Archeology
Many pet creatures are 'living fossils' from lost supercontinents
Scientists have discovered the shocking origin of creatures that are both found in nature and farmed by humans around the world: They are
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Archeology
Lost continent found after 375 years
It took scientists 375 years to discover the world's eighth continent.
Archeology
Discover how dinosaurs existed with the rigors of ancient Gondwana
Scientists have discovered a stunning collection of fossil feathers revealing how some dinosaurs kept warm during the ancient Gondwana supercontinent in the southern hem…
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Why can't we unearth the pyramids in Antarctica?
We already know that the Antarctic area is 14.2 million square kilometers, which is twice as wide as Australia, so it is considered the 5th continent on the planet.
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The sunken island in Australia is the result of the change of the supercontinent Gondwana
Researchers from the University of Sydney, Macquarie University and University of Tasmania, Australia, led a group of international researchers who discovered two sunken…
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Supercontinent Pangea is formed like?
Perhaps the supercontinents were formed when a hot rock stream erupted from deep within the earth between the continents, pushing them apart until all the land on the ea…
Archeology
The mysteries of the ancient supercontinent of the Earth
More than a century ago, German scientist Alfred Wegener (1880-1930) proposed the idea of an ancient supercontinent after combining some evidence together.
Archeology
Antarctic forest before the great extinction 252 million years ago
Traces of prehistoric Antarctic forests can help scientists understand more about the Permian extinction event - Triassic.
Archeology
Fish fossil detection dates back to 240 million years
The report of the Argentine Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) announced on October 9 that the fossil was found in the eastern province of Mendoza.
Archeology
Researchers have discovered a tool of fungi, 115 million years old
About 115 million years ago, on the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, a small mushroom fell into the river and was swept into a saltwater lagoon, where it was buried in s…
Archeology
Discover the oldest scorpion fossil
Archaeologists have discovered a 350-million-year-old scorpion fossil in South Africa, considered the oldest animal fossil ever lived on the ancient continent of Gondwan…
Archeology
Excavating strange creatures 500 million years old
The fossil creature shaped like a cigar, lived 520 million years ago was discovered by paleontologist Andrew Smith of the Natural History Museum and colleagues in the se…
Archeology
Secrets of the separation process of the ancient supercontinent
In an article published in Geophysical Journal International, Dr. Graeme Eagles of the Department of Earth Sciences at Royal Holloway - University of London revealed how…
Animal world
Australia - the original land of alligators
According to Australian researchers, the ancestors of alligators (American alligator and caïman) probably appeared on the supercontinent Gondwana, located in the souther…