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Eurek Alert!
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Hunted by neanderthals: Giant elephants traveled hundreds of kilometers across ice-age europe

4+ week, 13+ hour ago  (291+ words) Credit: Hodari Nundu CC-BY-4. 0 Elena Armaroli, now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE) in Italy and the study's first author, explains: "Thanks to isotope analyses, we can trace the movements of elephants almost as…...

Ancient Origins
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Neanderthal Turtle Hunting: Shells Used as Tools in Central Europe

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (164+ words) "Our data provide the first evidence that Neanderthals also hunted and processed turtles north of the Alps, beyond the Mediterranean region," said Gaudzinski-Windheuser. Painting of a straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) during the early temperate period of the Eemian interglacial, the…...

Yahoo News
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How DNA forensics is transforming studies of ancient manuscripts

14+ hour, 23+ min ago  (696+ words) The volume was about six centuries old, bound in worn brown leather and composed of 266 yellowed leaves of carefully crafted parchment. It bore the marks of heavy use " faint stains marked the pages and the edges were worn from repeated…...

nature. com
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Microbial Partnerships in Entomology and Beyond

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (478+ words) The complex and often intimate associations between insects, spiders, and arachnids and their microbial partners have emerged as a central theme in modern entomology and symbiosis research, offering. .. Thank you for visiting nature. com. You are using a browser version…...

Yahoo News
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Jaw-dropping" fossils reset the clock on when complex animals evolved

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (521+ words) Around 540 million years ago, the ocean erupted with complex life: Creatures rapidly transformed from simple, soft-bodied, ocean-floor-dwelling animals into bodies we might recognize today'animals with, say, a shell or cartilage, a mouth and anus, and the ability to swim, burrow…...

Earth. com
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300-million-year-old fossil known as the world's 'oldest octopus' was not an octopus after all

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (826+ words) For over two decades, an octopus fossil known as Pohlsepia mazonensis held a strange kind of fame. It was dubbed in textbooks and the Guinness Book of Records as the world's "oldest known octopus." At around 300 million years old, it…...

@AOL
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Amazing Animals with Regenerating Teeth

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (832+ words) While humans only have 2 sets of teeth in a lifetime, some members of the animal kingdom have a rare tooth-regenerating ability. Certain species can replace broken or lost teeth multiple times throughout their life. A few animals capable of this…...

Animals Around The Globe
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The Crocodile in Ancient Nile and Aboriginal Creation Myths

12+ hour, 41+ min ago  (977+ words) The crocodile, a prehistoric predator that has survived since the time of dinosaurs, holds a prominent place in human mythology and spiritual traditions across vastly different cultures. From the banks of the Nile to the billabongs of Australia, crocodiles have…...

Medium
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The Speed Devil. What is Carnotaurus Sastrei? | by Ram Taank | Apr, 2026

9+ hour, 29+ min ago  (40+ words) The Speed Devil What is Carnotaurus Sastrei? Carnotaurus Sastrei is a theropod with a slim build and hails from the abelisauridae family. The reign of the abelisauridae family was restricted to the " Apologies, but something went wrong on our end....

Animals Around The Globe
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Why Flamingos Stand on One Leg

18+ hour, 46+ min ago  (227+ words) Few birds capture human imagination quite like flamingos with their vibrant pink plumage and their peculiar habit of standing on one leg. This iconic posture has puzzled scientists, bird enthusiasts, and casual observers for generations. Whether in the wild wetlands…...