Archeology
Dinosaurs weigh 3 tons but the brain is just like a dog's brain
Stegosaurus, a plant-eating dinosaur, lived in the late Jurassic period (about 155 million to 150 million years ago), mainly in the northwestern part of North America, b…
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Detecting collective dead turtle fossils
'Bone overlaps with bones, we couldn't believe our eyes,' said Oliver Wings, a paleontologist and honorary researcher at the Naturkunde museum in Berlin.
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New dinosaurs have tiny arms
Argentine experts have discovered an almost intact fossil skeleton of a new dinosaur standing on both legs and tiny arms of the Jurassic period, AFP quoted a leading pal…
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Discover the secret of the giant ancient louse
Scientists have discovered a great secret about giant lice longer than the Jurassic 2cm. They live on the sucking blood of feathered dinosaurs and hard scales on their s…
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Restoration of 'love song' from Jurassic
The love song of an extinct grasshopper species from 165 million years ago has been successfully restored by scientists.
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Excavation of dinosaur fossils dating back 135 million years
German scientists have unearthed intact dinosaur skeletal bones up to 98% dating back 135 million years.
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Found 'Jurassic mother'
The oldest fossils of most mammals today, including humans, have been discovered.
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Discover the nest of 2 extinct shark species
Researchers discovered dozens of small shark teeth next to the egg nest, indicating that the shark had existed 230 million years ago. This finding was published in the J…
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The 5-year-old girl dug snail shell 160 million years
A 5-year-old English girl accidentally
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Detecting Jurassic dinosaur bones
The skeleton of a new dinosaur, appearing on Earth about 195 million years ago, has just been discovered in South Africa.
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Jura primitive turtle can swim
According to a new study, about 164 million years ago, the first water turtle lived in lakes, on the island of Skye - Scotland.
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Dinosaurs dominated the earth completely by luck
Dinosaurs have dominated the Earth for over 160 million years, evolving into a variety of sizes and bodies suitable for different ecosystems.
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Diversity of dinosaurs has a long pedigree
The belief that dinosaurs underwent species diversification booming just before being wiped out was essentially an illusion, because the major evolution of the beasts oc…
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Find shark-eating dinosaurs in Utah
At an icy area in the state of Utah, USA in the early Jurassic period, it was recently discovered a huge yet unknown carnivorous dinosaur, a new shark species, at least…
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Detection of giant dinosaur fossils in Spain
This may be the largest animal on Earth in the late Jurassic period 150 million years ago. Turiasaurus riodevensis with fossils found in Teruel (Spain) can weigh 40 to 4…