Curiosities

Fri, 2019-04-12

An early human species with a unique mix of primitive (that is, Australopithecus-like) and derived (that is, Homo sapiens-like) morphological features lived in the Philippines approximately 50,000-70,000 years ago, an international team of paleoanthropologists has...

Thu, 2019-04-11

Reports of a new-found snapshot of extinction highlights a mystery that scientists are still working to solve.

Wed, 2019-04-10

What time scale would the extinction of the dinosaurs happened over? Weeks or months or centuries?

Tue, 2019-04-09

Several footprints and exquisitely-preserved skin impressions made by a small theropod dinosaur approximately 120 million years ago (Aptian age of the Early ...

Wed, 2019-04-10

JURASSIC Park got a little bit closer to reality today with news that scientists are ‘confident' of cloning a ...

Tue, 2019-04-09

About 120 million years ago, flocks of small dinosaurs bounded from plant to plant in an open floodplain southwest of what is now Fort Worth. They stood on two legs as they foraged for leaves and shoots. The smallest hatchlings were about the length of your hand,...

Wed, 2019-04-10

Michael J. Benton, expert palaeontologist and author of 'The Dinosaurs Rediscovered', reveals his top ten dinosaur discoveries that have changed our understanding of dinosaurs over the last 30 years.

Mon, 2019-04-08

A dinosaur skin impression found 150 years ago has gone on display for what is believed to be the first time.

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