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No animal alive today is ‘primitive’ – why are so many still labeled that way?
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (703+ words) We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as "primitive" or "ancient" and use terms like "higher" and "lower" animals. This anthropocentric perspective was entrenched in 1866, when German scientist Ernst Haeckel drew one…...
Fossil vomit reveals what a proto-reptile ate in Thuringia 300 million years ago
2+ hour, 57+ min ago (688+ words) Predecessor of dinosaurs was an opportunistic feeder, and may not have been as dismayed by throwing up as we are Almost 300 million years ago, an animal threw up in Thuringia. Now analysis of the fossil ejecta from the Early Permian…...
Fossil skull discovery reveals when land animals first learned to eat plants
3+ hour, 3+ min ago (1103+ words) Arjan Mann with a 3D-printed replica of Tyrannoroter's skull in the Carboniferous coal forest display at Chicago's Field Museum. (CREDIT: Field Museum) Life began in the sea, and it took a long time to move onto land. Plants started creeping…...
Fossilized vomit reveals 290-million-year-old predator’s diet
4+ hour, 10+ min ago (401+ words) Regurgitated material contains the prey of a hunter that lived before the dinosaurs This illustration depicts the early Permian apex predator Dimetrodon teutonis regurgitating the remains of prey animals. Two smaller prey animals identified in the fossil vomit, Eudibamus cursoris…...
Researchers confirm return of creatures that date back to age of dinosaurs: 'Never gave up hope"
4+ hour, 10+ min ago (339+ words) They still face serious threats. Critically endangered leatherback turtles are once again building nests along Nicaragua's Pacific shoreline after a prolonged absence. According to Fauna & Flora, these prehistoric sea turtles trace their origins back to the dinosaur era, but their…...
Spanish study proves prehistoric movement speeds were shockingly slow—mammoths walked slower than humans - SECOM ES
6+ hour, 3+ min ago (846+ words) Picture this: your six-year-old nephew races around the backyard, arms flailing, making thunderous roars while pretending to be a T-Rex. He's stomping, charging, creating pure chaos. Now imagine telling him that real dinosaurs probably moved more like his grandma taking…...
Ancient fossil reveals one of earliest plant-eating land vertebrates
7+ hour, 3+ min ago (12+ words) Ancient fossil reveals one of earliest plant-eating land vertebrates'Daily Express Malaysia...
Giant ‘sea lizard’ the size of a killer whale found in Poland
8+ hour, 29+ min ago (489+ words) Palaeontologists have identified the remains of a large ichthyosaur, comparable in size to a modern killer whale, discovered in a phosphate mine in Annopol on the Vistula River in eastern Poland. The fossils are estimated to be about 95 million years…...
Canadian fossil reveals one of the first plant-eating animals
8+ hour, 54+ min ago (648+ words) Feb 10 (Reuters) " Scientists have unearthed in Canada's province of Nova Scotia the skull of a creature dating to about 307 million years ago that is one of the oldest-known plant-eating land vertebrates, representing a pivotal juncture in animal evolution. The creature,…...
This ancient animal was one of the first to eat plants on land
9+ hour, 49+ min ago (1055+ words) Life began in the sea. Around 475 million years ago, plants started spreading from water onto dry ground. Roughly 100 million years later, vertebrate animals followed. Yet even after animals established themselves on land, they remained meat eaters for tens of millions…...