ words) Scientists have discovered a previously unknown fossil goose that challenges a decades-old theory about the evolution of New Zealand' s birds. The find suggests the country' s giant flightless geese evolved from much more recent arrivals, revealing a…...
Digging into the prehistoric past at library
2+ week, 2+ day ago (275+ words) The Mullica Hill Library will host a presentation at 1 p. m. on Saturday, July 25, to explore the history of the Edelman Fossil Park and Museum and its mission of unearthing the area's prehistoric past. The Mantua museum " part of Rowan University " opened…...
Uragasaurus kalasinensis: New dinosaur discovered in Thailand
13+ hour, 35+ min ago (541+ words) Artwork by Pakorn Chotchaiyaporn Palaeontologists in Thailand say they have discovered a new species of dinosaur from fossils found in Kalasin Province in the country's north-east. The plant-eating dinosaur, named Uragasaurus kalasinensis, is thought to have lived about 150 million years…...