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Paleontology

From left, the Pierolapithecus cranium shortly after discovery, after initial preparation, and after virtual reconstruction.

Extinct ape gets a facelift, 12 million years later

Categories Life & Non-humans

Life reconstruction of the ancient mammal relative Thrinaxodon from the Triassic Period of Earth history. Similar in size and shape to a modern mink, Thrinaxodon is close to the inferred size of the ancestor of the group of ancient mammal relatives called cynodonts, and it shared that ancestor’s likely preference for animal food. Image by April Neander.

Survival of the newest: the mammals that survive mass extinctions aren’t as “boring” as scientists thought

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Life reconstruction of the 150-million-year-old avialan theropod Fujianvenator prodigiosus

Paleontologists find new fossil link in bird evolution

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Prehistoric animals offer new evolutionary hints as riddles persist

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The Coliseum site is viewed from above. The once-horizontal rocks are now nearly vertical, exposing many hundreds of tracks on flatirons of resistant rock. The dimples on the rock faces are dinosaur tracks.

Scientists explore dinosaur ‘coliseum’ in Denali National Park

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Bee

Bees likely evolved from ancient supercontinent, earlier than suspected

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Illustration showing Repenomamus robustus as it attacks Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis moments before a volcanic debris flow buries them both, ca. 125 million years ago.

Unusual fossil shows rare evidence of a mammal attacking a dinosaur

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New alligator identified in Asia. Image courtesy of Nature.

New ancient Asian alligator species identified

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Apex predator of the Cambrian likely sought soft over crunchy prey

Ancient Sea Scourge Not So Fearsome After All

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Present-day katydids of the genus Arethaea, pictured here, have the same internal structures as those seen in the fossil.

Exceptional Preservation of Internal Organs in 50-Million-Year-Old Katydid Fossil

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A new species of early toothed whale

New Species of Ancient Toothed Whale Unveiled: Olympicetus thalassodon

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Plantar (underneath) view of feet of a four-toed tapir (left) and a one-toed horse (right) and in the middle, a reconstruction of the extinct three-toed horse

Modern horses have lost their additional toes, scientists confirm

Categories Life & Non-humans

Bone cavities called air sacs appeared in the ancestors of long-necked dinosaurs about 225 million years ago, according to the analysis of a specimen found in Rio Grande do Sul state, South Brazil. The study also shows that air sacs did not evolve as linearly as scientists believe (credit: Márcio L. Castro)

Brazilian fossil provides earliest evidence of evolutionary trait that enabled dinosaurs to become giants

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