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Discovering the Greek seabed statue helps counteract
This Greek athlete seems a bit pale on the lower chin. But if you know that this is the first part of a statue that has been underwater for 2,000 years, you will recogni…
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The brain size of a dwarf hobbit can be explained by the hippo island's life
The ancient Madagascan hippopotamus has helped to find out why the hobbits are so small, according to a report from scientists at the Natural History Museum in the Natur…
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Find the egg of Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin - evolutionary father - has collected some eggs during his trip with the HMS Beagle. One of these was rediscovered at Cambridge University (England).
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Puppy mummy in the crypt
A small package was found at the foot of an Egyptian mummy in a tomb carved with the phrase
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Is it like a hobbit in the 'Lord of the Rings'?
A recent scientific study affirmed the person of imagination of writer JRR Tolkien, author of the novel
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Find dinosaurs just as big as ... rabbits
Archaeologists have discovered traces of a rabbit-sized dinosaur.
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'Tiny' dinosaur fossils
A group of scientists from London, Cambridge and Chicago recognized and described one of the smallest dinosaur skulls ever discovered.
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Lizards spend variable
A number of small Australian lizards called ball lizards have transformed from having 5-foot to footless legs (like most snakes) in just 3.6 million years.
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Discover small dinosaurs like chickens in the United States
A University of Calgary researcher who analyzed dinosaur bones obtained after ancient bone excavations discovered a dinosaur the size of a chicken.
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Ingredients in the gut reveal the diet of dinosaurs
An analysis of the fossil's inner composition of an unusually well-preserved small dinosaur showed that the last meal included a lot of thoroughly chewed and digested le…
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Sahara used to be green and inhabited
Scientists have just discovered the skeleton of a small woman hugging two children, lying on a flower bed 5000 years ago in the barren Sahara desert today.
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Inca brain surgery of the form of
According to a new study, ancient Peruvian Inca surgeons often succeeded in removing a small portion of the patient's skull to treat head injuries.
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Discover the most original 4-legged fossil fossils
Scientists have unearthed a skull of the oldest four-legged creature in history, in the stone class of Latvia. This whole specimen has intermediate characteristics betwe…
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Huge mammals live harder, become extinct faster
Throughout the history of the earth, many species appear and disappear, replaced by new species capable of coping with a better life challenge. But some species survive…
Archeology
Detect toothpicks in ancient gold
Experts have found a small gold tool that has the function of flossing, as well as a tool to get hands. The item, dating back 385 years, belongs to a Spanish warship wre…