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Paleontologists use fossilized teeth to flesh out ancient tale of earliest primates

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In a study published by Royal Society Open Science , the team lays out evidence that an ancient group of primates known as plesiadapiforms must have emerged before the mass-extinction event that killed off the dinosaurs. That’s the claim coming from a team of 10 researchers across the U.S.,

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Scientists tangle over a Jurassic mystery: Could the tail of a dinosaur go supersonic?

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DECEMBER 10, 2022

. “Such an elongated and slender structure would allow achieving tip velocities in the order of 30 m/s, or 100 km/h [62 mph], far slower than the speed of sound,” a team led by Simone Conti of Portugal’s NOVA School of Science and Technology asserted this week in Scientific Reports.

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Burke Museum’s paleontology team makes four huge dinosaur finds in Montana

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

. “Each fossil that we collect helps us sharpen our views of the last dinosaur-dominated ecosystems and the first mammal-dominated ecosystems,” Gregory Wilson Mantilla, the Burke Museum’s curator of vertebrate paleontology and a biology professor at UW, said today in a news release.

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Canadian Gold Miner Finds 57,000-Year-Old Wolf Pup Still Covered in Fur

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

Her life was short. Scientists estimate she lived for about six or seven weeks in the underground den, before it collapsed around her. This tragedy and the permafrost that preserved her body are the reasons we know of this wolf pup’s existence approximately 57,000 years later. Zhùr, or ‘wolf’ in the Hän language, is… Read more.

Scientists Find Mammoth Seemingly Butchered by Humans on Arctic Island

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Kotelny Island sits high up in the Arctic, off the coast of Northern Siberia. It’s cold and barren now, mostly absent of humans. But over 20,000 years ago, this island was home to huge megafauna. Melting permafrost is exposing evidence of this past life, including three large woolly mammoth skeletons discovered there… Read more.

A Human Toddler and a Mammoth Crossed Paths in Ancient New Mexico, Footprints Suggest

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OCTOBER 25, 2020

Someone—maybe an adolescent, maybe someone older—rushed across the edge of Lake Otero, slipping as they walked but moving steadily ahead. Evidence suggests this person was carrying a child approximately 3 years old, setting the child down for just a moment in at least three separate places along the journey before… Read more.

Incredible Fossil Shows a Sea Monster in the Belly of an Even Bigger Sea Monster

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AUGUST 20, 2020

As the Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn once said, “There’s always a bigger fish.” Or in the case of the Triassic Period, there’s always a bigger aquatic reptile, as this incredible fossil demonstrates. Read more.

Ancient DNA From Preserved Cave Lions Reveals They Were a Unique Species

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AUGUST 4, 2020

A genetic analysis of ice age cave lions shows this species to be distinct from modern lions, ending a long-standing mystery. What’s more, the new evidence suggests these fearsome creatures diverged into two distinct lineages. Read more.

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Monumental DNA Study Reveals Secrets of North American Mastodons

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

A new paper published today offers surprising insight into the American mastodon and its reactions to a changing environment. This stocky megafauna—whose tusks, trunk, and four legs echo today’s elephant—is thought to have lived predominantly within forests and marshy environments throughout ancient North America… Read more.

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Three Extinct Mammals Found in Wyoming Were Part of the Post-Dinosaur Revolution

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AUGUST 18, 2021

Paleontologists have found a bed of ancient mammal bones amid the dry, brush-covered landscape of Southern Wyoming. Three of those fossil finds belong to previously unknown species, and all the animals on the site paint a different picture about mammalian evolution in the wake of the dinosaurs’ demise after the… Read more.

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The Strangest Amber Fossils Ever Discovered

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OCTOBER 24, 2020

Amber fossils are like a time capsule, preserving the three-dimensional structure of animals, plants, and other prehistoric items of interest. Every once in a while, however, paleontologists stumble upon some particularly bizarre specimens and scenes. Read more.

Shipwreck Filled With Treasure and Elephant Tusks Sheds Light on 16th-Century Ivory Trade

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

A trove of elephant tusks found in the cargo hold of an old Portuguese shipwreck is yielding new insights into the 16th-century ivory trade and lost African elephants. Read more.

Fancy Dinosaur With Bizarre Shoulder Decorations Was the Peacock of the Cretaceous

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

The re-analysis of an old fossil has revealed features never seen before in a dinosaur, including a long, fur-like mane along its back and a pair of stiff structures jutting out from its shoulders. Scientists say these elaborate decorations were likely used for display, in what is a very early version of peacocking. Read more.

