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CH Dominica: Detecting fossils of ancient orchids
Archeology

CH Dominica: Detecting fossils of ancient orchids

American researchers have discovered ancient orchid fossils adhering to a queen bee in a piece of amber in CH Dominica. Rare and precious pieces of amber, dating from 15…

December 17, 2018
For the first time exhibitions of human ancestors
Archeology

For the first time exhibitions of human ancestors

Lucy, the most famous nester of humankind, will be exhibiting for the first time in the US this week (Aug. 31) despite criticism that the 3.2-million-year-old skeleton i…

December 17, 2018
China: Discovering fossils of dragons
Archeology

China: Discovering fossils of dragons

Who said dragons are fictional animals that exist only in legend? Since 1996, Chinese archaeologists have found the intact fossil skeleton of a dragon with two sharp hor…

December 17, 2018
Ninh bone dinosaur made soup
Archeology

Ninh bone dinosaur made soup

Villagers in a central region of China for the past two decades have dug bones, crushed them or crushed them into powder, claiming that they are bones of the dragon and…

December 17, 2018
The first Australian residents lived in isolation
Archeology

The first Australian residents lived in isolation

According to geneticists, the Australian and Melanesia indigenous peoples in Papua New Guinea may be descended from the same modern human branch from Africa some 50,000…

December 17, 2018
Swimming dinosaurs
Archeology

Swimming dinosaurs

Fossil footprints left by dinosaurs at the bottom of a river in northern Spain are a strong evidence that at least a few dinosaurs were excellent swimmers.

December 17, 2018
Find identical dinosaurs ... chickens
Archeology

Find identical dinosaurs ... chickens

One of the world's leading fossil hunters revealed a giant dinosaur shaped like a chicken. The result may change the evolutionary theory of prehistoric animals.

December 17, 2018
Finding dinosaurs living in caves
Archeology

Finding dinosaurs living in caves

Fossil hunters found traces of tiny dinosaurs nesting in a cave. The discovery shows that the once-dominant Earth reptiles may have chosen a place to live

December 17, 2018
Whale fossils found in vineyards
Archeology

Whale fossils found in vineyards

The largest whale fossil was discovered in Italy in one of the country's best vineyards. The five-million-year-old whale skeleton, 10 meters long, was dug up in Tuscany,…

December 17, 2018
Ancient crocodiles swim like fish
Archeology

Ancient crocodiles swim like fish

Fossils of a massive amphibian with crocodile body and fish tail have been unearthed in Oregon, USA. Scientists believe that the body of the creature has been moved in t…

December 17, 2018