Evidence of Hominin Cannibalism: Humans’ Evolutionary Relatives Butchered One Another 1.45 Million Years Ago
Cut marks on a fossil leg bone belonging to a relative of modern humans were made by stone tools and could be evidence of cannibalism….
Cut marks on a fossil leg bone belonging to a relative of modern humans were made by stone tools and could be evidence of cannibalism….
A killer, yes. But analysis of tooth minerals reveals how the warm-blooded predator maintained its body temperature. Researchers have determined that the extinct megalodon shark…
A recent study by the University of Southampton indicates that distinct spinosaur groups lived in Cretaceous Britain, challenging previous beliefs. Using a spinosaur tooth from…
Paleontologists have discovered a new species of toothed whale, Olympicetus thalassodon, which lived 28 million years ago and offers insights into the evolution of modern…
CT scans indicate that certain pachycephalosaurs had intricate structures on their domes. If you look at enough dinosaur fossils, you’ll see the remarkable diversity of…
A new genus of diprotodontid has been identified through the use of 3D scanning technology. Paleontologists from Flinders University, utilizing advanced 3D scans and other…
According to a comprehensive analysis by scientists from the University of Bristol and the University of Uppsala, extinct kangaroos didn’t hop like their modern counterparts…
The newly discovered dinosaur, Iani smithi, lived during the climatic upheavals of the mid-Cretaceous era and might be the last of its lineage, replaced by…
Approximately five and a half million years ago, a number of gomphotheres, now-extinct relatives of elephants, met their end in or near a river in…
University of Southampton paleontologists discovered evidence of diverse spinosaur species in southern England 100 million years ago, based on analysis of a 140 million year…
New research reveals that sulfur minerals that make fossils in the Norwegian archipelago are especially well-suited to radiography. X-ray analysis has led to the categorization…
107-million-year-old pterosaur bones, the oldest of their kind, have been confirmed by researchers in Australia, as reported in Historical Biology. The fossils, discovered over three…
A recent study reveals intriguing insights into the catastrophic “Great Dying” extinction event 252 million years ago, focusing on the role of a tiger-sized, saber-toothed…
Cutting-edge technology has revealed new insights about a globally famous fossil treasure trove, which may provide critical evidence concerning early life on Earth. Scientists investigating…
New fossil site in Taichoute, Morocco, suggests giant arthropods, up to 2 meters long, dominated the seas 470 million years ago. The site offers new…
Paleontologists have discovered evidence that pliosaurs could have reached up to 14.4 meters in length, twice the size of a killer whale, after finding four…
An international research team comprising scientists from Germany, Austria, Canada, the Netherlands, and the USA has utilized a novel carbonate analysis technique on eggshells from…
The Utahraptor, the world’s largest “raptor” dinosaur, is now estimated to be 135 million years old, 10 million years older than previously thought. The discovery…