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LUCKNOW: Moving a step further towards developing a Jurassic era theme park in the city, the Lucknow Development Authority has allocated Rs 5 crore for the project.

The Times of India

Experience: I uncovered dinosaur footprints in a restaurant

We found tracks from plant-eating dinosaurs with long necks and tails

The Guardian - UK

Georgian archaeologists find 1.8-million-year-old human tooth

The latest discovery provides more evidences that the mountainous south Caucasus area was likely one of the first human settlements outside Africa.

The Hindu

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Africa's dinosaur discoveries: five essential reads

Few prehistoric creatures generate as much excitement and awe as dinosaurs. Whether it’s the “tyrant” T-Rex or a slim-necked Brachiosaurus, people are fascinated by these creatures that dominated landscapes all over the world - including across the African continent - hundreds of millions of years ago.

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One-legged Stone Age skeleton may show oldest amputation

The 31,000-year-old skeleton of a young adult found in a cave in Indonesia that is missing its left foot and part of its left leg reveal the oldest known evidence of an amputation, according to a new study.

The Hindu

Curious Kids: did humans hunt and eat woolly mammoths or dinosaurs?

Did humans hunt and eat woolly mammoths or dinosaurs? – Jasmine, age 10, Central Coast NSW

The Conversation

Seven times people discovered the Americas – and how they got there

When Columbus landed in 1492, the Americas had been settled for tens of thousands of years. He wasn’t the first person to discover the continent. Instead, his discovery was the last of many discoveries.

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New study sheds light on devastating dinosaur extinction event

THE meteorite that wiped out Earth’s dinosaurs instantly ignited forest wildfires up to thousands of kilometres from its impact zone, scientists

The National (Scotland)

Small Dinosaur Fit for the Living Room to Be Sold at Paris Auction

A small dinosaur skeleton will go on sale in Paris next month and is estimated to sell for between 400,000 and 500,000 euros ($495,000), auction house Giquello said. Unlike huge dinosaur skeletons sold at earlier auctions, the fossilized iguanodon skeleton stands just 1.3 meter high and is three meters (9.8…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Amputation in a 31,000-year-old skeleton may be a sign of prehistoric medical advances

The skeleton of a young adult found in a cave in Indonesia that is missing its left foot and part of its left leg reveal the oldest known evidence of an amputation, according to a new study.

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One-legged Stone Age skeleton may show oldest amputation

A skeleton from 31,000 years ago may be the earliest evidence found of an amputation surgery in humans

The Independent UK

Researchers' shock at seeing '50ft prehistoric megalodon shark' on sea scan

Researchers from the Atlantic Shark Institute said they thought they had seen an extinct 50 feet long megalodon shark under their boat on a sea scan but it turned out to be a school of mackerel

Daily Mirror

Scientists stunned as giant shark-like blob appears beneath boat

The appearance of a giant shark-shaped blob on a research vessel’s sonar display recently had scientists pondering the existence of the long-extinct Megalodon.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Earliest known mammal identified using fossil tooth records

The animal’s fossil records date back 225 million years, predating the previously confirmed first mammal by approximately 20 million years.

The Independent UK

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Remnant of the past

Satun was once submerged in the southern hemisphere until the movement of tectonic plates pushed the terrain up. Covering an area of 2,600km² in four districts, its geopark is home to the region's most ancient marine fossils such as nautiloids dating back to the palaeozoic era (between 500-250 million years…

Zenger

Half-A-Million-Year-Old Tusk From Extinct Giant Elephant Unearthed

The exceptionally well-preserved tusk belonged to a member of a long extinct species of giant, straight-tusked elephants.

The Guardian - UK

Oldest human or just another ape? Row erupts over 7m-year-old fossil

Remains from Chad desert provoke rancorous dispute over whether species was earliest to walk upright

Zenger

UNESCO World Heritage Site Revealed As One Of Oldest Neanderthal Archaeological Locations

The Gallery of Statues site is located in the Cueva Mayor-Cueva del Silo Complex in the Atapuerca archeological site, in Spain.

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Africa’s Oldest Dinosaur Found in Zimbabwe

Scientists in Zimbabwe have discovered the remains of Africa's oldest dinosaur, which roamed the earth around 230 million years ago. The dinosaur, named Mbiresaurus raathi, was only about one meter (3.2 feet) tall, with a long tail, and weighed up to 30 kilograms (66 pounds), according to the international team…

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Paleontologists Discover New Crocodile Species With Thickest Eggs Ever

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of crocodile that lived with the last dinosaurs and that laid the thickest eggs on record.

ABC News

Africa's oldest known dinosaur has been discovered in Zimbabwe

The fossil, which was near-complete barring some of the hand and portions of the skull, is the oldest-known definitive dinosaur found in Africa to date.

The Independent UK

Fossil could be rare complete dinosaur skeleton

The specimen is likely to provide information about what the dinosaur looked like and its anatomy.

Insider UK

Itison launches recruitment drive for 250 staff

The GlasGLOW and Elfingrove events expect to bring up to 350,000 visitors to the city

The Independent UK

Oldest dinosaur fossil in Africa discovered

Finding ‘Mbiresaurus raathi’ also helps scientists develop new theory of dinosaur migration

ABC News

Yeppoon architect wins award for Muttaburrasaurus Interpretation Centre design

The Muttaburrasaurus Interpretation Centre was built with local rocks as the main material and requires no power or staff to run, features that won the architect a design award.

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