A research team of faculty from Binghamton University in New York revealed surprising evidence Thursday that the transition to the everyday forests we know today began much earlier than previously thought.
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Powerful volcanic eruptions in India millions of years ago left Earth struggling with a significant mercury contamination problem that may have contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs, according to a new study.
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Researchers from the University of Michigan have described a new fossilized whale that represents not only a new species, but also identifies an important step in the evolution of whale mechanics.
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Archaeologists combing through dinosaur fossil sites in Japan have discovered a previously unknown bird species that soared through the skies over 120 million years ago. The pigeon-sized bird holds clues to the evolution of modern birds, according to a study released Thursday.
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The Montana Supreme Court met en banc Thursday morning to decide once and for all whether or not dinosaur fossils are minerals.
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Archaeologists have uncovered a clearer picture of what a dinosaur species’ habitat was like thanks to ancient tracks of the creatures discovered in the Alaskan Peninsula, according to research released Wednesday.
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In a shattering evolutionary revelation, scientists in China have discovered fossils of an ancient bug and the trails – likely the oldest ever found – stamped onto Earth’s surface more than a half-billion years ago, according to a study released Wednesday.
Read moreScientists in New Zealand said Wednesday they’ve found fossilized bones from an extinct monster penguin that was about the size of an adult human and swam the oceans some 60 million years ago.
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The remains of a super-sized parrot that stood more than half the height of an average human and roamed the earth 19 million years ago have been discovered in New Zealand.
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Paleontologists announced Tuesday the discovery of fossils of a new predatory species with a shell resembling a famous Star Wars ship that may have been one of the earliest relatives of modern insects and crabs.
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Researchers have discovered an ancient bird fossilized in amber with a toe structure unlike anything seen before in animal history.
Read moreTeeth can weather a lot, even 800 millennia in a cave. A batch of them – along with prehistoric fossils found in a cave system – have led scientists to a stunning new conclusion: Modern humans likely began breaking away from our Neanderthal relatives 800,000 years, much earlier than previously thought.
Read moreScientists announced Monday the discovery of a closely related cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex, a much smaller 3-foot relative that might help researchers better understand the origins of tyrannosauroids and how they evolved to become the giants of the late Cretaceous Period.
Read moreBy MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 40 years after it was found by a monk
Read moreWorkers installing sewer lines across a southern Indiana farm unearthed the fossilized bones of a mastodon that likely stood about 9 feet tall.
Read moreTwo distinct archaic human lineages have been discovered that provide new information on the geographical distribution of archaic hominin populations, and future research has implications for modern health issues in understudied populations, a new study published Thursday reveals.
Read moreArchaeologists who discovered fossil bones and teeth of a previously unknown human species that thrived more than 50,000 years ago in the northern Philippines said Thursday they plan more diggings and called for better protection of the popular limestone cave complex where the remains were unearthed.
Read moreMore than 500 fossils of Ice Age beasts, including saber-toothed cats, giant ground sloths and huge mammoths, have been discovered in recent months by crews tunneling a new Los Angeles subway branch, paleontologists revealed Monday.
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