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New species of pseudo-horses living 37 million years ago Posted: 06 Jul 2021 10:31 AM PDT Scientists have described two new species of palaeotheriidae mammals that inhabited the subtropical landscape of Zambrana (Álava) about 37 million years ago. Their atypical dental features could point to a difference in environmental conditions between the Iberian and Central European areas. |
Neanderthal artists? Bones decorated over 50,000 years ago Posted: 06 Jul 2021 08:53 AM PDT Since the discovery of the first fossil remains, the image of the Neanderthal has been one of a primitive hominin. People have known for a long time that Neanderthals were able to fashion tools and weapons. But could they also make jewellery or even art? Researchers analyzed a new find from the Unicorn Cave in the Harz Mountains in Germany and conclude that Neanderthals had remarkable cognitive abilities. |
Sharp size reduction in dinosaurs that changed diet to termites Posted: 06 Jul 2021 08:53 AM PDT Dinosaurs were generally huge, but a new study of the unusual alvarezsaurs show that they reduced in size about 100 million years ago when they became specialized ant-eaters. |
New fossil sheds light on evolution of how dinosaurs breathed Posted: 06 Jul 2021 08:53 AM PDT An international team of scientists has used high-powered X-rays at the European Synchrotron to show how an extinct South African 200-million-year-old dinosaur, Heterodontosaurus tucki, breathed. |
Fossil shark scales provide a glimpse of reef predator populations before human impact Posted: 05 Jul 2021 12:20 PM PDT Scientists recently made news by using fossil shark scales to reconstruct shark communities from millions of years ago. |
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