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Detecting ancient whale fossils with strange shapes
Researchers have recently discovered evidence of a giant living under the ocean more than 500 million years ago.
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Mammoths are malformed when near extinction
While studying the collection of twisted feather mammoth fossils in several European museums, experts discovered they often had birth defects when near extinction.
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Beer has yeast extracted from whale fossils 35 million years
Researchers have discovered the yeast that makes beer on whale fossils for 35 million years ...
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Scan CT for ancient fossil analysis
Scientists in California (USA) have used CT scanning technology to record an impressive detailed image of an Ice Age bee, preserved inside a nest made of ancient leaves.
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Europe's largest carnivorous dinosaur
Dinosaur fossils found in Portugal date back to 150 million years and are identified as the largest carnivorous dinosaur in Europe.
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The strange reptile has hundreds of needle-like teeth
A creature with teeth has hundreds of sharp needles like new ones discovered by Chinese paleontologists.
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Tyrannosaurus rex has little cousins
According to a recent study, Tyrannosaurus rex tyrants have one
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Find new dinosaurs that have crests like chickens
Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur. The fossils of dinosaurs show that they look like a chicken, especially in the crest.
Archeology
The oldest fossil of rod-shaped insects
A group of scientists said they had found a color-coded insect fossil with nearby plants. This sample dates back to 126 million years.
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Found mammoth ivory in the middle of American streets
When digging water pipes in Seattle, USA on February 11, workers found mammoth ivory 10,000 years ago.
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Detecting fossil prehistoric monsters died during childbirth
Scientists have excavated the fossil 250 million years of a giant prehistoric animal that died while giving birth.
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Discovering the first dinosaur fossil in Malaysia
A Malaysian university on February 19 discovered the teeth of a fish-eating dinosaur that existed at least 75 million years ago.
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Decipher the mysterious death at the 9 million year old whale cemetery
The mysteries associated with a 9 million-year-old whale graveyard in the Atacama desert located next to the Pan-American highway in Chile were finally revealed.
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British people rushed to hunt for ancient treasures on the coast
Jurassic coast in Dorset has dozens of new diggers every day to hunt treasure after a huge set of sea reptile fossils are found here.
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Aquaculture dolphin and whale teeth
New Zealand scientists have found a fossil belonging to a previously unknown dolphin species.