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Scientists Found a 520-Million-Year-Old Miracle: a Fossil With Brains and Guts Intact
A remarkable fossilized larva has been discovered by scientists with its brain and guts still intact. The fossilized creature ...
Human ancestor was in Eurasia nearly 2 million years ago, cut marks on animal bones suggest
Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery ...
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Ancient footprints suggest how prehistoric animals behaved in Oregon millions of years ago
The National Park Service (NPS) called the paleontological discovery at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument "groundbreaking," as it gives an idea of what the long-extinct animals lived like in ...
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Were dinosaurs headed for extinction even before massive asteroid strike? Scientists offer new clues
To find answers, a team of researchers studied North America’s fossil record, focusing on the 18 million years before the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. The new analysis ...
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'Inside out' fossil reveals a new species with a perfectly preserved interior
A new species of fossil from 444 million years ago that has perfectly preserved insides has been affectionately named "Sue" after its discoverer's mom. The result of 25 years of work by a ...
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Fossil from one of world's largest dinosaurs found at Big Bend National Park
The fossil is now back at the SRSU paleontology lab, where students and researchers are carefully studying it, along with associated vertebrae previously collected from the same quarry.
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Ancient footprints unearthed at John Day Fossil Beds reveal prehistoric animal behaviors
A groundbreaking paleontological discovery at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument has uncovered fossilized footprints ...