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New Marsupial Lineage Emerges from Australian Fossils

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Paleontologists have described a new genus and three new species of small, insect-eating marsupials from the Early Miocene deposits of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in northwestern Queensland, one of Australia’s richest fossil sites. The post New Marsupial Lineage Emerges from Australian Fossils appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

15/06/2026 sci-news

Ground-breaking Study Strengthens the Case for Lips in Dinosaurs

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The debate about lips in dinosaurs continues.  Whether dinosaurs possessed extraoral tissue remains controversial. However, a remarkable new study has added substantial support to the idea that most dinosaurs possessed extraoral tissues that covered and protected their teeth. A new study, published in the journal "Palaeontology" provides compelling evidence that lips were the ancestral condition

15/06/2026 everythingdinosaur

Young Earth was ravaged by asteroids, but that would have changed everything

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More than 4 billion years ago, Earth underwent an intense bombardment by asteroids. Long considered simple agents of destruction, these collisions could nevertheless have played an unexpected role in creating environments favorable to the emergence of life.

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Sauroposeidon: Beast of the Week

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 This week we will be checking out a huge dinosaur with an equally impressive name.  Enter Sauroposeidon proteles!Sauroposeidon was a sauropod dinosaur (long neck) that lived in what is now Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming, USA, during the early Cretaceous period, about 113 million years ago.  Its genus name translates to "Lizard Earthquake God" after the Greek god, Poseidon, who in addition to his more famous association with the ocean, was also the god of earthquakes in Greek mythology. Since not

14/06/2026 prehistoricbeastoftheweek

Millipedes beat vertebrates to land by 80 million years

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Millipedes may have been crawling across Earth's landscapes nearly 460 million years ago, long before vertebrates ventured onto land. A new study finally completes their evolutionary family tree, revealing surprising clues about these ancient ecosystem engineers and their early chemical defenses.

14/06/2026 sciencedaily-paleo

Could a Cetiosaurus Have Left the Longest Sauropod Trackway?

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Recently, we published a post highlighting the on-going research into the remarkable Oxfordshire "dinosaur highway".  A limestone quarry preserves the remains of numerous dinosaur tracks.  The tracks are preserved in strata laid down in the Middle Jurassic.  Palaeontologists estimate that the trackways are around 166 million years old (Bathonian faunal stage).  In a recent radio

14/06/2026 everythingdinosaur

Ancient Denisovan DNA still shapes human immunity today

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Ancient encounters between humans and the mysterious Denisovans are still shaping people today. By analyzing genomes from populations across the Pacific, researchers uncovered evidence that the ancestors of Near Oceanians interbred with at least three different Denisovan groups, leaving behind genetic variants that remain active in modern humans.

14/06/2026 sciencedaily-paleo

Lucy’s hunter revealed: Giant crocodile terrorized early human ancestors

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A newly identified crocodile species nicknamed “Lucy’s hunter” prowled Ethiopia’s rivers when Lucy’s species walked the Earth more than 3 million years ago. The giant predator was likely the most dangerous animal in the ecosystem and may have regularly hunted early human relatives.

13/06/2026 sciencedaily-paleo

Here is the first global map of an immense living network hidden beneath our feet

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Beneath our feet lies one of the largest living networks on the planet. A new study reveals the dizzying scale of mycorrhizal fungi, these invisible allies of plants which transport billions of tonnes of carbon each year and could play a key role in...

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The Haolonggood Diplodocus Dinosaur Model Photographed in the Sunshine

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The Haolonggood Diplodocus dinosaur model is an impressive prehistoric animal figure. Measuring around seventy-five centimetres in length, this 1:35 scale replica makes a real statement in any collection. Recently, young dinosaur fan and talented artist Caldey sent Everything Dinosaur a wonderful photograph of the Haolonggood Diplodocus dinosaur model (Meng Kang variant) enjoying some bright sunshine

13/06/2026 everythingdinosaur

Behind the “T. rex leather” bag that is driving auctions, here’s what luxury really sells

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Between biotechnological prowess and luxury storytelling, a handbag presented as made from “T. rex leather” has just appeared on the Parisian auction market. Priced at several hundred thousand euros, the object invokes paleontology and fragments of...

