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…
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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…
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Discover new fossils related to crocodiles today
The fossil believed to be the link between the prehistoric crocodile and the crocodile today has just been shown for the first time. Paleontologist Felipe Mesquita de Va…
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Conflict about the origin of birds
The new study suggests that birds today date back to 100 million years ago - a long time before dinosaurs became extinct.
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Discovered a new giant duck-billed dinosaur in Mexico
According to scientists, a new crested duck-billed dinosaur was discovered in Mexico. The discovery of a 72-million-year-old fossil has contributed to the diversity of d…
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The big sea monster never seen
The fossil of a giant excavated sea reptile on an arctic island, belongs to the largest marine reptile that science has ever known, Norwegian scientists announced. The 1…
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Six species of prehistoric bats were discovered in Egypt
Scientists claim six new ancient bat species dating back 35 million years have just been discovered in Egypt. New species discovered by analysts 33 fossil specimens incl…
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Ancient Kago does not know how to dance
A 25-million-year-old fossil revealed that the ancestors of Australia's iconic guava, which had been galloping on all fours, had canine-like fangs, and could even climb…
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France used to be a tropical forest
In what is now Champs Elysee boulevard, the Eiffel Tower and neighboring vineyards, there used to be a dense forest like Amazon.
Archeology
Ancient pandas and monkeys used to compete for food
New fossils discovered that half a million years ago pandas and ancient monkeys had to compete for shelter and food in the southern coast of China. According to Huang Wa…
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The explosions of life
600 million years ago, just before the Cambrian century many multicellular life forms appeared through evidence of fossils in Ediacara.
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Mating dinosaurs before adulthood
An interesting new discovery shows that an ancient species like dinosaurs also showed signs of mating before adulthood. Scientists discovered inside fossil bones of 3 di…
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Detection of giant mouse fossils
An amateur paleontologist has just found in Uruguay the skull of a giant-sized prehistoric rat that lived about 4 million years ago.
Archeology
Injured dinosaur fossils provide lots of valuable information
A recently discovered fossil in China has provided scientists with a rare anatomical structure of dinosaurs. The grass Psittacosaurus has thick skin like shark skin that…
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China discovered skull fossils almost completely
The Chinese central media has just announced the most magnificent archaeological discovery since the discovery of the Beijing gibbon. It is an almost complete skull foss…