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The Latest Breaking News on Paleontology

Three-eyed ancient predator ‘unlike any living animal’ discovered

Fossil species named after fictional Japanese kaiju Mothra

The Independent UK

A T-rex with lips? Predators with pink eyebrows? Walking with Dinosaurs is back to challenge everything you know

Dinosaurs are roaring back to life! With the help of palaeontologists around the globe … and a huge pile of pizza boxes. We dig deep into the return of the prehistoric epic

The Guardian - UK

Flying dinosaur fossil with intact feathers reveals how first birds took flight

Researchers say set of never-before-seen feathers on upper arm proved key to Archaeopteryx’s flight

The Independent UK

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‘Turning point’: claw print fossils found in Australia rewrite story of amniotes by 40 million years

The discovery by two local fossil hunters on a river bank in Victoria has ‘potentially far-reaching implications’, scientists say

The Guardian - AU

How ancient reptile footprints are rewriting the history of when animals evolved to live on land

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone recovered near Melbourne

The Independent UK

Feathered fossil provides clues about how earliest birds first took flight

‘Beautifully preserved’ Archaeopteryx has tertial feathers that appear to have been key to making it aerodynamic

The Guardian - UK

Jurassic World: Rebirth goes full fantasy with a new crop of mutant dinosaurs including one that looks like a T-rex "designed by HR Giger" which then "had sex with a Rancor"

Jurassic World: Rebirth will introduce mutant dinosaurs including the Distortus Rex and the Mutadon

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Dinosaurs were probably not doomed for extinction and could exist today — if it weren’t for the giant asteroid

Researchers say the dinosaurs weren’t yet in decline shortly before the extinction event, contradicting previous findings

The Independent UK

Giant ‘sea monster’ fossil unearthed in Mississippi mud

Mosasaurs were apex predators, and at their largest, they could weigh up to 9,000 kilograms

The Independent UK

Tim Flannery: ‘What we’re seeing is the last gasp of the patriarchy’

The celebrated scientist and conservationist on the federal election, the world at 3C hotter, and why he is ‘very hopeful’ humankind will survive the climate crisis

The Guardian - AU

John Mulaney jokes about Gene Hackman’s death investigation in Netflix show

Comedian used part of his ‘Everybody’s Live’ opening monologue to joke about the investigation into Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa’s tragic deaths

The Independent UK

I rewatched Jurassic Park ahead of Rebirth, and one iconic scene made me worry about the new movie

"Welcome to Jurassic Park: Rebirth"

WhatToWatch

Scientists are struggling to get hold of T rex fossils – and the rich are to blame

Specimens of dinosaur’s juvenile form have been emptied by nearly half by trade, study says

The Independent UK

New dinosaur species discovered in 125 million-year-old fossil

Researchers also found the remains of two rodent-like mammals in the gut of the dinosaur

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Tiny detail on animal bone changes what we know about our human ancestors

The first evidence that hominins butchered several animals at the site in Romania at least 1.95 million years ago has been revealed

The Guardian - UK

Why do chickens have two legs and why does ice crackle in water? The kids’ quiz

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

The Guardian - UK

Jawbone fossil builds richer image of ancient Denisovans

Fossil found off Taiwan coast adds to picture of enigmatic human species having a prominent jaw with huge teeth

The Independent UK

Ancient jawbone found on seafloor belongs to mysterious group of human ancestors

The partial jawbone was first recovered when a fishing operation dredged the seafloor

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The Guardian - AU

The film fans who remade Jurassic Park: how an Australian town got behind a $3,000 ‘mockbuster’

Jurassic Park: Castlemaine Redux is a shot-for-shot labour of love made with amateur actors, beanbag dinosaurs and an army of volunteers. Three years later it is finished – and ‘bigger than Ben-Hur’

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People Are Sharing Facts That Sound Fake But Are Totally True, Here Are 28 Of The Most Baffling Ones

We live many times closer to the last dinosaur than the first and last dinosaur did to each other. Let that sink in for a little bit.

Total Film

Jurassic World's Scarlett Johansson says Rebirth will make the franchise scary again – and one behind-closed-doors scene already proves she's not bluffing

Jurassic World Rebirth is making dinos scary again

The Independent UK

Secrets of dinosaur gathering revealed by newly discovered footprints

Footprints found on the Isle of Skye show herbivores and carnivores gathered 167 million years ago

The National (Scotland)

Rare dinosaur tracks found on Skye help researchers make exciting new discovery

RESEARCHERS have discovered that carnivorous and herbivorous dinosaurs “mingled” amongst each other 167 million years ago after finding rare…

The Guardian - UK

Dinosaur tracks uncovered at site of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s refuge

Jacobite leader was ‘sprinting in the footsteps’ of megalosaurs after escaping to the Isle of Skye in 1746

The Guardian - US

‘It reminds you of a fascist state’: Smithsonian Institution braces for Trump rewrite of US history

Normally staid historians sound alarm at authoritarian grasping for control of the premier US museum complex

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