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40, 000-Year-Old: The World's Oldest Boomerang Was Carved From Mammoth Ivory
6+ hour, 22+ min ago (248+ words) Location, entrance, and stratigraphy of Ob'azowa Cave, Poland. Panel A shows the geographic location of the cave; Panel B shows the western and main cave entrances; Panel C illustrates the site's archaeological stratigraphy. (Talamo et al. , PLOS ONE/CC BY…...
Diminutive species 'the Hobbit' did not hunt or control fire, deepening the mystery of its ancestry, dwarf elephant bones reveal
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (458+ words) The extinct human species Homo floresiensis was a scavenger, not a hunter, an analysis of fossil animal bones reveals. The diminutive, now-extinct humans known as the "hobbits" were scavengers who dined on dwarf elephants after Komodo dragons took the best…...
A rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica is found tucked away in a drawer
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (59+ words) Click2 Houston 3 men acquitted in killing of journalist shot while covering Northern Ireland protest Preliminary report didn't flag an engine failure before a skydiving plane crash that killed 12 Puppy love as dog walker turns his pack of 13 into Argentina jersey-clad World…...
Mongolia's 120-million-year-old giant footprints reveal a forgotten dinosaur world
3+ hour ago (362+ words) The Times of India For decades, Mongolia's reputation in dinosaur research has rested largely on its spectacular Late Cretaceous fossils Famous skeletons from the Gobi Desert have provided some of the most important discoveries in palaeontology, while older dinosaur ecosystems…...
Scientists Found a Rare Fossil Hidden in German Limestone, It Revealed a New Species That Flew 150 Million Years Ago
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (470+ words) An extraordinary fossil discovery in Germany is drawing the attention of paleontologists. Its remarkable state of preservation is revealing details that are rarely seen in the fossil record. A nearly complete pterosaur fossil uncovered in southern Germany has been identified…...
First Southern Ground Hornbill was born in Portugal
5+ hour, 10+ min ago (301+ words) The Zoo de Lagos announces the birth of a Southern Ground Hornbill, the first chick of this species to be born in a Portuguese zoo." By Bruno G. Santos, in News, Good News, Algarve " 03 Jul 2026, 14: 03 " 0 Comments In a press release sent…...
Conspiracy theorists maintain dinosaurs are just propaganda
6+ hour, 35+ min ago (568+ words) Persistent, but popular, social media posts claim there is no proof dinosaurs once roamed the Earth " saying instead they were'created as propaganda to validate the theory of evolution. The conspiracy theory ignores extensive fossil records that prove dinosaurs were very…...
First ever dinosaur found in Antarctica described for science " Alaska Native News
9+ hour, 18+ min ago (577+ words) Dinosaur backbone is the first found on the icy continent, and belongs to a titanosaur around 67 meters in length. The first ever dinosaur fossil found on the Antarctic continent has been described for science. The fossil, a vertebra, was found…...
First Antarctic dinosaur fossil confirmed nearly 40 years after discovery
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (372+ words) Trusted news from Europe's newsroom A bone discovered almost 40 years ago during a British scientific expedition has now been officially identified as the first dinosaur fossil ever found in Antarctica. The find is a vertebra from a titanosaur, a group…...
Naturalist to separate reptile myths from facts at Lanier Library
6+ hour, 39+ min ago (306+ words) Published 8: 40 am Friday, July 3, 2026 TRYON'Area residents will have the opportunity to test their knowledge of reptiles and learn more about some of the region's most misunderstood creatures during an upcoming program at Lanier Library. As part of the Felburn Nature…...