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Huge giant turtle by car
Archeology

Huge giant turtle by car

Archaeologists have found fossils of giant turtles living in South America 60 million years ago. This fossil was discovered at a coal mine in Colombia called Carbomemys…

December 17, 2018
The Rhine is older than we thought
Archeology

The Rhine is older than we thought

German researchers say fossil evidence shows the Rhine, one of Europe's major rivers, 5 million years older than the original, according to UPI news agency.

December 17, 2018
Discover dinosaurs just as big as wolves
Archeology

Discover dinosaurs just as big as wolves

American paleontologists said they found fossilized 130 million-year-old Utah carnivorous national park in Utah's national park, just like a North American coyote, accor…

December 17, 2018
New dinosaurs have tiny arms
Archeology

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…

December 17, 2018
Dinosaurs do not disappear?
Archeology

Dinosaurs do not disappear?

The first two authors of this study, Associate Professor Arkhat Abzhanov - an evolutionary biologist at Harvard University and Dr. Bhart Anjan Bhullar, found evidence th…

December 17, 2018
Finding fossil dinosaur eggs in Argentina
Archeology

Finding fossil dinosaur eggs in Argentina

This discovery will allow us to better understand the reproductive form of the Alvaresauridos, one of the most mysteriously known dinosaurs ever. Dr. Fernando Novas, of…

December 17, 2018
Detecting huge crocodiles, swallowing people
Archeology

Detecting huge crocodiles, swallowing people

Researcher Christopher Brochu of the University of Iowa has discovered that a huge new crocodile species can swallow people who once lived in East Africa. According to t…

December 17, 2018
Find the smallest mammoth
Archeology

Find the smallest mammoth

Researchers on May 9 said they have discovered the existence of the smallest mammoth on the island of Crete millions of years ago. This adult species is about the size o…

December 17, 2018
Chinese pandas are originally from Europe
Archeology

Chinese pandas are originally from Europe

With the discovery of fossil teeth belonging to the relatives of giant Chinese pandas today, scientists believe that the ancestors of giant pandas could have originated…

December 17, 2018
Detecting fossils of human bones living on trees
Archeology

Detecting fossils of human bones living on trees

American scientists have discovered fossil bones fossil of prehistoric Australopithecus afarensis living 3.9-1.9 million years ago. This person may be the direct ancesto…

December 17, 2018
70 million year old dinosaur fossils
Archeology

70 million year old dinosaur fossils

Paleontologist, Fernando Novas, of the research team (fossil discovery with two Argentine scientists, Federico Agnolin and Jaime Powel), said the skeleton was found to h…

December 17, 2018
Fossil creatures 65 million years old
Archeology

Fossil creatures 65 million years old

Recently, archaeologists discovered an ancient set of fossils, which existed about 65 million years ago. The fossil set is found in South Dakota and North America cliffs…

December 17, 2018