Researchers say the find highlights how much more there is to learn about Earth’s prehistory with fossil digs on the subcontinent.
Tag: Scientific Reports (Journal)
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This Fossil Is a Freeze-Frame of a Mammal Fighting a Dinosaur
It’s like a man-bites-dog story from prehistoric times, although researchers had to take steps to verify that it was not a forgery.
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Cannibalism, or ‘Clickbait’?
A recent study offered the “oldest decisive evidence” that our ancient hominid ancestors ate one another. But the field has a long history of overstating such claims, other paleoanthropologists note.
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A Fossil Flower Trapped in Amber Had a Mistaken Identity for 150 Years
A study of the Baltic specimen offers new insights into what Europe’s climate was like some 35 million years ago.
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Will Your Dog Get Dementia? A Large New Study Offers Clues.
The risk of canine cognitive dysfunction, a.k.a. “doggy dementia,” is far greater in dogs who don’t get enough exercise, researchers found. Their risk factors echo some in humans, whose homes they share.