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A dinosaur fossil sat forgotten in a drawer since 1985 until scientists realized what it was

Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica tucked in a drawer

The Independent UK

Antarctica's oldest known dinosaur fossil was hiding in a museum drawer for 40 years

For years, it sat unnoticed among thousands of geological specimens, catalogued and stored without attracting much attention. The fossil had been collected during an expedition to Antarctica in the mid-1980s and then quietly placed within a museum collection, where it remained for nearly four decades.

The Times of India

At the Great American State Fair, you can find a dinosaur's rib cage. Unity is another matter

The Great American State Fair has kicked off on the National Mall in Washington

The Independent UK

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166-million-year-old Jurassic dinosaur highway discovered beneath a British quarry

A routine day at a limestone quarry in Oxfordshire has led to one of Britain's most significant dinosaur discoveries in decades. Hidden beneath layers of clay, hundreds of fossilised footprints have emerged from a landscape that existed around 166 million years ago, when the region lay beside a warm, shallow…

The Times of India

Discovery of prehistoric female-only cemetery changes what we know about early human society

Evidence suggests very early development of prehistoric female cultural identity

The Independent UK

Lost world beneath New Zealand cave reveals fossils of birds that disappeared a million years ago

New Zealand's wildlife is often viewed through the lens of the last few thousand years. Fossil deposits from relatively recent periods have provided detailed records of the birds that inhabited the islands before human settlement, while much older discoveries have offered glimpses into ecosystems that existed millions of years earlier.…

The Times of India

How The Dinosaurs' VFX helped audiences travel across vast spans of time

Lux Aeterna explains its cinematic approach to natural history storytelling.

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‘Life has always managed to crawl through’: docuseries takes us back to mass extinction events

Co-creator of Walking with Dinosaurs returns with Surviving Earth, a blockbuster new series that shows ‘how life bounced back’ from deadly events throughout history

The Guardian - US

Ohio residents keep finding mysterious round rocks in their backyards; they're actually 360-million-year-old fossils in disguise

If you live in Ohio and have ever spotted a strangely round, heavy rock in your garden or along a creek bed, one that looks too smooth and too symmetrical to belong there, you are not imagining things. Residents across the state, particularly around Columbus, have been puzzling over these…

The Times of India

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have created a vast underground habitat for life that lasted 8 million years

The asteroid impact that triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs may also have created one of Earth's most enduring habitats for life.

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What looked like simple red stains turned out to be Britain’s oldest cave art from 17,100 years ago

Inside a limestone cave on the Gower Peninsula in south Wales, eleven parallel horizontal lines of red pigment have been sitting on a cave wall for roughly 17,100 years. They were first noticed by scientists in 1912, declared a remarkable example of Palaeolithic cave art, then reclassified as a natural…

The Times of India

Striped rock dismissed as natural in 1928 reclassified as UK’s oldest cave art

Scientific dating proves streaks on walls of Bacon Hole, near the Mumbles in south Wales, is Palaeolithic rock art

The Guardian - UK

Monster 80-million-year-old fossil found by boy, 12, who plans to display it at Kansas county fair

The Kansas preteen has spent at least 30 hours cleaning the fossil, which he plans to show at the Sedgwick County Fair in July

The Independent UK

‘Pompeii, but in the middle of a massive city’: the ice age fossil site hidden in Los Angeles

La Brea Tar Pits – the only urban, active ice age excavation site in world – gets a mammoth face lift for the first time in nearly 50 years

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Scientists discover new marine T-rex that was twice the size of great whites and ‘meaner than any mosasaur’

Researchers say species had finely serrated teeth and was formidable marine predator

The Times of India

When David Attenborough met Prince George, one giant shark tooth stole the moment

A prehistoric shark tooth gifted by Sir David Attenborough to Prince George at Kensington Palace captivated the world. This massive fossil, from the extinct Otodus megalodon, offered a glimpse into ancient oceans and sparked a brief international dispute over its origin. The image's enduring appeal lies in its blend of…

The Guardian - UK

Tentacles, pointy teeth and the T-rex of the sea: the Natural History Museum on beasts that once ruled the oceans

A new exhibition, Jurassic Oceans, showcases the fearsome creatures that lurked below the surface – and offers a stark warning about the impact of warming waters on marine ecosystems today

The Independent UK

New study explains why T rex had such tiny arms: ‘The head took over’

Researchers say giant head adaptations in dinosaurs started in areas with gigantic prey

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Giant Dinosaur Skeleton Found In Thailand, The Nagatitan, May Be The Largest Dinosaur Of The Region

A local man in Thailand found strange looking rocks. He called a team to study them, and as it turns out, they were dinosaur bones. After years of research, this discovery was announced the largest ever sauropod in Southeast Asia. The full story is in the article.

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After dinosaurs, it’s spot the dog! But can a child really learn anything in a gallery?

Galleries such as National Museum Cardiff pull in children with their play areas and pencils – but stick around and you’ll notice kids critiquing Turner paintings too

The Guardian - UK

Neanderthals used stone drills to treat cavities 59,000 years ago, tooth suggests

Molar found in Siberia features deep hole that appears to show earliest known evidence of dental treatment

The Independent UK

Dante’s iconic 14th-century poem may have been inspired by asteroid impact

Researcher says Satan’s impact in Dante’s Inferno seems to parallel Chicxulub asteroid collision

The Independent UK

Study suggests dinosaurs may have fed their young ones a special diet to grow faster

Diet followed by young ones likely caused them to grow fast in their first year

The Times of India

A 220,000-year-old ‘stone workshop’ found in South Africa is changing what we know about early humans

New research has revealed that the early humans quarried metamorphic rock as far back as 220,000 years ago. A revolutionary study in Nature Communications uncovers that early humans in South Africa were involved in organised stone quarrying as long ago as 220,000 years. At the Jojosi site, located in eastern…

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210-Million-Year-Old Ancient Crocodile Cousin Was Built to Crush Prey, Triassic Fossil Reveals

A newly discovered ancient crocodile cousin from a 210-million-year-old Triassic crocodile fossil reveals a powerful prehistoric crocodile predator built to crush larger prey.

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