Mammals Evolutionary Eruption in Mid-Jurassic Period

Posted on 19/07/2015 by Jessica Hannan

Look out, Universal Studios and Steven Spielberg, there's a new giant animal in town and it's not in Jurassic World. Jurassic mammals faced the most explosive evolution during the mid-period,...

New Dinosaur Found with Horns

Posted on 09/07/2015 by sumayah

The dinosaur family tree from which the horned types which include the Triceratops descended has a new member which has just been discovered. It existed in the Cretaceous Period, some 79 million...

Hallucigenia Head Discovered

Posted on 25/06/2015 by sumayah

The researchers still cannot believe their eyes. But as the saying goes…truth is stranger than fiction! At least it is so in the case of Hallucigenia, a diminutive sea animal that existed about 500...

Missing Tropical Dinosaurs Mystery Solved

Posted on 16/06/2015 by sumayah

For eons the world’s largest dinosaurs didn’t venture into tropical areas. The real cause behind this avoidance of hot and humid regions of heavy rainfall was something that remained a conundrum that...

Blood Cells Found in Dinosaur Fossils

Posted on 10/06/2015 by sumayah

The relics of red blood cells and tissues have been found among dinosaur fossils dating back to 75 million years ago. The chemical analysis revealed that the red blood cells resembled that of the emu...

Ancient Human New Species Found Near Lucy Fossil

Posted on 28/05/2015 by sumayah

Termed Australopithecus deyiremeda, it is a novel find and this early hominid lived around about the same time as the famed Lucy. Lucy of course is the name given to Australopithecus afarensis.Thus...

430,000 Old Murder Case Discovered

Posted on 27/05/2015 by i4u

Scientists discover a murder that could be the oldest crime we know of today. Lethal wounds identified on a human skull in the Sima de los Huesos, Spain, may indicate one of the first cases of murder...

Dinosaur with Bat-Wings discovered in China

Posted on 30/04/2015 by sumayah

Termed theropods, the bird-like reptiles that were common in the Jurassic period of prehistory have quite a lineage. A new find was recently exhumed from the depths in the Hebei Province of China....

Vegetarian T-Rex Dinosaur discovered by Young Boy

Posted on 28/04/2015 by affam

A boy found out a vegetarian T-Rex. This specie has been named as Chilesaurus diegosuarezi after the boy who made the discovery. This dinosaur was very small in size and it is believed he was the...

3.67 Million Years Old Little Foot is Oldest Human Ancestor

Posted on 02/04/2015 by sumayah

The skeleton of Little Foot is the farthest back you can go in case of hominids. A charmingly unique find, this skeleton is preserved intact and it happens to be 3.67 million years old. Belonging to...

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