Archeology
Dinosaurs dominated the earth completely by luck
Dinosaurs have dominated the Earth for over 160 million years, evolving into a variety of sizes and bodies suitable for different ecosystems.
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Ancient amphibians have large teeth
In prehistoric times there was a crocodile-like carnivore that resided in the Antarctic region about 240 million years ago with large fangs at the edges of the mouth and…
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Discovered the skeleton of one of the earliest victims of tuberculosis
The skeleton of a man was discovered in a grave in a place that is now becoming a British university campus. It is probably the skeleton of one of the first victims of t…
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Norse people eat seals and dolphins
According to a new study, prehistoric Neanderthal diets live in caves on Rock of Gibraltar including seal and dolphin meat.
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Discover small dinosaurs like chickens in the United States
A University of Calgary researcher who analyzed dinosaur bones obtained after ancient bone excavations discovered a dinosaur the size of a chicken.
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Ancient geese have hard teeth like bones
The 50 million-year-old skull revealed that the giant bird with a 5-meter wingspan, relatives of ducks and geese, had a rather strange trait: their beaks had bone-like h…
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Ingredients in the gut reveal the diet of dinosaurs
An analysis of the fossil's inner composition of an unusually well-preserved small dinosaur showed that the last meal included a lot of thoroughly chewed and digested le…
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The dinosaur is as big as a bird-like respiratory bus
A huge carnivorous dinosaur that lived 85 million years ago has a respiratory system very similar to today's birds, according to an archaeological analysis revealed, thi…
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Winged dinosaurs can't fly
In movies, they flutter in the air with tremendous speed. But in fact, flying dinosaurs can hardly escape the ground because it is too heavy.
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New dinosaur species have horns in Alberta, Canada
The newly unearthed fossil reveals a group of dinosaurs killed in the disaster that happened 72.5 million years ago.
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The earliest footprint of animals
The fossil record of an aquatic animal shows that animals are walking at least 30 million years earlier than expected.
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Write the Bible to make the clergy poisoned
Medieval bones from six different Danish cemeteries show that clergy - those who write the Bible and other religious documents - may have been exposed to toxic mercury,…
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Explore the ancient Egyptian residential area
A well-preserved mud brick residential area in southern Egypt is providing valuable information about Egyptian daily life 3000 years ago.
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Discover rare mummies with strange artifacts and tattoos
The male mummy discovered in the town of Rontoy in Peru has pieces of metal on his eyes - this is a sign of his social position. The mummy was removed from the cloth in…