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One‑eyed Creature Gave Rise To Our Modern Eyes
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (498+ words) There is a tiny cyclops among your oldest ancestors, and humans share these remarkable ancestral roots with all other vertebrates. This according to new, surprising research on the evolution of the eye. Researchers from Lund University and University of Sussex…...
Lost fossils reveal sea monsters that took over after Earth’s greatest extinction
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (308+ words) About 250 million years ago, a region that is now a harsh desert in remote northwestern Australia lay along the edge of a shallow bay connected to a vast prehistoric ocean. Fossils collected there more than six decades ago and largely…...
SCT Hosts Skulls and Furs in PTC
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (193+ words) Fayette County natives and musicians Michael Durham and Ausa" Fayette County resident Mark Wallace Maguire has been named an inaugural member " A Southern Conservation Trust member showing animal bones Southern Conservation Trust held its Skulls and Furs event at Line…...
Palaeontology breakthrough as new study finds T-rex could beat Usain Bolt in 100m sprint
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (16+ words) Palaeontology breakthrough as new study finds T-rex could beat Usain Bolt in 100m sprint'GB News...
Land plants expanded on land 455 million years ago, reshaping Earth's environment: study
6+ hour, 45+ min ago (403+ words) Baku, February 25, AZERTAC Land plants began colonizing the continents and shaping Earth's surface environment much earlier than previously thought, a study led by Chinese scientists showed, Xinhua reported. The research, led by researcher Zhao Mingyu at the Institute of Geology…...
Scientists identify ancient crocodile that settled in Britain 200 million years ago
9+ hour, 25+ min ago (13+ words) Scientists identify ancient crocodile that settled in Britain 200 million years ago'GB News...
300-Million-Year-Old Reptile Skin Impressions Discovered in Germany
11+ hour, 58+ min ago (670+ words) Researchers have identified the oldest known impressions of reptile skin ever recorded, preserved in rock from central Germany and dating back nearly 300 million years to the early Permian period. The discovery provides the earliest direct evidence of skin structure in…...
Scientists identify new Spinosaurus species in the Sahara Desert
12+ hour, 36+ min ago (752+ words) Scientists have uncovered rare skull fossils of Spinosaurus, a huge meat-eating dinosaur, in the Sahara Desert for the first time in more than 100 years. Those bones come from a newly identified kind of Spinosaurus with a tall bony ridge on…...
Researchers uncover ‘real-life dragon’ after bizarre 95 million-year-old species discovery
12+ hour, 45+ min ago (493+ words) The enormous beast is believed to measure around 40 feet in length and weigh in excess of 6,000kg A remarkable dinosaur skull unearthed in Africa's Sahara Desert has ignited widespread speculation online that scientists may have finally found evidence of a real…...
T.Rex ran on his tip-toes, foot-strike analysis reveals
12+ hour, 59+ min ago (803+ words) He might have been King of the Dinosaurs, but T.Rex likely ran on his tip'toes, according to a new study. Now, new analysis suggests that instead of stomping heel'first, the dinosaur may have taken shorter, toe'first steps. And it contradicts…...