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This surprising mammal fossil is giving scientists something to chew on
A 168-million-year-old platypus-like mammal relative discovered in China is reshaping scientific understanding of early mammalian evolution.
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New 99-million-year-old insect species had feeding tubes nearly twice its body length
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Rare insect discovery reveals a new species from the dinosaur age
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Sotheby’s dinosaur auction shows fossils boom is not dying out
Sotheby's is offering a rare Nanotyrannus fossil named Jodi, highlighting a robust market among ultra-wealthy collectors.
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Stunning fossil shows dinosaurs’ distinctive path to flight
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Scientists find evidence for several Earth axis shifts during the age of dinosaurs
Researchers discover geological evidence that Earth experienced multiple rapid axis shifts during the age of dinosaurs.
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Animals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than previously thought, new study suggests
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Re-evaluating molecular clock maximum age calibrations revives pre-Ediacaran divergence estimates for animals
Recent scientific studies suggest animal life may have evolved hundreds of millions of years earlier than traditional fossil evidence indicates.
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Dinosaur-Era Mammal Swam Like Platypus and Replaced Its Teeth Multiple Times
A 125-million-year-old fossil discovery in China reveals the earliest known swimming mammal with reptile-like teeth.
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Giant, feathered dinosaur with massive claws and tons of teeth found in China
A newly discovered giant, feathered dinosaur featuring massive claws and numerous teeth has been unearthed in China.
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New Feathered Dinosaur Suggests Flight Evolved More Than Once among Birds’ Closest Relatives
A remarkably complete feathered dinosaur fossil discovered in China suggests that the evolution of flight may have occurred multiple times.
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Fossil long known as world's oldest reptile dethroned
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Remarkably preserved feathered dinosaur discovered in China reveals new secrets of flying predator evolution
A newly identified feathered dinosaur discovered in China offers critical insights into the complex evolution of prehistoric flight.
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A high school teacher stumbled across two giant footprints
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Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography
Recent scientific studies combining reference genomes and fossils are reshaping current understanding of bat origins and biogeography.
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Newly Identified Frog-like Creature Named by Student Scientists After Their Moms
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An ancient human face emerges from pieced together Moroccan fossil remains
Researchers have reconstructed the face of the oldest known Homo sapiens using fossil remains discovered in Morocco dating back 315,000 years.
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First series of adult T-rex footprints reveals its walking speed
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Fossil Found in Norway Predates Dinosaurs by Millions of Years
An ancient animal fossil discovered in a Norwegian sheep field predates dinosaurs by millions of years, according to recent science coverage.
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New species of proto-amphibian described by students, named in honor of their mothers
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Scientists Just Found a Dino Artifact We’ve Never Seen Before—and It’s Answering a Major Riddle
A newly discovered trackway is providing scientists with behavioral insights into the Tyrannosaurus rex that bone fossils alone cannot reveal.
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‘Thunder beast’ that lived 45 million years ago unearthed in California beach town: scientists
Fossils identified as a prehistoric thunder beast have been unearthed at a project site in a California beach town.
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Tooth Study Shows T. Rex Was Warmblooded
Recent chemical analysis of Tyrannosaurus rex tooth enamel suggests the prehistoric predator was warm-blooded with a body temperature near 97 degrees.
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Bizarre new dinosaur with giant claws discovered in China
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New Therizinosaurian Dinosaur Unearthed in China
A bizarre new long-clawed dinosaur species, named Kayrasaurus changliensis, has been unearthed in China.
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T. rex’s teeth reveal the dinosaur’s body temperature for the first time
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A T. Rex Walked Here: Teacher Finds Rare Footprints in North Dakota
A high school teacher discovers the first-ever adult T. rex trackway in North Dakota.
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T. rex teeth indicate it ran as warm as an elephant
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Bizarre ‘unknown’ species from 240million years ago that looked like a ‘huge pig with turtles beak’ is discovered
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What looked like a rock turned out to be something almost unimaginable
An object initially mistaken for a rock turned out to be an immaculate mastodon tooth fossil, according to recent media coverage.