12/06/2026 futura-terre ⚙ Auto-translated

A Stunning Theropod Skull on Display

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During a visit to the Museum für Naturkunde (Berlin) we took the opportunity to photograph the beautiful skull of Tristan the Tyrannosaurus rex.  The skull is one of the most complete and best-preserved tyrannosaur skulls known to science.  The T. rex fossils, on display next to the skull material have been named Tristan Otto.  To

12/06/2026 everythingdinosaur

The missing notebooks that solved a 55-million-year-old fossil mystery

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A spectacular fossil fish discovered on a remote cliff in New Zealand nearly 30 years ago has finally revealed its full story thanks to an unexpected discovery: the original collector’s long-lost field notebooks. The 1.2-meter fossil, preserved in stunning three-dimensional detail, belonged to an ancient tarpon-like predator that cruised New Zealand waters about 55 million years ago.

12/06/2026 sciencedaily

Ancient DNA shared with Neanderthals may explain human language

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A tiny set of ancient genetic “switches” may have played a surprisingly large role in making human language possible. Researchers found that these DNA regions, which act like volume controls for genes involved in brain development, have an outsized influence on language ability despite making up less than 0.1% of the genome.

12/06/2026 sciencedaily-fossils

New Species of Ancient Bear-Dog Identified in Spain

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Paleontologists have identified a previously unknown species of amphicyonid -- the extinct family of carnivorous mammals popularly known as bear-dogs -- from two specimens unearthed at a rich fossil site in the Vallès-Penedès Basin near Barcelona, Spain. The post New Species of Ancient Bear-Dog Identified in Spain appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

11/06/2026 sci-news

Oxfordshire Dinosaur Trackway Could Be the Longest Sauropod Trackway Known

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Scientists studying the famous Oxfordshire "dinosaur highway" have announced that one of the giant trackways may represent the longest known sauropod trackway discovered anywhere in the world. The remarkable sequence of footprints, uncovered at Dewars Farm Quarry, could have been made by a single Cetiosaurus as it wandered across a Jurassic mudflat around 166 million

11/06/2026 everythingdinosaur

The 1,100-year-old mystery of Montana’s lost bison hunting site finally solved

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For nearly 700 years, Indigenous hunters repeatedly used a bison kill site in central Montana—then suddenly stopped, even though bison were still abundant. Researchers uncovered evidence that recurring, decades-long droughts likely made the site less practical by reducing access to the water needed to process large numbers of animals. At the same time, hunting groups were shifting toward larger, more coordinated operations that required dependable resources and specialized locations.

11/06/2026 sciencedaily-fossils

Study: Cave Lions were Distinct Species that Occasionally Bred with Ancestors of Today’s Lions

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The extinct Eurasian cave lion (Panthera spelaea) and today’s African and Asian lions (Panthera leo) belong to separate evolutionary lineages that diverged roughly 1.7 million years ago -- far earlier than previously thought, according to an analysis of 12 cave lion genomes spanning more than 100,000 years. The post Study: Cave Lions were Distinct Species that Occasionally Bred with Ancestors of Today’s Lions appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

10/06/2026 sci-news

Earth’s Earliest Animals May Have Thrived Too Easily to Evolve

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Fossils from some of the oldest-known animals on Earth, dating from 574 million years ago (Ediacaran period), suggest that cloning, not competition, dominated the Ediacaran seas, slowing evolution until environmental stress helped drive the rise of sexual reproduction and a burst of biodiversity. The post Earth’s Earliest Animals May Have Thrived Too Easily to Evolve appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

10/06/2026 sci-news

Rare Dinosaur Fossil From the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group Described

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Researchers have described a single dinosaur caudal vertebra (tail bone) from Denman Island (British Columbia, Canada).  It has been identified as an ornithomimosaur caudal vertebra. The fossil, thought to represent a bone from the middle part of the tail, is only the second dinosaur fossil identified from the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group. In addition, it

10/06/2026 everythingdinosaur