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Jurassic Farm Dino Fest | North Abington Twp., PA | September 13
1+ week, 3+ day ago (236+ words) DiscoverNEPA is a free regional marketing initiative dedicated to promoting Northeastern Pennsylvania's quality of life, events, businesses, and attractions. Founded in 2016, DiscoverNEPA encourages residents to stay in the region, recruits talented individuals, and cultivates awareness of local nonprofits and communities…...
Denisovan remains dating back up to 167,000 years found in China
7+ hour, 58+ min ago (354+ words) Denisovan remains dating back 134,000 to 167,000 years have been discovered in Bianfu Cave in Yunnan Province in southwestern China. Two studies published in the journal Nature on September 9 also describe the stone tools and way of life of this group of…...
World's first museum devoted to prehistoric flying reptiles opens in NW China's Xinjiang - Chinadaily.com.cn
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (216+ words) URUMQI - A science museum focused on pterosaurs, a winged reptile closely related to dinosaurs, opened on Sunday in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in Northwest China. The world's first of its kind, this museum is located in a national geopark in…...
World's first museum devoted to prehistoric flying reptiles opens in NW China's Xinjiang
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (216+ words) URUMQI - A science museum focused on pterosaurs, a winged reptile closely related to dinosaurs, opened on Sunday in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in Northwest China. The world's first of its kind, this museum is located in a national geopark in…...
Family seeks answers after a memorial dinosaur statue was stolen from their yard
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (191+ words) fox21online.com A Grand Rapids woman is seeking answers after a Sinclair dinosaur statue was stolen from her yard. The dinosaur was memorial for her teenage son who died in a car accident in 2019. - Today in History: September 13, Rabin and Arafat…...
Brazil fossil lost for 20 years helps identify new reptile species from 240 million years ago
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (550+ words) AI-generated illustration of Silescelida acristata, a reptile that lived around 240 million years ago in what is now southern Brazil A fossil fragment that disappeared for around two decades has helped scientists identify a previously unknown reptile that lived about 240 million…...
A 68 million year old fossil egg from Antarctica changes how we view ancient marine reptiles
19+ hour, 58+ min ago (344+ words) When the fossil was first spotted on Seymour Island in 2011, no one knew what it was. The structure was flattened and paper-thin, unlike the rigid shells typically preserved in the fossil record. For years, it resisted classification. Nearly a decade…...
T-Rex footprint trail thought to be world's first found by schoolteacher in astonishing dinosaur discovery
11+ hour, 9+ min ago (494+ words) WATCH: Mind-blowing archaeology discoveries which bring history back to life The findings have unlocked an 'incredibly rare' insight into the ferocious reptilian predator A schoolteacher has stumbled across what's thought to be the world's first set of T-Rex footprints. The…...
Understanding Left-Handedness: Myths, Facts, and Neurological Insights
9+ hour, 42+ min ago (62+ words) In good hands bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com - Experts bust myths about differences between brains of left and right-handed folks: There is no need to force kids to go against what their brain chooses, they say, while adding that only disadvantage is…...
Cave fossils in China reveal lives of mysterious human relatives
13+ hour, 6+ min ago (912+ words) Estimated read time: 7-8 minutes Archaeologists excavating a cave in southwestern China have unearthed fossilized remains that belonged to an enigmatic population of extinct hominins, revealing new details about their long-lost way of life. The new haul — which includes four teeth,…...