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Unhatched Dinosaur Egg Reveals the Surprising Face of a Baby Sauropod

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AUGUST 27, 2020

A rare egg fossil containing an unhatched dinosaur suggests baby sauropods were not miniaturized versions of the four-legged, long-necked behemoths we all know and love, exhibiting a unique set of physical characteristics that included a little rhino-like horn. Read more.

Seemingly Ordinary Fossils May Be Hiding Some Major Clues to the Past

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NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Paleontologists are lucky to find complete sets of fossilized bones. Sometimes, they get even luckier, finding preserved impressions of delicate features like feathers. Beyond those clues, though, most of the biology of extinct species—their DNA, internal organs, and unique chemistry—has been totally destroyed by the… Read more.

In a First, Paleontologists Identify Cancer in a Dinosaur Fossil

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AUGUST 3, 2020

A re-analysis of a shin bone belonging to a horned dinosaur from the Cretaceous period has revealed signs of a malignant tumor, in what’s considered a first for dinosaur paleontology. Read more.

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Fallen Boulder at the Grand Canyon Exposes 300-Million-Year-Old Footprints

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AUGUST 24, 2020

The oldest fossilized vertebrate footprints ever discovered in the Grand Canyon were found embedded in a recently fallen boulder located in plain sight. Read more.

'Weirdest Fossil' Wasn't a Dinosaur After All

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AUGUST 6, 2020

The authors of a high-profile study published earlier this year, in which the scientists claimed to have discovered the world’s smallest dinosaur, have now retracted the paper in response to new fossil evidence. Read more.

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1,000-Year-Old Cat Skeleton Suggests Nomadic Herders Cared for Ailing Pet

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JULY 9, 2020

Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have discovered the well-preserved remains of a cat that died over 1,000 years ago along the Silk Road. The feline lived a tough life but was apparently cared for by pastoralists, in an unheard of practice given their nomadic lifestyles. Read more.

How Do We Know How Old Fossils Are?

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AUGUST 27, 2021

Paleolithic hunters built mammoth traps in what is now Mexico some 14,700 years ago. An unknown sea creature left footprints in sand some 550 million years ago, making them the oldest known footprints on Earth. The mysterious Denisovan humans reached southeast Asia 160,000 years ago, as evidenced by a jawbone found on… Read more.

Expanding the AWS Cloud – An AWS Region is coming to South Africa!

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

The National Museums of Kenya holds one of the largest collections of archaeology and paleontology in the world. We also support the Explore Data Science Academy to educate students on data analytics skills and produce the next generation of data scientists in Africa.

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New Research Bolsters Claim That Neanderthals Buried Their Dead

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

A thorough re-analysis of a skeleton belonging to a 2-year-old Neanderthal and the archaeological site in which it was discovered some 50 years ago is providing some of the strongest evidence yet that Neanderthals deliberately buried their dead. Read more.

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Paleontologists Predict What Future Animals Might Look Like

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JUNE 4, 2020

It’s a bit unorthodox, reaching out to those who spend their lives studying past and asking them to predict the future. But these paleontologists were happy to take on our assignment: Could you apply what you know about how life has changed over time to guess what species might be like millions of years from now? Read more.

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Ice Age Cave Bear Found Exquisitely Preserved in Siberian Permafrost

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Reindeer herders working on Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island in arctic Russia have stumbled upon an incredibly well-preserved cave bear, in what scientists say is a discovery of “world importance.” Read more.

Incredible Amber Fossils Reveal the True Colors of Ancient Insects

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JUNE 30, 2020

Fossils rarely retain evidence of an organism’s original color, but these 99-million-year-old amber fossils found in Myanmar are revealing the vibrant hues of another world. Read more.

The First Dinosaur Feather Ever Found Is Still Controversial

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

A fossilized feather found 159 years ago in Germany has returned to the paleontological spotlight, with new research declaring the feather as having come from the bird-like Archaeopteryx , much to the chagrin of dissenting scientists. Read more.

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Early Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Sea Monsters Laid Squishy Eggs

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JUNE 17, 2020

New research suggests early dinosaurs laid eggs with soft shells, and mosasaurs—gigantic marine reptiles—did so, too, laying soft-shelled eggs of massive proportions. Read more.

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The Story of Real-Life Dire Wolves Is Finally Emerging

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JANUARY 13, 2021

Dire wolves menaced Pleistocene landscapes for tens of thousands of years, eventually going extinct at the end of the last ice age. Despite the long success of this species, very little is known about them, including their origins and reasons for their demise. New research is helping to fill these gaps. Read more.

