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African Crocodiles Lived in Spain Six Million Years Ago

October 24, 2020

Millions of years ago, several species of crocodiles of different genera and characteristics inhabited Europe and sometimes even coexisted.

Palaeontology

Bat-Winged Dinosaurs That Could Glide

October 24, 2020

Despite having bat-like wings, two small dinosaurs, Yi and Ambopteryx, struggled to fly, only managing to glide clumsily between the trees where they lived, according to a new study led by an international team of researchers, including McGill University Professor Hans Larsson.

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Oldest Monkey Fossils Outside of Africa Found

October 9, 2020

Three fossils found in a lignite mine in southeastern Yunan Province, China, are about 6.4 million years old, indicate monkeys existed in Asia at the same time as apes, and are probably the ancestors of some of the modern monkeys in the area, according to an international team of researchers.

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Paleontologists Identify New Species of Mosasaur

October 8, 2020

A new species of an ancient marine reptile evolved to strike terror into the hearts of the normally safe, fast-swimming fish has been identified by a team of University of Alberta researchers, shedding light on what it took to survive in highly competitive ecosystems.

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Scientists Reconstruct Beetles From the Cretaceous

October 8, 2020

About a year ago, researchers found fossil specimens of beetles in an amber deposit in Myanmar, thereby describing a new beetle family that lived about 99 million years ago.

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Fossil Records Depict Devastating Effect of Humans on Birds in the Bahamas

October 6, 2020

Though some believe prehistoric humans lived in harmony with nature, a new analysis of fossils shows human arrival in the Bahamas caused some birds to be lost from the islands and other species to be completely wiped out.

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Study Reveals How Reptiles Divided Spoils in Ancient Seas

October 1, 2020

While dinosaurs ruled the land in the Mesozoic, the oceans were filled by predators such as crocodiles and giant lizards, but also entirely extinct groups such as ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs.

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Researchers Extracted DNA From Resin-Embedded Insects

October 1, 2020

The phenomenon of using DNA from old fossils preserved in amber already inspired Hollywood - in the film Jurassic Park, scientists reproduce the DNA of dinosaurs extracted from a fossil mosquito embedded in a piece of amber and thereby resurrect them.

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Sentinels of Ocean Acidification Impacts Survived Earth’s Last Mass Extinction

September 28, 2020

Two groups of tiny, delicate marine organisms, sea butterflies and sea angels, were found to be surprisingly resilient--having survived dramatic global climate change and Earth's most recent mass extinction event 66 million years ago.

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The Venerable Ensign Wasp, Killing Cockroaches For 25 million Years

September 28, 2020

An Oregon State University study has identified four new species of parasitic, cockroach-killing ensign wasps that became encased in tree resin 25 million years ago and were preserved as the resin fossilized into amber.

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Specimens From Ice Age Provide Clues to Origin of Pack-Hunting in Modern Wolves

September 26, 2020

Wolves today live and hunt in packs, which helps them take down large prey. But when did this group behavior evolve?

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Palaeontologists Establish Spinosaurus Was Real Life ‘River Monster’

September 21, 2020

A discovery of more than a thousand dinosaur teeth, by a team of researchers from the University of Portsmouth, proves beyond reasonable doubt that Spinosaurus, the giant predator made famous by the movie Jurassic Park III as well as the BBC documentary Planet Dinosaur was an enormous river-monster.

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