Archeology
Revealing mysteries million years inside dinosaur fossil mines
Newly discovered quarries contain fossils of many giant animals and reptiles that have been destroyed millions of years ago.
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10 misconceptions about dinosaurs
The list below will explore some of the common misconceptions about dinosaurs, and how much we already know about them, listed by NewScientist magazine.
Archeology
The mystery of the last years of mammoths
A Dutch researcher has examined the jaw of prehistoric mastodon. This 2.5 million-year-old fossil can provide an understanding of the primordial causes of primitive elep…
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Detected 3,300 years claws of the wingless prehistoric bird
Nearly three decades ago, a group of archaeologists discovered a giant bird claw in the cave on Mount Owen, New Zealand.
Archeology
Cloning animal clones from prehistoric times to create Jurassic Park
Russian scientists have begun to clone the plan of cloning animals from prehistoric times, including mammoths in the hope that the permafrost in Siberia will help them a…
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Discover extinct fish lizards 25 years ago
Fish lizards are a giant dolphin reptile that lives in the sea 248 million years ago and went extinct 25 million years ago.
Archeology
Reveal the true cause of the mammoth extinction
Recently, the results of DNA analysis of extinct animals that have been carried out on a large scale have shown that mammoths and other giant creatures that once lived i…
Archeology
The mysterious footprints of prehistoric reptiles were discovered
Scientists found animal footprints in the Archosauriforms reptile group, suggesting they prospered before and during the Great Extinction.
Archeology
Rare eggs over 100 years old to forget in the drawer
A museum manager happened to see an egg in a drawer, discovered it was collected over 100 years ago and left in the archive.
Archeology
The cause of Neanderthal extinction
Neanderthals may have died out because they did not know how to harness the power of fire at the same level as human relatives.
Archeology
Discovered 10,000-year-old mammoth ivory
A group of Russian oil workers accidentally discovered ivory and bone fragments of a mammoth, estimated at least 10,000 years old.
Archeology
Long-lived fossil bones grow thousands of 'teeth'
Known as the Altamura Man, fossil skeletons clinging to calcium patches have long become a conundrum to head archaeologists for a long time.
Archeology
Discover the most feared prehistoric terrorist bird
Scientists have discovered the most feared prehistoric carnivorous bird (also known as terrorist), named Llallawavis scagliai.
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Explore the underwater graveyard in Madagascar
A group of international experts returned from the first expedition in three flooded caves in Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, carrying large fossils to find a solution t…
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New step in reviving Woolly's long-haired mammoth
The US researchers said that the successful creation of 14 mammoth genes and implantation into elephants will bring mammoths back to Earth.