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An Ancient Earthquake Might Have Unleashed a Sea Turtle Stampede
Potential flipper marks found by free climbers might point to the marks of frightened reptiles -
Living Large: Giant Anacondas Blew Up 12 Million Years Ago
Recently unearthed fossilized vertebrae shows the resilience of the massive snakes -
Behold the Biggest Dinosaur Parade
What the biggest set of trackways ever discovered says about life in the Late Cretaceous -
This Huge Ocean Beast Shifts Sharks’ Evolutionary Timeline
Fossils from a 3-ton shark unearthed in northern Australia suggests these creatures grew into massive, fearsome predators earlier than previously thought -
These Neanderthals May Have Eaten Their Enemies
And it could be our fault -
These Gory, Rare Fossils Unravel Ancient Marine Rivalries
Decapitated remnants of Aspidorhynchus fish from the Late Jurassic hint at who they hunted—and who hunted them -
This Historic Figurine Unearths New Insights Into Ancient Spirituality
A 12,000-year-old depiction of a woman and a goose offers intriguing hints into the culture of early human settlements -
The Ochre Origins of Art
Ancient use of this red powder is found wherever there were humans -
This Huge Lizard Stalked the Earth Before Dinos
The newly named reptile, Tainrakuasuchus bellator, had a mouth brimming with sharp teeth to snatch prey -
Unique Puke Fossil Reveals New Pterosaur Species
Discoveries abound in an ancient predator’s upchuck
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Can Lichen Light the Way to Dinosaur Finds?
The bold idea to enlist satellites in the search for fossils
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“Tiny T. Rex” Makes Big Waves in Paleontology Community
The discovery marks the end of an “acrimonious” debate
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Neanderthals May Have Invented the Original Crayon
The most concrete evidence of the tools this human ancestor used to doodle
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How Neanderthals Got to Siberia
They trekked for 2,000 years across formidable terrain -
How Ancient Beasts Spread Sweet Fruits
The native forests of South America were shaped by mastodons—and we’re doing a bad job filling their role -
These Tiny Beautiful Fossils Tell the Future
What bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal about the ocean’s past and future in times of climate chaos -
Famous Sea Monster Gets a Name
Traskasaura sandrae had “very odd” features that made it a crafty hunter -
What Fueled the Ocean’s Largest Terror
Megalodon teeth reveal a secret to their ancient super-predator status