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Prehistoric Planet 2: Who Played Neighbors to the Dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs may have dominated the world 66 million years ago, but they certainly weren’t the only animals around.…
Newly described enormous marsupial wandered great distances across Australia 3.5 million years ago
Jacob van Zoelen, Author provided Jacob van Zoelen, Flinders University; Aaron Camens, Flinders University, and Gavin Prideaux, Flinders…
New Model of Human Evolution Challenges Long-Held Beliefs, Revealing Multiple Ancestors in Africa
A groundbreaking study published in Nature has unveiled a new model of human evolution, overturning the long-held notion…
Evolution of Swimming Styles in Mesozoic Marine Reptiles Discovered in Innovative Study
Researchers from the University of Bristol have used state-of-the-art statistical methods to study the locomotion of Mesozoic marine…
How Reptiles Dominated the Jurassic Seas
Had you been swimming out in the open seas during the Jurassic period, you might spot something that…
Scouring South Africa For Fossils (Older Than Dinosaurs)
It is not immediately apparent to us as readers of paleontology updates, but these ancient animals are often…
Tyrannosaurus rex: our new research shows it covered its enormous teeth with lips
Mark Witton, Author provided Mark P. Witton, University of Portsmouth Picture a Tyrannosaurus rex, that ferocious yet one…
New discovery: fossilised giant zebra tracks found in South Africa
An illustration of two giant Cape zebras alongside a much smaller plains zebra. Maggie Newman Charles Helm, Nelson…
New Study Explores the Effective Hunting of Extinct Sabertooth Marsupial
A recent study by scientists from the American Museum of Natural History and the Instituto Argentino de Nivología,…
How did birds survive while dinosaurs went extinct?
It wasn’t flying that gave birds the advantage. Corey Ford/Stocktrek Images via Getty Images Chris Lituma, West Virginia…