Ancient Reptile Had Mammal-Like Tooth Enamel – “Strangest Teeth Ever Seen”
Priosphenodon specimens found in Argentina show the Late Cretaceous reptile evolved to have resilient tooth enamel similar to that in mammals. A new study by…
Priosphenodon specimens found in Argentina show the Late Cretaceous reptile evolved to have resilient tooth enamel similar to that in mammals. A new study by…
Scientists from the University of Bristol and the University of Zurich have shown that the Titanichthys — a giant armored fish that lived in the seas…
New ancient genomic research reveals information about human history in China. Newly released genomes from Neolithic East Asia have unveiled a missing piece of human…
Archaeological sites on the far southern shores of South Africa hold the world’s richest records for the behavioral and cultural origins of our species. At…
Research finds leg length gave giant predatory dinosaurs the advantage of efficiency, not speed as previously thought. Long legs may make good runners, but they’re…
Cassowaries are big flightless birds with blue heads and dinosaur-looking feet; they look like emus that time forgot, and they’re objectively terrifying. They’re also, along…
The Oldest Upper Paleolithic Homo Sapiens in Europe Two studies report new Homo sapiens fossils from the site of Bacho Kiro Cave in Bulgaria. “The Bacho Kiro…
Turns out, you really can’t believe everything you see in the movies. A new University of Wisconsin Oshkosh analysis of raptor teeth published in the…
Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known example of a squid-like creature attacking its prey, in a fossil dating back almost 200 million years. The…
Researchers have discovered an ancient plant species whose reproductive biology captures the evolution from one to two spore sizes – an essential transition to the…
Adalatherium identified as part of enigmatic Southern Hemisphere mammalian group that lived at the time of dinosaurs. Several years ago, Guillermo Rougier, Ph.D., professor in…
International team of researchers, led by David Krause, senior paleontologist at Denver Museum of Nature & Science and longtime Stony Brook U. professor, discover 66-million-year-old…
Paleontologist and National Geographic Explorer finds unique swimming adaptations in a dinosaur. Scientists have long opposed the idea that dinosaurs lived in aquatic habitats. Now,…
A new way of looking at marine evolution over the past 540 million years has shown that levels of biodiversity in our oceans have remained…
The Kem Kem beds in Morocco are famous for the spectacular fossils found there, including at least four large-bodied non-avian theropods, several large-bodied pterosaurs, and…
100 million years ago, ferocious predators, including flying reptiles and crocodile-like hunters, made the Sahara the most dangerous place on Earth. This is according to…
International team of researchers traces the history of brain evolution from tyrannosaurs to modern crows. An international team of evolutionary biologists and paleontologists have reconstructed…
Pterosaurs were the largest animals ever to fly. They soared the skies for 160 million years–much longer than any species of modern bird. Despite their…