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Straight-Tusk Elephants Once Roamed Europe. And We Used Their Bones as Hammers
A 480,000-year-old battered bone is the earliest known flintstone hammer in Europe -
How Coastlines Shape the Extinction Risk for Marine Invertebrates
Invertebrates that lived on north-south coastlines had better chances of survival -
Tyrannosaurids Took Their Time Growing to 17,000 Pounds
Forty-year growth periods may have given them a leg up in dominating their ecosystems -
The Secrets of an Ancient Hunk of Woolly Rhinoceros Meat
It helps decipher what exactly happened to its species about 14,000 years ago -
The Taste of Prehistory
Three recipes our Neanderthal cousins might have enjoyed -
Eat Like a Neanderthal
Science-inspired recipes to help you dine like our evolutionary cousins -
The Feathery Dinosaurs That Couldn’t Fly
Close inspection of “exceptionally preserved” fossils suggests that some dinosaurs shed their ability to take off -
Ancient Bee Nests Hiding in Regurgitated, Fossilized Bones
A cave in the Dominican Republic has revealed the first recorded instance of bee larvae tucked into fossils -
Hobbits May Have Been Victims of Climate Change
New research offers clues into the mysterious disappearance of these tiny hominins -
Millions of Years Ago These Animals Shaped the Arabian Sea
Like modern sea cows, these Late Miocene marine mammals engineered their ecosystems
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You Don’t Need a Big Brain to Fly
New research into the ancestors of pterosaurs reveals surprising clues to the evolution of flight
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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
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Living Large: Giant Anacondas Blew Up 12 Million Years Ago
Recently unearthed fossilized vertebrae shows the resilience of the massive snakes
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Behold the Biggest Dinosaur Parade
What the biggest set of trackways ever discovered says about life in the Late Cretaceous
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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
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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