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Scimitar-Toothed Cats Hunted Prey to Exhaustion, DNA Study Suggests

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

Scientists have mapped the entire nuclear genome of a saber-toothed cat species known as Homotherium latidens , also called the scimitar-toothed cat. The resulting DNA analysis suggests these Pleistocene predators were fearsome pack hunters capable of running for long distances as they chased their prey to exhaustion. Read more.

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Humans Didn’t Hunt Woolly Rhinos to Extinction, New Evidence Suggests

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AUGUST 13, 2020

New genetic evidence suggests it was a warming climate—not human overhunting—that killed off woolly rhinos at the end of the last ice age. Read more.

Birds With 20-Foot Wingspans Once Patrolled the Skies of Antarctica

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

A re-analysis of two fossils found in the 1980s has led to the discovery of an absolutely enormous Antarctic seabird. Read more.

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Fossilized Stomach Contents of Armored Dinosaur Reveal Its Last Meal

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JUNE 2, 2020

A 110-million-year-old fossil found nine years ago at an open pit mine in Alberta is providing fascinating new details about the dietary habits of plant-eating armored dinosaurs and the environments in which they lived. Read more.

Ancient Two-Legged Crocodile Left Behind These Awesome Footprints

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JUNE 11, 2020

Modern crocodiles are known for their sprawling four-legged gait, but this Cretaceous crocodilian walked on two legs as it prowled prehistoric shores, as evidenced by well-preserved footprints it left behind. Read more.

Silicon Valley’s vision for AI? It’s religion, repackaged.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The intertwining of religion and technology is centuries old, despite the people who’ll tell you that science is value-neutral and divorced from things like religion,” said Robert Geraci , a professor of religious studies at Manhattan College and author of Apocalyptic AI. So I was surprised to learn that the connection goes much deeper.

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Paleontologists use fossilized teeth to flesh out ancient tale of earliest primates

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Burke Museum’s paleontology team makes four huge dinosaur finds in Montana

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Canadian Gold Miner Finds 57,000-Year-Old Wolf Pup Still Covered in Fur

Scientists Find Mammoth Seemingly Butchered by Humans on Arctic Island

A Human Toddler and a Mammoth Crossed Paths in Ancient New Mexico, Footprints Suggest

Incredible Fossil Shows a Sea Monster in the Belly of an Even Bigger Sea Monster

Ancient DNA From Preserved Cave Lions Reveals They Were a Unique Species

Monumental DNA Study Reveals Secrets of North American Mastodons

Three Extinct Mammals Found in Wyoming Were Part of the Post-Dinosaur Revolution

The Strangest Amber Fossils Ever Discovered

Shipwreck Filled With Treasure and Elephant Tusks Sheds Light on 16th-Century Ivory Trade

Fancy Dinosaur With Bizarre Shoulder Decorations Was the Peacock of the Cretaceous

Unhatched Dinosaur Egg Reveals the Surprising Face of a Baby Sauropod

Seemingly Ordinary Fossils May Be Hiding Some Major Clues to the Past

In a First, Paleontologists Identify Cancer in a Dinosaur Fossil

Fallen Boulder at the Grand Canyon Exposes 300-Million-Year-Old Footprints

'Weirdest Fossil' Wasn't a Dinosaur After All

1,000-Year-Old Cat Skeleton Suggests Nomadic Herders Cared for Ailing Pet

How Do We Know How Old Fossils Are?

Expanding the AWS Cloud – An AWS Region is coming to South Africa!

New Research Bolsters Claim That Neanderthals Buried Their Dead

Paleontologists Predict What Future Animals Might Look Like

Ice Age Cave Bear Found Exquisitely Preserved in Siberian Permafrost

Incredible Amber Fossils Reveal the True Colors of Ancient Insects

The First Dinosaur Feather Ever Found Is Still Controversial

Early Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Sea Monsters Laid Squishy Eggs

The Story of Real-Life Dire Wolves Is Finally Emerging

Scimitar-Toothed Cats Hunted Prey to Exhaustion, DNA Study Suggests

Humans Didn’t Hunt Woolly Rhinos to Extinction, New Evidence Suggests

Birds With 20-Foot Wingspans Once Patrolled the Skies of Antarctica

Fossilized Stomach Contents of Armored Dinosaur Reveal Its Last Meal

Ancient Two-Legged Crocodile Left Behind These Awesome Footprints

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