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Scientists Just Found a Fossil That Doesn’t Belong to Any Known Life Form — What Is It?
A bizarre 400-million-year-old fossil may not be a plant, animal, or even a fungus. Known asPrototaxites, this extinct ...
Archaeologists find 'Pit of the Bones' containing thousands of ancient human fossils
The intricate cave system perched deep in an isolated stretch of Spanish mountains contained the remains of an ancient and ...
New Fossil Discovery Challenges Assumptions About Early Human Size
Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was also extremely small and ...
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Fossil teeth discovery may explain why humans have such long childhoods
Humans stand apart from many other primates by taking more time to mature, relying on a supportive network during a long ...
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Construction At A Los Angeles High School Reveals Millions Of Prehistoric Fossils In A ‘Once-In-A-Century’ Discovery
Millions of years ago, Los Angeles was underwater, a vast prehistoric sea teeming with creatures that largely don't exist ...
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Bizarre fossil may have been an entirely new type of life
Chemical analysis suggests the 400-million-year-old fossil Prototaxites was neither plant, animal or fungus – hinting at a ...
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30,000-year-old fossilized vulture feathers 'nothing like what we usually see' preserved in volcanic ash
"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ...
A fossilized gathering of ancient crustacean reveals new insights into their lives
Rare evidence about the lives of an ancient group of arthropods has been uncovered in the U.S. The findings of the study are ...
We found the only kangaroo that doesn’t hop – and it can teach us how roos evolved their quirky gait
As the only living macropodoid (the group that includes kangaroos, wallabies, potoroos and bettongs) that doesn’t hop, they can provide a crucial insight into how and when this iconic form of ...
Sand-sized fossils may hold secrets to the history of climate change
Between 18,000 and 11,000 years ago, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere suddenly shot up. This caused rapid ...
A 30,000-Year-Old Fossil Frozen in Volcanic Ash Holds an Unbelievable Secret
Paleontologists have unveiled a 30,000-year-old vulture fossil in Italy, preserved in volcanic ash, showcasing microscopic ...
Wind and solar firms have a pitch for Trump: ‘You’re going to need us’
As President Donald Trump works to blunt the growth of wind and solar power and expand fossil fuel production in the United States, the renewable energy industry is making a new pitch: You need us.