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The T. rex had a body temperature similar humans, study finds
Recent scientific research reveals new insights regarding the body temperature of the Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Scientists Discover T. Rex Blood Was As Hot As Human Blood, Suggesting They Were Fast-Running Predators
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Dentists Will Have a Field Day With This Tooth
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Fossil tooth analysis confirms Tyrannosaurus rex was warm-blooded
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T rex footprints unearthed in first-ever discovery 66 million years after creature walked the Earth
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New species of 240-million-year-old prehistoric animal could reshape dinosaur origins timeline
A newly discovered 240-million-year-old prehistoric animal fossil from Tanzania is shifting the established dinosaur origins timeline.
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The biggest dinosaurs couldn't sit on their eggs. Scientists say they did this instead
Recent fossil discoveries reveal how the largest dinosaurs handled incubation in cold regions.
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Some birds survived the asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs. A fossilized poop can help explain why
Fossilized dinosaur dung has yielded rare 66-million-year-old feathers, offering clues to how some birds survived the asteroid impact.
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Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area
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Diplodocus, Long Thought Exclusively American, Turns Up in Spain
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First Known Trail Of Adult T Rex Footprints Found, Reveals How Fast The Dinosaur Moved
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Archaeologists uncover feathers that shine light on 66 million-year-old dinosaur mystery
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Cave fossils in China reveal lives of mysterious human relatives
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Jurassic squid-like animal unearthed in Wyoming is “fattest” ever discovered
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Fossilized eggs of the largest known dinosaurs have been unearthed in an unexpected place
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Ancient proteins identify various Denisovan remains from Southwest China
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800 million years old - Scientists discover 'fingerprints' of supercontinent Gondwana in ancient rocks
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Ancient Bird Feather in Dino Poop May Hold Big Clues
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Gondwana really was a supercontinent—and it may have helped kickstart life on Earth
New maps reveal Gondwana was far larger than thought, reshaping its status as a supercontinent and its link to the Cambrian Explosion.
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One giant step: first known T rex footprints found in North Dakota
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Dinosaur fossil found deep underground in drill core in northern China
Geologists drilling for copper in Inner Mongolia have unexpectedly recovered a million-year-old dinosaur fossil from deep underground.
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Scientists uncover first known adult T. rex trackway dating back 66.5 million years
Scientists uncover the first known adult Tyrannosaurus rex trackway, dating back 66.5 million years.
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The 'American Cheetah' Was Actually a Different Animal All Along
Scientific coverage reveals that the extinct cat long known as the 'American cheetah' was actually a different animal.
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Exceptionally Preserved Bird Feathers Found in 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Coprolite
Recent science coverage explores how birds managed to outlive the other dinosaurs.
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Dinosaurs Had Rotten Strategy for Nesting in the Cold
Researchers put forward a new scientific theory explaining why dinosaur eggs turned up far from the equator.
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10,000-year-old fossilized mastodon found in creek
A significant paleontological discovery has emerged with the uncovering of a 10,000-year-old fossilized mastodon in a creek.
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A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived
A 66-million-year-old bird feather discovered inside fossilized dinosaur excrement may reveal why certain avian species survived the mass extinction.
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Massive Ice Age-era mastodon tooth found in California creek
A scientist surveying threatened frogs in San Mateo County unexpectedly discovered a 10,000-year-old fossilized mastodon tooth in a California creek bed.
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Enigmatic Denisovans lived by cave in what is now China for 100,000 years, rare fossils and handcrafted tools reveal
Rare fossils and handcrafted tools reveal enigmatic Denisovans lived by a Chinese cave for 100,000 years.
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Paleontologists Discover First-Ever Adult Tyrannosaurus rex Trackway
Paleontologists have uncovered the first-ever adult Tyrannosaurus rex trackway, preserved in the badlands of North Dakota.