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Whale graveyard dating back 5 million years discovered
44+ min ago (37+ words) Nagaland Post Whale graveyard dating back 5 million years discovered An enormous whale graveyard around 1, 200km (745 miles) long has been discovered in the south-eastern Indian Ocean....
First Leather Bag Made from T-Rex Cells Fails to Sell at Paris Auction
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (1205+ words) A leather bag made from Tyrannosaurus rex cells failed to sell on Thursday, the Paris auction house Drouot said, commenting that bids were well below expected. Auctioneers Giquello had touted the "one-of-a-kind" piece to sell for more than $500, 000 but bids…...
Dinosaurs to roam Cobram
7+ hour, 28+ min ago (239+ words) Children and adults alike will have the chance to become a palaeontologist for the day when the Museums Victoria Pop-Up Museum returns to the Goulburn Valley Libraries network during the July school holidays. The Dinosaurs and Fossils program will visit…...
First bag from T-Rex cells fails to sell at Paris auction
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (293+ words) Auctioneers Giquello had touted the "one-of-a-kind" piece to sell for more than $500, 000 but bids barely broke the $150, 000 mark, said the Drouot house where the sale took place. Unveiled in the spring in Amsterdam, the bag was created from traces of…...
This T. rex'Skin Handbag Was Made From 67'Million'Year'Old DNA " But No Buyer
3+ hour, 55+ min ago (455+ words) Estimated to go as high as $500, 000, bidding paddles went flying up at the H'tel Drouot in Paris, France, but not for the T-rex leather bag. However, the bids hardly went up to $150, 000, as per the South China Morning Post, the…...
Miscellaneous: Handbag made from alleged T-Rex skin cells fails to find a buyer
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (215+ words) A handbag allegedly made from reconstructed cells of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, which was to have been auctioned off for a minimum price of 300, 000 euros, ultimately failed to find a new owner. The highest bid for the dinosaur handbag was only…...
Arizona man finds tracks from animals that predate dinosaurs on property
13+ hour, 5+ min ago (374+ words) SNOWFLAKE, AZ (Aging Untold) " A retired Chicago lawyer thought his new home in Arizona would be a quiet, peaceful place to retire. Then he found something surprising on a walk one day. James Lang bought the property without even visiting…...
'I knew that it was something big': 11-year-old Kansas boy uncovers 15-foot marine reptile fossil on geology club field trip
6+ hour, 32+ min ago (467+ words) We Got This Covered "I knew that it was something big: 11-year-old Kansas boy uncovers 15-foot marine reptile fossil on geology club field trip A young boy from Kansas made a remarkable fossil discovery during a geology club field trip…...
When humans became human: the evolution of Homo sapiens was a gradual process
7+ hour, 46+ min ago (779+ words) However, archaeologist Huw S. Groucutt believes that this picture is too simplistic. In his new work, he argues that human evolution was not a sudden revolution, but a long, uneven and complex process. The various characteristics of "modern" humans did not…...
JC Library's summer readers dig into fossils
6+ hour, 36+ min ago (25+ words) Johnson City Press Plan your week with our local event calendar JC Library's summer readers dig into fossils...