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The Latest Breaking News on Paleontology

When I was a kid, I knew all the dinosaurs — not personally, of course, because they were extinct by then, and woolly mammoths roamed the earth. But I was a fan of such prehistoric stars as brontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex and especially Raquel Welch, who wore a cave woman bikini…

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Jurassic mix between flamingo and whale

This prehistoric flying reptile had some bizarre teeth for filtering prey

Salon

319-million-year-old Fossilized Fish Found In UK Coal Mine

The oldest known example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain is a fossilized fish that was discovered a century ago

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Bear-clawed cavern discovered in Spain ‘opens new door on prehistory’

Researchers hail ‘world-class discovery’ that suggests cave bears may have lived farther south in than thought

The Guardian - UK

‘Oldest animal fossil’ that rewrote India’s history turns out to be recently ‘decayed bee hive’

‘Closer look demonstrates that the impression resulted from decay of a modern beehive’

The Independent UK

The world’s oldest fossils or oily gunk? New research suggests these 3.5 billion-year-old rocks don’t contain signs of life

The Pilbara region of Western Australia is home to one of the most ancient surviving pieces of Earth’s crust, which has been geologically unchanged since its creation some 3.5 billion years ago.

The Conversation

Vikings brought their animals to England, research suggests

Experts find evidence at Derbyshire cremation site of horses and dogs originating from the Baltic Shield

The Guardian - UK

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‘Charmouth crocodile’ identified as new genus of croc-like creature

Remains of 2-metre-long animal discovered in 2017 by two fossil hunters

The Guardian - UK

Underlying tensions help to produce hammer-and-tongs desert storm

A couple of weeks ago in this column’s opening meander, I went to excruciatingly unnecessary lengths to tell you how useless I was at admin. With…

The National (Scotland)

World’s First Worm Dating Back 220 Million Years Ago Unearthed

The primitive creepy-crawly was identified from its tiny jaws and teeth & world’s first worm dating back 220 million years ago.

Zenger

Unearthed, the 220 million-year-old ‘missing link’ in evolution

Named Funcusvermis gilmorei, it lived at the beginning of the age of the dinosaurs

The Independent UK

Stunned fishermen catch rare 'living fossil' beast - and it's older than dinosaurs

Father and son duo Keith Dees and Huntley, from the US, reeled in an alligator gar during their annual fishing trip to Alabama, admitting catching this record-breaking beast "never crossed" their minds

Daily Mirror

Remains of Britain’s ‘oldest northerner’ found, according to experts

The remains were dated at around 11,000 years old, just after the Ice Age

The Independent UK

'Oldest northerner' unearthed after huge UK dig confirms Ice Age burial site in cave

Bone fragments from eight individuals were dated to around 4,000 years ago while others went back 5,500 years, with very earliest dating to the Mesolithic era just after the end of the last Ice Age

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Zenger

Report: An ‘Armageddon’ Asteroid Couldn’t Be Stopped By A Nuke

The good news is we can also use this information to our advantage, even Bruce Willis couldn’t save Earth from an asteroid.

The Independent UK

Remains of 11,000-year-old human uncovered

The remains were dated at around 11,000 years old, just after the Ice Age

The Canberra Times

Aussie dinosaur arrives in Canberra in time for Australia Day

Cooper the Australotitan Cooperensis is the latest addition to the National Dinosaur Museum at Gold Creek

The Independent UK

New species of dinosaur with more than 400 teeth unearthed in Germany

The fossil was found in a limestone quarry in Bavaria during research led by Professor David Martill of the University of Portsmouth

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The Independent UK

New pterosaur with more than 400 teeth unearthed in Germany

The fossil was found in a limestone quarry in Bavaria during research led by Professor David Martill of the University of Portsmouth.

Manchester Evening News

Expect dinosaurs and much, much more when Manchester Museum fully re-opens after £15m five-year revamp

The much-loved space is set to reopen to the public

Dynamite News

Researchers Uncover 92 Fossil Nests Belonging To Some Of India's Largest Dinosaurs

The discovery of more than 250 fossilized eggs reveals intimate details about the lives of titanosaurs in the Indian subcontinent. Read on for details:

The Independent UK

Velociraptor may not have used claws for slashing after all, says study

Contrary to depictions in popular media, ‘this claw is not built for slashing,’ say experts

Daily Mirror

Ten crocodile mummies found by archaeologists in undisturbed Egyptian tomb

Archaeologists have found ten well preserved crocodile mummies dating back possibly more than 2,500 years at an undisturbed Egyptian tomb which were likely sacrificed to a fertility god

Manchester Evening News

Man arrested after fossils and dinosaur bones stolen in break-in

A 57-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of burglary, criminal damage and stalking

The Independent UK

Clutch of over 250 fossilised eggs unearthed in India suggests dinosaurs may have nested together like birds

‘Findings offer new insights into the conditions of nest preservation and reproductive strategies of titanosaur dinosaurs’

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