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Excavation work on the skull of a 10,000-year-old mammoth that was found in Los Reyes de Juarez, Mexico is seen in progress. (Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History/Zenger)

We’re Going To Need A Bigger Shovel: Mammoth Task For Gravediggers

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Astonished workers expanding a cemetery dug up the body of a 10,000-year-old mammoth.�
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Professor Bryan Fry of the University of Queensland led a study on how descendants of the last common ancestor of great apes and humans, millions of years ago, developed resistance to snake neurotoxins, as well as better eyesight as a defense mechanism. (University of Queensland)

Ancient Hiss-tory: Man’s Monkey Ancestors Passed On Resistance To Snake Venom, Better Eyesight

December 10, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

The threat of deadly cobras and other snakes led to an evolutionary arms race with primates.
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Researchers used DNA capture-enrichment technology developed at McMaster University to isolate and rebuild the fluctuating animal and plant communities during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition of 11,000 years ago in North America. (Julius Cstonyi)

Mammoth Discovery: Giant Tuskers And Wild Horses Roaming North America Died Out Only 5,000 Years Ago

December 10, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

New permafrost studies reveal the ancient beasts survived for far longer than previously thought.
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An artist's concept shows that 70 million years ago, Quetzalcoatlus northropi and related species of pterosaurs ranged in the ancient forests of Texas. Scientists have discovered how it moved on land and could leap into the air and take flight. (James Kuether)

Dino-Soar: How The World’s Largest Flying Predator Got Into The Air

December 9, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

The massive pterosaur was as big as a giraffe and leaped high into the air before flapping its wings.
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Figurine head found at an archeological site near what is now Garibaldi Plaza in Mexico City that is a representation of the goddess Cihuacoatl. (Mauricio Marat, National Institute of Anthropology and History/Zenger)

Potted History: Conquered Mexicans Buried Pot Of Human Ashes To Mourn End Of Their Civilization

December 4, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Archeologists unearthed the 16th-century relic sunk under an altar.
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Artist's concept of an adult and two juvenile Tethyshadros insularis, showing distinct appearance of immature and mature specimens in the ancient environment of Villaggio del Pescatore, the first locality in Italy to preserve many dinosaur individuals of the same species. (Davide Bonadonna)

Discovery Of Dinosaur Bones In Italy Offers New Insight Into Mediterranean 80 Million Years Ago

December 3, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Dinosaur fossils are rare in Italy, but the discovery of several skeletons is changing assumptions about the region’s history.
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An artist's reconstruction of the appearance of the new species of armored dinosaur, Stegouros elengassen, found in the Rio de las Chinas valley in Chilean Patagonia. (Luis Perez Lopez/Zenger)

Dino-Sword: New Species Of Dinosaur With Vicious Sting In The Tail

December 2, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Scientists unearth an armored beast that had a thrashing tale with a deadly, sharp-edged club on the end.
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Found in a piece of Baltic amber is the first fossil evidence of a rare botanical condition known as precocious germination in which seeds sprout before leaving their fruit. (George Poinar, Jr.)

Sprout Of The Past: Real-Life ‘Jurassic Park’ Doc Finds Rare Sprouting Pine Cone Preserved In Amber

November 21, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

40-million-year-old pine cone reveals the first fossil record of “precocious germination,” with sprouts emerging into the resin.
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In an artist's concept featuring the shallows near the shore during the Cretaceous period (145-66 million years ago), Tetrapodophis amplectus glides through a tangle of branches from the conifer Duartenia araripensis, which has fallen into the water, sharing this habitat with a water bug from the Belostomatidae family and a small fish (Dastilbe sp.). (Julius Csotonyi)

Four-Legged Snake Fossil A Fake, Scientists Say

November 19, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

“Missing link” fossil is just a common 100 million-year-old marine lizard, study reveals.�
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An advanced X-ray technique has allowed conservators to determine what substances are eating away at the wreck of the warship Mary Rose, which sank in 1545 and was salvaged in 1981. (Courtesy Mary Rose Museum)

Shrivel Me Timbers: Henry VIII’s Salvaged Flagship Being Eaten Up By Acid

November 17, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Experts find preserved wood on the Tudor ship has been attacked by a reaction between traces of its metal fittings and bacteria.
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