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Fossil animal feces reveal a secret ancient ecosystem
New research results on 30 million-year-old fossil animal feces of a giant mammal in South America reveal evidence that complex ecological interactions.
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The oldest animal fossil
The common concept is that the first animals evolved from the sea.
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Find the bones of 'water monsters' in England
Archaeologists are assembling fossil skeletons of a strange giant animal that once lived in the English Channel 200 million years ago.
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The erupting ancient volcano caused a global extinction disaster
A previously unknown volcanic eruption has led to a global extinction disaster that occurred 260 million years ago. But recently it has been forced by Leeds University s…
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The extinct lemur was discovered in Madagascar
The third species of the Palaeopropithecus extinct group of lemurs has just been discovered by the Franco-Madagascan team in northwest Madagascar.
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The North Pole sinks in the dark winter 53 million years ago
The ancestors of tapirs and ancient relatives of rhinos above the Arctic Ring 53 million years ago lived in the darkness for 6 months each year with more mild weather co…
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Detects animals they are 12 million years old with many modern facial features
Scientists in Spain discovered the jaw bone and fossil face bone of a gibbon breed that lived in the Middle Miocene, about 12 million years ago.
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Ancient creatures exist in the Arctic winter
Sexually reproducing plants and hippopotamus animals once lived prosperously in the Arctic, where only tundra and white bears remain.
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Piranha fossil is 3 feet long
If you think piranha is a scary fish, you should be glad that Megapiranha no longer exists.
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Finding fossil animal bones in Lao Cai
A group of scientists from Vietnam Institute of Archeology and Lao Cai Provincial Museum have found fossil bones of many rare and precious animals.
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Discover the oldest dinosaur protein
A recent study has found that fossil feet of platypus dinosaurs living 80 million years ago have the oldest proteins stored in soft tissues.
Archeology
Finding dinosaur-like skeletons in Binh Thuan
While digging a mango hole, people in Binh Thuan discovered an animal skeleton with a strange, big shape that looked like a prehistoric dinosaur bone.
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Fossil turtle pregnant
Paleontologists said they discovered the fossil of a turtle about 75 million years old.
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Detecting common ancestor fossils of humans and modern primates
Scientists have recently discovered ancestral fossils of humans with a lifespan of 47 million years. Unearthed at Messel Pit, Germany, this fossil named Darwinius masill…
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Ida fossils were exaggerated
Scientists seem to regularly mold themselves, and sometimes push themselves to obscurity. Those times also make a little noise.