Archeology
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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Archeology
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.
Archeology
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.
Archeology
Dinosaurs stopped evolving before being extinct
Scientists have discovered that dinosaurs have stopped evolving 50 million years before being extinct. This animal has taken advantage of the habitat change of its last…
Archeology
The 380-million-year-old fish fossil carries the fetus
In 2005, the Victoria museum expedition led by Dr. John Long went to the Gogo fossil excavation site in northwestern Australia. Here they obtained strange fossils, which…
Archeology
Discover the most original 4-legged fossil fossils
Scientists have unearthed a skull of the oldest four-legged creature in history, in the stone class of Latvia. This whole specimen has intermediate characteristics betwe…
Archeology
The discovery of the mammoth elephant fossil bone in Mexico
Archaeologists from Mexico's Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have discovered in La Piedra, Queretaro state, bordering the Mexican state to the north, a preh…
Archeology
Ancient dogs play a role in bringing the deceased to the afterlife
Hundreds of prehistoric dogs excavated throughout southwestern America show that dogs and animals play an important role in ancient American beliefs.
Archeology
Giant rhino fossils in Anatolia
French scientists reported that Anatolia was not an isolated land 25 million years ago (during the Oligocene period), contrary to previous thoughts. Anatolia is a penins…
Archeology
The cause of animal evolution halts for two billion years
Scientists around the world have recreated the chemical structure changes under ancient oceans over a long geological period, between 0.5 and 2.5 billion years ago. They…
Archeology
Detected 100 million year old chiseled amber contains group of 356 animals
Paleontologists from Rennes University (France) and ESRF have discovered a group of 356 animals in completely opaque amber from the Cretaceous period in the Charentes re…
Archeology
Ancient elephant ancestors lived under water
A study shows that the genealogy of the largest animal that still exists on the ground may have roots from the water.
Archeology
Ancient statues covered with blood
Scientists claim that the Mali Empire's sculptors - a well-known wealthy empire and once a source of half the world's gold - have painted their sculptures with blood.
Archeology
The nutrient-rich diet of herbivorous dinosaurs
By falsifying the guts of the largest dinosaurs, scientists have discovered that the diet is rich in green and that these animals are more nutritious than they think. Th…
Archeology
New discovery about a stone predator
Ancient people used to exist in an environment full of enemies, from cats and wolves to giant raptors. Scientists have just added bears to the list above, prehistoric be…