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Dinosaurs to appear in West Cumbrian museum next week
59+ min ago (172+ words) A major national exhibition is bringing prehistoric creatures to life in West Cumbria. The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven is hosting Carboniferous Monsters, a touring display exploring a forgotten era of giant insects, swampy forests, and sprawling millipedes. Running from July…...
Paleontologists make "one in a million" discovery of soft tissue preserved in 450-million-year-old fossil
48+ min ago (779+ words) image: Crinoid Soft Tissue Fossil. view more Crinoid Soft Tissue Fossil. Credit: The University of Oklahoma The nearly impossible natural conditions required to preserve soft tissue as fossils mean that the preserved tube feet of Dendrocrinus simcoensis, described by Cole…...
Xinhua: newly discovered bird fossil sheds light on avian tail evolution mystery - ". " "
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (285+ words) Chinese researchers have recently discovered a new Jurassic bird fossil that overturns a long-held assumption about how the avian tail evolved, Xinhua reports with reference to findings published online in the journal Science Advances The fossil, named Zhengheornis buyu, was…...
New Discovery Suggests Prehistoric "Hobbits" May Have Survived on Komodo Dragon Remains
3+ hour, 56+ min ago (1434+ words) Furthermore, the researchers found evidence that casts doubt on another widely accepted theory: that the "hobbits" mastered the use of fire. If this hypothesis is confirmed by new research, it will be necessary to revise an important part of the…...
Megalodon fossil confirms true size of massive shark - AOL
5+ hour, 7+ min ago (433+ words) The rediscovery of a giant megalodon fossil, long-lost since the 1980s, has led to new information about the giant shark's lifestyle, including that they reached up to 80ft in length. Researchers assessed a once-lost vertebral specimen of Otodus megalodon, the fossil shark…...
Did Clovis People Hunt Mammoths or Simply Scavenge Their Carcasses?
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (694+ words) An artist's reconstruction of Clovis life 13, 000 years ago shows the Anzick-1 infant with his mother consuming mammoth meat near a hearth. Another individual crafts tools, including dart projectile points and atlatls. A mammoth butchery area is visible nearby. Image credit:…...
More misguided critique of the modern theory of evolution'in Skeptic magazine
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (592+ words) Biologists largely know Lamarck from his having been wrong. Yes, organisms did evolve, but Lamarck got what drove evolution completely wrong. Instead of the better-adapted individuals in a species leaving more offspring, which was Darwin's theory, Lamarck posited that evolution…...
Dinky Dinosaurs Set To Take Over Harrogate As Popular Lego Trail Returns This Summer " Harrogate District Chamber of Commerce
4+ hour, 23+ min ago (458+ words) Harrogate BID is delighted to announce the return of one of its most popular annual events, with the Lego Trail set to bring a series of prehistoric displays to the town centre this summer." The Harrogate Lego Trail returns to…...
Fossil in drawer turns out to be touchstone dinosaur artifact - AOL
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (12+ words) Fossil in drawer turns out to be touchstone dinosaur artifact AOL. com...
Dinosaurs to roar into Harrogate as popular Lego Trail returns
4+ hour, 24+ min ago (890+ words) St. Elmos Fire (Man In Motion) Monday, 6 July 2026 14: 05 Harrogate BID has announced the return of one of its most popular annual events, with the Lego Trail set to bring a series of prehistoric displays to the town centre this summer....