Chicken-sized dinosaur hunted at night
The odd little dinosaur dubbed Shuvuuia had incredible hearing and vision.
A little dinosaur called Shuvuuia may have hunted in the dark using night vision and super hearing. This chicken-s...
Palaeontology
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How mammals evolved big brains
Brain proportions were driven by body size and cataclysmic events.
Scientists have now pieced together a 150-million-year timeline to determine how mammals evolved big brains. An in...
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Extinct “horned” crocodile’s ancestry revealed
DNA analysis suggests it was a true crocodile.
Ancient DNA analysis has solved a key mystery in the family tree of crocodiles, researchers say, historically an incr...
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How did T. rex break bones with its bite?
3D modelling suggests it chomped like an alligator by anchoring its jaw in place.
The Tyrannosaurus rex might be known for its ferocity and its mouth full of serrated teeth, but how did it actually b...
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Fossils of extinct “giant cloud rats” found in the Philippines
Surprise discovery suggests the region was more diverse than previously thought.
Piecing together fossil remains of jaws and teeth in the Philippines, archaeologists have unearthed evidence of three...
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How fast was a T. rex?
The king of dinosaurs may have walked as slow as a human.
Walking speed of a T-rex. Credit: Rick Stikkelorum, Arthur Ulmann & Pasha van Bijlert The Tyrannosaurus rex may ha...
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Research
The Great Dying was longer on land
Earth’s biggest mass extinction took ten times longer on land than in oceans.
New research published in the journal PNAS has found that, while life in the ocean rapidly disappeared during the Gre...
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World’s smallest stegosaur footprint
Cat-sized dinosaur footprint discovered in China.
First dog-sized dinosaurs, and now a cat-sized stegosaur? An international team of paleontologists has discovered ...
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Research
How many T. rexes ever lived? Billions
Analysis reveals 2.5 billion of these iconic carnivores roamed the Earth.
Paleontologists have crunched the numbers to estimate just how many Tyrannosaurus rexes lived and died – and the answ...
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Neanderthal nuclear DNA unlocks ancient human history
Nuclear DNA extracted from cave sediments for the first time.
Scientists have extracted Neanderthal nuclear DNA from cave sediments for the first time, greatly improving the scope...
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Denisovan DNA may have aided Pacific migration
Genomic study traces the spread of humans across the Oceanic region.
An international team of scientists has delved into the genetics of the Pacific population to trace the history of hu...
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Anatomical secrets of ‘ridiculously long’ pterosaur necks
Scientists discover unique anatomical quirk that enabled giant, flying pterosaurs to support thei...
Azhdarchid pterosaurs were the largest animals ever to take to the sky: these massive flying reptiles were cousins of...