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Prehistoric Peter Pan Syndrome
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (312+ words) In older countries it has become common for young people to live with their parents until, and sometimes well after, they get married.A new study finds that some parts of the animal kingdom don't even stop growing until what…...
Dinosaur fossils unearthed during parking lot construction at Utah national park
3+ hour, 59+ min ago (306+ words) A routine parking lot project at Dinosaur National Monument has unearthed'dinosaur fossils'at the site for the first time in more than a century. Workers uncovered the fossils near the Quarry Exhibit Hall after removing asphalt in mid-September, exposing'dinosaur-bearing sandstone, the…...
The Largest Land Mammal Ever Recorded on Earth
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (718+ words) Author:Author Linnea H, BSc Sociology Home " Wildlife " Mammals " The Largest Land Mammal Ever Recorded on Earth Get ready to meet the largest and most awe-inspiring mammal to ever roam the earth. This incredible animal has captivated people's hearts and…...
New Fossil Discovery Could Kick Lucy Out of the Human Family Tree
4+ hour, 46+ min ago (528+ words) Scientists have found fossil bones that could dethrone lucy as our most famous ancestor. A fossilized foot discovered in Ethiopia and left unclassified for over a decade has now been linked to a little-known human relative that lived alongside Australopithecus…...
Dinosaur fossils unearthed during parking lot construction at national park
7+ hour, 6+ min ago (385+ words) A routine parking lot project at Dinosaur National Monument has unearthed dinosaur fossils at the site for the first time in more than a century. Workers uncovered the fossils near the Quarry Exhibit Hall after removing asphalt in mid-September, exposing…...
This Dinosaur Was Even Bigger Than a T-Rex—And Twice as Fast
7+ hour, 30+ min ago (379+ words) Home " News " This Dinosaur Was Even Bigger Than a T-Rex'And Twice as Fast Carcharodontosaurus carved out its niche as one of the Cretaceous period's top predators. Its habitat encompassed lush wetlands and relatively barren desert plains of modern-day North Africa,…...
T. Rex Took Way Longer Than We Thought to Get Gigantic
7+ hour, 56+ min ago (384+ words) According to a new study published in PeerJ, the Tyrannosaurus rex, the largest land predator to ever live, may have needed 35 to 40 years to reach its full, gigantic size. That's significantly longer than scientists previously thought. A team of researchers…...
A Wolf Pup’s Last Meal Changed What We Know About Woolly Rhino Extinction
11+ hour, 28+ min ago (402+ words) A frozen wolf pup that died more than 14,000 years ago has become an unlikely archivist of extinction. Inside its stomach, scientists found preserved flesh from a woolly rhino, and that grisly detail has now helped answer a long-running question about…...
Scientists reconstruct woolly rhino’s genome from a wolf's stomach
12+ hour, 33+ min ago (1076+ words) A scrap of tissue, preserved for thousands of years inside an ancient wolf, has given scientists a rare look at a woolly rhinoceros that lived right near the species" end." What they found is not the slow, sad genetic unraveling…...
Archaeology discovery unearthed by National Trust as incredible 340-million-year-old fossils unexpectedly found
16+ hour, 18+ min ago (400+ words) The level of detail visible on the specimens was unlike anything the National Trust had previously encountered in the area National Trust staff have unearthed remarkable fossils dating back 340 million years within a dry stonewall in Staffordshire's White Peak region....