Fossil of oldest known modern bird discovered in Antarctica
A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...
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Paleontologists Discover Fossil of the Oldest Known Modern Bird—but It Raises More Questions Than It Answers
Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...
Oldest rhino in the US — mom to 10 — dies after ‘extraordinary life’ at Tennessee zoo
A 56-year-old rhinoceros, the oldest in the U.S., has died in Tennessee after exceeding the median life expectancy for her ...
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480 million years old: Octopuses have sex chromosomes more ancient than dinosaurs
What stands out the most about this ancient cephalopod sex chromosome is how little the chromosome has changed over time.
Archaeology breakthrough as 1.4million year old jaw reveals unknown species
The new study revealed that the ancient jaw named SK 15 was originally unearthed in 1949 in a South African cave known as ...
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66-million-year-old fossil of vomit discovered: See what researchers found
A local fossil hunter found animal vomit at a Danish geological site that is believed to be 66 million years old.
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Ancient ‘ostrich-like’ creature — 73 million years old — found as new species in Mexico
Paleontologists discovered an unidentified dinosaur in the rocks of northern Mexico more than a decade ago. Photo by Sergio Gutierrez Shared by Claudia Serrano In northern Mexico, the Campanian ...
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Fossil of the Oldest Known Modern Bird Discovered in Antarctica
A 69 million-year-old skull fossil discovered in Antarctica is an ancient relative of geese and ducks, making it the oldest ...