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paleontology
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What Were Our Ancestors Doing 1 Million Years Ago?
The video delves into the extinction of Paranthropus, a robust Australopithecus, around one million years ago. It discusses…
WIRED Tech Support: Paleoanthropology
Paleoanthropology is the scientific study of human evolution, focusing on evidence from fossil records. It is a multidisciplinary…
Fossil beetles found in a Botswana diamond mine help us to reconstruct the distant past
Sandiso Mnguni, University of the Witwatersrand When most people think of fossils they probably picture bones. But there’s…
The History of Flying Fish
The evolution of flying fish has occurred multiple times throughout history. Modern flying fish are a diverse group…
The World’s First Swimming “Superpredator”
Ichthyosaurs were a diverse group of marine reptiles that coexisted with dinosaurs and pterosaurs during the Mesozoic era,…
Genetic Study Reveals Ancient Ancestral Change Linked to Human Tail Loss
At a Glance A recent study led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine has uncovered a…
Is That a Boy or a Girl T. Rex?
Fossil preparator Bob Harmon discovered the femur of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, which led to the excavation of almost…
Animals Have Been Around For a Long Time—Perhaps Even Longer Than We Once Thought
A recently-discovered group of fossils, dating back almost a billion years, revealed a once-thriving microbial ecosystem of prokaryotic…
We Found a Pile of Mammoth Bones. What Were They For?
Enormous piles of wooly mammoth bones dating back to the end of the last ice age have been…
A 365-million-year-old fish with an extreme underbite showcases vertebrate diversity
Artist reconstruction of Alienacanthus malkowskii, a 365-million-year-old placoderm fish from Poland and Morocco. (Beat Scheffold & Christian Klug),…