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Ice Age woolly mammoth found likely butchered by hunters
35+ min ago (178+ words) The mammoth's tusk at the excavation site in Taimering, Germany. (BLf D via SWNS) A recently discovered woolly mammoth was likely butchered by Ice Age hunters around 25, 000 years ago, according to new research. Recovery of the first left rib from…...
Dinopalooza 2026
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (38+ words) Field Museum Museum open today 9: 00 am to 9: 00 pm, last entry 8: 00 pm. Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day Museum is located at: 1400 S. Du Sable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605...
The Evolutionary Baseline:" From Primates to the Current Humans
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (195+ words) To understand the modern crisis of "bad cholesterol'specifically Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C)we must look at our evolutionary design. Biologically, humans are "the fat primate. While our closest living relatives, like chimpanzees and rhesus monkeys, maintain a total body fat…...
62-mln-year-old fossil site in Egypt reveals rapid rise of modern marine fish after dinosaur extinction - Society - Egypt
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (419+ words) A newly published international study led by Egypt's Mansoura University has uncovered one of the most significant fossil sites ever found in the Eastern Desert, offering fresh insight into how modern marine ecosystems emerged after the extinction of the dinosaurs....
Unearth a story at Huntington Children's Library
5+ hour, 51+ min ago (203+ words) thedailystar. com Oneonta Pridefest celebrates LGBTQ community Bainbridge residents warned to boil water Donna Foote Library Life Our Summer Reading Program is almost here! Join us on Friday, June 26, from 5: 306: 30 p. m. in the lower level of Huntington Park for our Summer…...
Field Museum: Pok'mon Fossil Museum
41+ min ago (58+ words) WGN-TV Pok'mon fans from all over the country were in Chicago this weekend for the Pok'mon Go Fest! Chicago was the perfect place for the fest. . Because our very own field museum just opened a new Pok'mon exhibit. Spotlight Chicago…...
Snake River School Community Library offering dinosaur-themed reading challenge
10+ hour, 51+ min ago (57+ words) Idaho State Journal MORELAND " The Snake River School Community Library's summer reading program, themed "Unearth A Story" this year, has just gotten underway, and there is lots of fun to be had and some cool prizes to win. Unlock the…...
Paleontologists Just Identified New Four-Winged Predators That Dominated the Canopy and Forced Ancient Birds to Fear the Trees
6+ hour, 51+ min ago (450+ words) Jian is special because it's a rare 3 D-preserved fossil, giving researchers an unprecedented look at the dinosaur's shoulder and forelimb structure. Most microraptor fossils are crushed flat, but this one kept its shape, offering fresh clues about how these creatures…...
If Grackles Had Teeth!
7+ hour, 35+ min ago (272+ words) Each morning through much of May, I had a few reliable visitors check out the suet block and the sunflower cache, stored in a few bird feeders near by. Announcing their presence with a clearly audible screech, not unlike that…...
Machine operator notices strange marks on the floor of a quarry in Oxfordshire and reveals 200 dinosaur footprints that are 166 million years old, exposing the largest track site ever found in the UK under a layer that appeared to be just ordinary rock.
12+ hour, 33+ min ago (990+ words) From that moment, teams from the universities of Oxford and Birmingham coordinated an excavation with more than 100 scientists, students, and volunteers, who worked for an entire week at the site. The result was the identification of five extensive tracks with…...