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Video: Frozen mammoth shows signs of ancient human butchering

An extremely well preserved juvenile woolly mammoth, with its striking strawberry-blonde hair, has been discovered in a frozen ice cliff in Siberia. Analysis done on the mammoth shows signs of a lion attack, followed by early human scavengers.

In the Media by David Brydon - 2 comments

The largest dinosaur skull in Europe discovered in Spain

Teruel - The intact skull of Europe's largest dinosaur has been found in the Riodeva municipality of Aragon, Spain. The dinosaur lived 145 million years ago and weighed more than six to seven adult male elephants.

In the Media by David Brydon - 5 comments

Diffusing the theory of the exploding dinosaur

Frankfurt - The fossil of a pregnant ichthyosaur, whose embryos were found scattered around it, has bewildered paleontologists as to how such a thing could happen. One theory is that the creature exploded, but new research in decomposing humans says otherwise.

In the Media by David Brydon - 3 comments

Nest filled with baby dinosaurs found in Mongolia

In a significant discovery, scientists have uncovered a nest filled with 15 baby dinosaurs, 10 of which are complete fossil sets.

In the Media by Leigh Goessl - 2 comments

Researcher claims evidence the legendary kraken existed

Anyone who has seen the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series will distinctly remember the legendary kraken which took down Jack Sparrow.

In the Media by Leigh Goessl - 3 comments

New research uncovers earliest findings of dinosaur evolution

Two dinosaur fossils that were previously believed to be of the same species now provide insight into a remarkable transitional period from the early stages of dinosaur evolution, some 230-million years ago in Argentina's Ischigualasto valley.

In the Media by Vincent Sobotka

Study suggests flowering plants may have originated much earlier

Flowering plants, a major ecological building block, originated in an older era than scientists previously thought. This study, too, can open new avenues of exploration to learn about genetic makeups of other plant types.

In the Media by Paul Wallis

Major UK fossil find: Not only the dinosaur, but the whole environment, in one piece

An Iguanodon could have had a better day back in the Cretaceous. But for paleontologists, it couldn’t have got much better. Everything about the dino’s death, even the plants, scavengers, pollen and micro fossils have been preserved.

In the Media by Paul Wallis - 8 comments

Here come the giant sea scorpions, 390 million years ago

Sea scorpions were the Godzillas of the ancient oceans. They’re exactly what they look like: huge arthropods, ancestors of modern scorpions, and according to some, modern insects and spiders. They were the Eurypterids. The EU was underwater at the time.

In the Media by Paul Wallis - 5 comments

T. Rex Had An Advantage: The Super Bite

For some time Tyrannosaurus Rex has been getting some competition from new discoveries, and a few slurs from the element that still maintains that such big animals were mere scavengers.

In the Media by Paul Wallis - 2 comments

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