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Category Archives: Paleontology
The Origins Of Kangaroos
A study published Tuesday in the online journal PLoS Biology suggests that Australian marsupials — kangaroos, wallabies, Tasmanian devils and more — evolved from a common South American marsupial ancestor millions of years ago. The finding, by researchers at the … Continue reading
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Gigantic Apes Coexisted With Early Humans
LiveScience: Scientists have known about Gigantopithecus blackii since the accidental discovery of some of its teeth on sale in a Hong Kong pharmacy about 80 years ago. While the idea of a giant ape piqued the interest of scientists – … Continue reading
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Origin Of Komodo Dragon Revealed
MSNBC: Scientists now find that the world’s largest living lizard species, the Komodo dragon, most likely evolved in Australia and dispersed westward to its current home in Indonesia.
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Giant Prehistoric Elephant Discovered
National Geographic: Scientists in Indonesia claim they have unearthed the 200,000-year-old skeleton of a giant elephant that stood more than 13 feet (4 meters) tall.
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Armadillo-like Crocodile Fossil Found In Brazil
National Geographic: An ancient fossil crocodile coated in armadillo-like body armor was unveiled yesterday at an environmental museum in Brazil. Dubbed Armadillosuchus arrudai, the newly described species of crocodile roamed the arid interior of Brazil about 90 million years ago, … Continue reading
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Social Sabertooths Hunted In Packs
National Geographic: An abundance of sabertooth fossils in tar pits in present-day Los Angeles, California, suggests that the cats were pack scavengers, scientists say. Tar pits occur when underground asphalt leaks to the surface, causing a large puddle or lake … Continue reading
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Paleontologists Strike Fossil Gold In Colombia
Washington Post: Last month, an international group of scientists revealed in the journal Nature that Jaramillo’s team had made a startling discovery — a species of snake larger than a school bus that ruled northern South America 60 million years … Continue reading
Frog From Hell Fossil Found In Madagascar
National Geographic: The bad-tempered Beelzebufo, or “devil frog,” also poses a big mystery. Why do its closest relatives live half a world away in South America?
A Rodent As Big As A Bull
New York Times: Uruguayan scientists say they have uncovered fossil evidence of the biggest species of rodent ever found, one that scurried across wooded areas of South America about four million years ago, when the continent was not connected to … Continue reading
Mammoth Blondes
MSNBC: Museum dioramas typically portray mammoths as having shaggy brown coats, but some of the hairy beasts might have been blonde, raven-haired or red-bodied in real life, thanks to a gene that controls hair color in humans and other mammals.
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