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Funding for dinosaur fossil digging falls, as French interest rises

France’s varied geology makes it fertile ground for dinosaur fossil hunters, but many finds have only been unearthed in the last 20 years, with French palaeontologists only recently becoming interested in dinosaurs – and now funding is becoming harder to secure.

Radio France Internationale

Rare fossil of flying dinosaur reveals 76-million-year-old crocodile-like bite

Scientists said the young pterosaur would have had a wingspan of more than 6 feet

The Independent UK

We made a timeline of everything that’s happened in human history using only Iron Maiden songs

Iron Maiden have written songs about dinosaurs, the Second World War and many, many things in between. So, here’s the history of Planet Earth as told through the metal legends’ lyrics.

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Adult and baby Pachyrhinosaurus in first look at BBC’s Walking With Dinosaurs

The award-winning series is returning more than a quarter of a century after first being broadcast.

The Independent UK

Giant horned dinosaur discovered in Egypt after fossils were destroyed in World War 2

Findings suggest dinosaurs were much more diverse in North Africa than previously thought

The Independent UK

For shiny softness … don’t wash your hair

Brief letters: Pooh-pooh shampoo | A three-lane tropical biome | Trump takeovers | Muskrat Ramble | Freedom from facts

The Guardian - UK

A 3D artist has remade Jurassic Park's raptors and they're Prehistorically perfect (if a little goofy)

Doing what Hollywood couldn't.

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I can just see those dinosaurs plodding through the Cotswold mud

A dig near Bicester has uncovered spectacular tracks in what was once a Jurassic lagoon

The Guardian - UK

'Dinosaur highway' tracks dating back 166 million years are discovered in England

Researchers in England have unearthed nearly 200 dinosaur tracks that date back 166 million years

The Independent UK

Biggest trackway of dinosaur footprints found in Oxfordshire quarry

Cetiosauruses and a megalosaurus are thought to have left prints at trackway dating to nearly 166m years ago

The Guardian - UK

Britain's biggest-ever dinosaur footprint tracks discovered in Oxfordshire

Experts believe the spectacular tracks could be over 166 million years old

Evening Standard

Hundreds of dinosaur footprints dating back 166 million years found in quarry

Five huge trackways, forming part of a ‘dinosaur highway’, were discovered during a dig at a quarry in Oxfordshire in the summer.

Evening Standard

Giant sloths and mastodons coexisted with humans for millennia in Americas, new discoveries suggest

New discoveries from several archaeological sites in North and South America suggest that ancient people first arrived in the New World much earlier than scientists once thought

The Independent UK

50 Funniest Dinosaur Memes For People With A Prehistoric Sense Of Humor

If you didn't have a dinosaur phase as a kid, this is your chance to discover how rich, intricate, and hilarious the prehistoric era can be. The post 50 Funniest Dinosaur Memes For People With A Prehistoric Sense Of Humor first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Vegetarian piranha and Leonardo DiCaprio snake among new species named in 2024

A vegetarian piranha from the Amazon and a flying dinosaur found on the Isle of Skye are among the species previously unknown that have been named this year.

The Independent UK

Vegetarian piranha and Isle of Skye pterosaur among newly named species in 2024

Natural History Museum scientists and their partners across the world named almost 200 species in the last 12 months.

The Independent UK

New York man finds jaw of killer sea giant while gardening in his backyard

The man spotted teeth in the ground of his garden

The Independent UK

New York homeowner makes groundbreaking prehistoric discovery – the first in over a decade

Jaw of a mastodons, the evolutionary cousins of woolly mammoths, found in backyard

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The Guardian - US

New York state resident finds complete mastodon jaw beneath lawn

Jaw found in Scotchtown, Orange county, is latest notable discovery from ice age-era animal in the region

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Saturn's rings could be much older than scientists first thought

Saturn's rings might not be younger than the dinosaurs as recently suggested, but nearly as old as the giant planet itself at billions of years in age, a new study says.

Space

2 huge asteroid strikes 36 million years ago didn't change Earth's climate over the long haul, study finds

Two giant asteroids that struck Earth about 36 million years ago did not cause any long-lasting shifts to our planet's climate, according to new research.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the mind-boggling search for the world’s oldest DNA

This fascinating documentary digs deep for genetic secrets. Plus: Shetland reaches its sombre conclusion. Here’s what to watch this evening

Inverse

Fossilized Footprints Reveal Two Extinct Hominin Species Did In Fact Live Side By Side

The evidence for hominin behavior and locomotion found in a footprint is one of a kind.

The Independent UK

Apex the $45M stegosaurus is on display in New York. Here's what scientists hope to learn about it

The most expensive dinosaur fossil ever discovered will be on view in New York starting this weekend

The Independent UK

Dino teeth help scientists take a bite out of history 135 million years ago

For the first time, UK paleontologists said tyrannosaurs have been identified in sediments of this age and region

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