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Chinese fossil shows internal organs of prehistoric marine reptile
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (669+ words) Friday July 31, 2026 Scientists have discovered a fossil in China of a long-necked marine reptile from 245 million years ago that is so well preserved that it reveals the animal's stomach, liver and intestines, providing an unparalleled look at reptilian internal anatomy…...
Study shows prehistoric people targeted female mammoths
3+ hour, 34+ min ago (629+ words) Devdiscourse Study shows prehistoric people targeted female mammoths New research reveals that Ice Age people in Eurasia and North America selectively hunted female woolly mammoths, with 70% of mammoth bones from accumulation sites found to be from females. Woolly mammoths were…...
WATCH: Plane Records Stolen Sinclair Dino Carried Home
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (177+ words) You might recall the story of the Sinclair gas station green dinosaur that was stolen from in front of the shop in Alcova, Wyoming. That dino was never returned. Recently, there was the story of just such a dino that…...
Teen Summer Reading ends with prehistoric challenge at Homewood library
11+ hour, 14+ min ago (135+ words) Image courtesy of Homewood Public Library Homewood Public Library will wrap up its Teen Summer Reading program with "The Bone Game Part 2" on Friday, Aug. 7, from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Large Auditorium. Designed for students in grades 6-12, the finale builds on the…...
40,000-year-old mammoth ivory bird figurines from Hohle Fels are among the smallest Ice Age carvings | Archaeology News Online Magazine
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (432+ words) Hohle Fels lies inside the UNESCO World Heritage site known as the Caves and Ice Age Art of the Swabian Jura. The cave has produced some of the oldest known figurative art, along with early flutes carved from bone and…...
North Dakota mammoth dig unearths ‘rare’ array of bones from beneath garage
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (903+ words) A mammoth excavation under a northwest North Dakota garage is unearthing a more complete prehistoric beast than paleontologists had hoped for when the discovery was made in the 1980s. The excavation in Burke County is being spearheaded by the North Dakota…...
70-million-year-old mammal fossil discovered in Mongolia rewrites the story of early mammal evolution
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (489+ words) The Times of India...
Study shows prehistoric people targeted female mammoths | Science-Environment
3+ hour, 34+ min ago (808+ words) Study shows prehistoric people targeted female mammoths Devdiscourse Study shows prehistoric people targeted female mammoths New research reveals that Ice Age people in Eurasia and North America selectively hunted female woolly mammoths, with 70% of mammoth bones from accumulation sites found…...
The Danube Mammoth Lived About 10,000 Years Ago
5+ hour, 15+ min ago (465+ words) Jul 31, 2026 10:20 42 The unprecedentedly low level of the Danube River has revealed unexpected finds. Remains of a mammoth - a lower jaw, parts of a femur, tusks and dozens of bone fragments - have surfaced from the bottom of the river near the…...