Paleontologists

Fri, 2018-08-03

Sharks began evolving differently after the extinction of many dinosaurs, possibly caused by an asteroid strike about 66...

Thu, 2018-08-02

In particular the question mark was hovering over the skeletons of a strange, ancient fish family called heterostracan, but now UK scientists say they've cracked it, declaring the 400 million-year-old fossils to be the oldest examples of bone ever found....

Thu, 2018-08-02

The stunned workers came across around 30 different impressions that are believed to have come from a herd of gigantic sauropods as they...

Tue, 2018-07-31

The message of the 1993 documentary film Jurassic Park was subtle – buried in dense symbolism for the viewer to tease out...

Sun, 2018-07-29

University of Kansas bone hunter Kris Super prowled the base of steep-edged hills in the Hell Creek formation for evidence to solve mysteries millions of years in the making.

Sun, 2018-07-29

The whale bones are thought to be 4 to 7 million years old and are possibly from a previously undiscovered species of prehistoric whale.

Sun, 2018-07-29

Annual summer camp on Old Crow River digs up a treasure trove of Ice Age bones.

 

Fri, 2018-07-27

Paleontologists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have confirmed the fossils belong to a dinosaur species named ...

Thu, 2018-07-26

The bone is actually the thigh bone of a long-extinct aquatic herbivore belonging to the genus Paleoparadoxia. The hippo-like creature isn’t nearly as old as the dinosaurs, but it might be just as interesting.

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