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12+ hour, 28+ min ago  (816+ words) A rare Antarctic fossil is offering a clearer look at how early backboned animals lived just before the move onto land. Using advanced scans, scientists uncovered hidden skull features in Koharalepis jarviki, a 380-million-year-old fish that hunted near the water's…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (531+ words) The kraken: a giant squid or octopus of myth, seems to have swam in the Cretaceous oceans, a Japanese study shows. Recovering a selection of truly revolutionary fossils from sediments in Japan and Vancouver Island, the researchers present a prehistoric…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (450+ words) The findings were published April 22 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Fossil Discovery Reveals Rare Skeletal Details The fossil was first uncovered in 2009 by Wilson Mantilla and his team. Unlike many similar finds, which often consist only of teeth, this…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (174+ words) The discovery of a collection of about 700 fossils known as the Jiangchuan Biota gives scientists a better understanding of the transition between the Precambrian supereon and the Phanerozoic, our current geologic eon. Because chordates and bilaterians were discovered in the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (830+ words) Natural selection has reshaped hundreds of human genes in the past 10, 000 years, far more than scientists had previously recognized. The study reframes recent human evolution as an active process driven by changing diets, diseases, and ways of living. Across 15, 836 people…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (144+ words) Home " Paleontology " Eternauta By Jason R. Abdale on March 18, 2026 " ( 0 ) Eternauta patagonica was an ichthyosaur which lived around Argentina during the late Jurassic Period 152-145 million years ago. Eternauta was identified as a member of the ichthyosaur family Ophthalmosauridae, and more specifically the…...

7+ hour, 52+ min ago  (115+ words) Home " Paleontology " Stethacanthus By Jason R. Abdale on April 29, 2026 " ( 0 ) Stethacanthus was a primitive proto-shark which swam the seas from the late Devonian Period to the end of the Carboniferous Period approximately 380-300 million years ago. Fossils of various species of this genus…...

10+ hour, 14+ min ago  (1214+ words) When Jurassic Park roared into theaters in 1993, it revolutionized how the public viewed dinosaurs. Steven Spielberg's groundbreaking film introduced audiences to seemingly lifelike prehistoric creatures that captured the imagination of millions worldwide. Based on Michael Crichton's novel, the franchise presented…...

15+ hour, 1+ min ago  (1274+ words) A wave of dinosaur discoveries over the past decade has completely reshaped our understanding of these long-extinct animals. Palaeontologist Dave Hone spills the secrets of how dinosaurs lived, from how social they were to how much they really fought" Hone,…...

9+ hour, 34+ min ago  (1753+ words) Tucked away in the quiet town of Bluff City, Tennessee, Backyard Terrors and Dinosaur Park is one of those places you truly have to see to believe. A passionate local artist and dinosaur enthusiast built over 40 life-size dinosaur sculptures entirely…...