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Colossal Meteorite Impact 3 Billion Years Ago May Have Boosted Early Life on Earth
Around 3.26 billion years ago, a giant meteorite, 200 times larger than the one that killed the dinosaurs, struck Earth. This impact stirred up nutrients from the ocean floor, like phosphorus and iron, that may have given early microbes a much-needed boost. While the event was likely catastrophic for some life forms, it also created opportunities f...
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One Of Palaeontology's Biggest Mysteries Solved - Extinction Of The Giant Ape
Giant creatures are usually associated with dinosaurs, woolly mammoths or mystical beasts. But if you go back though the human lineage youll find a very distant relative that stood three metres tall and weighed around 250 kilograms.
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Dinosaurs' Hollow Bones Evolved Thrice To Make Them Giants: Study
Dinosaurs as big as buses or five-story buildings would not be possible if their bones were dense and heavy like ours.
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Specimen Of Dinosaur-Era Insect Found On Walmart Building In US
Scientists are still trying to find out how the giant lacewing arrived on the exterior of a Walmart store.
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3 Feet-Long Dinosaur Footprint Left Over 160 Million Years Ago Found In UK
The giant creature left behind the footprint when it was probably resting or crouched down, deeply pressing its feet into the ground.
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Scientists Discover Two Giant Crystal-Filled Dinosaur Eggs In China
Scientists have announced the discovery of cannonball-sized dinosaur eggs that were filled with clusters of calcite crystals. The two fossilised eggs were discovered in China in the Qianshan Basin of Anhui Province.
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Drought Uncovers Dinosaur Footprints From 113 Million Years Ago
A drought in Texas dried up a river flowing through Dinosaur Valley State Park, exposing tracks from giant reptiles that lived some 113 million years ago, an official said Tuesday.
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Europe's 'Largest Predatory Dinosaur' Found By UK Fossil Hunter
A giant crocodile-faced dinosaur, discovered on the Isle of Wight by one of Britain's best fossil hunters, was probably the largest predator ever to stalk Europe, scientists said on Thursday.
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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Google's Dinosaur Game Now Features Olympic Torches, Other Minigames
Dinosaur Game on Google's Chrome browser has been around for several years. To mark the Tokyo Olympics 2020 that are already underway, the search giant has added several tweaks to the classic game.
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80 Million-Year-Old Fossil Embryo "Small Giant" Packs Surprises About Big Dinosaur
The skull of a dinosaur embryo from Argentina is providing surprising details about baby facial features present in one species from an important dinosaur group called titanosaurs that included the largest land animals that have ever lived on Earth.
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Massive Meteor Shower "Hit Earth And Moon" 800 Million Years Ago
A giant meteor shower bombarded Earth and the Moon 800 million years ago with more than 30 times the force of the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs, new research showed Tuesday.
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Saturn's Rings Are Already Halfway To Their Death
If dinosaurs had possessed telescopes and the will to gaze skyward 100 million years ago, they might have seen a very different Saturn - one without its iconic rings. And if humans manage to survive another 100 million years, our descendants may also miss the discs of ice and dust that encircle the golden gas giant.
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"Largest Dinosaur Foot" Discovered By US Authorities
About 150 million years ago, a giant, long-necked dinosaur stomped on the ground in the midwestern US state of Wyoming and left behind what researchers said Tuesday is the largest dinosaur foot ever discovered.
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New Species Of Long-Necked Dinosaur Found In Australia
Scientists have identified a new species of giant long-necked dinosaur whose ancestors likely crossed over to Australia around 105 million years ago from South America.
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Giant Dinosaur Footprint Discovered In Mongolia Desert
One of the biggest dinosaur footprints ever recorded has been unearthed in the Gobi Desert, researchers said on Friday, offering a fresh clue about the giant creatures that roamed the earth millions of years ago.
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Colossal Meteorite Impact 3 Billion Years Ago May Have Boosted Early Life on Earth
Around 3.26 billion years ago, a giant meteorite, 200 times larger than the one that killed the dinosaurs, struck Earth. This impact stirred up nutrients from the ocean floor, like phosphorus and iron, that may have given early microbes a much-needed boost. While the event was likely catastrophic for some life forms, it also created opportunities f...
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One Of Palaeontology's Biggest Mysteries Solved - Extinction Of The Giant Ape
Giant creatures are usually associated with dinosaurs, woolly mammoths or mystical beasts. But if you go back though the human lineage youll find a very distant relative that stood three metres tall and weighed around 250 kilograms.
-
Dinosaurs' Hollow Bones Evolved Thrice To Make Them Giants: Study
Dinosaurs as big as buses or five-story buildings would not be possible if their bones were dense and heavy like ours.
-
Specimen Of Dinosaur-Era Insect Found On Walmart Building In US
Scientists are still trying to find out how the giant lacewing arrived on the exterior of a Walmart store.
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3 Feet-Long Dinosaur Footprint Left Over 160 Million Years Ago Found In UK
The giant creature left behind the footprint when it was probably resting or crouched down, deeply pressing its feet into the ground.
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Scientists Discover Two Giant Crystal-Filled Dinosaur Eggs In China
Scientists have announced the discovery of cannonball-sized dinosaur eggs that were filled with clusters of calcite crystals. The two fossilised eggs were discovered in China in the Qianshan Basin of Anhui Province.
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Drought Uncovers Dinosaur Footprints From 113 Million Years Ago
A drought in Texas dried up a river flowing through Dinosaur Valley State Park, exposing tracks from giant reptiles that lived some 113 million years ago, an official said Tuesday.
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Europe's 'Largest Predatory Dinosaur' Found By UK Fossil Hunter
A giant crocodile-faced dinosaur, discovered on the Isle of Wight by one of Britain's best fossil hunters, was probably the largest predator ever to stalk Europe, scientists said on Thursday.
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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Google's Dinosaur Game Now Features Olympic Torches, Other Minigames
Dinosaur Game on Google's Chrome browser has been around for several years. To mark the Tokyo Olympics 2020 that are already underway, the search giant has added several tweaks to the classic game.
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80 Million-Year-Old Fossil Embryo "Small Giant" Packs Surprises About Big Dinosaur
The skull of a dinosaur embryo from Argentina is providing surprising details about baby facial features present in one species from an important dinosaur group called titanosaurs that included the largest land animals that have ever lived on Earth.
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Massive Meteor Shower "Hit Earth And Moon" 800 Million Years Ago
A giant meteor shower bombarded Earth and the Moon 800 million years ago with more than 30 times the force of the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs, new research showed Tuesday.
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Saturn's Rings Are Already Halfway To Their Death
If dinosaurs had possessed telescopes and the will to gaze skyward 100 million years ago, they might have seen a very different Saturn - one without its iconic rings. And if humans manage to survive another 100 million years, our descendants may also miss the discs of ice and dust that encircle the golden gas giant.
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"Largest Dinosaur Foot" Discovered By US Authorities
About 150 million years ago, a giant, long-necked dinosaur stomped on the ground in the midwestern US state of Wyoming and left behind what researchers said Tuesday is the largest dinosaur foot ever discovered.
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New Species Of Long-Necked Dinosaur Found In Australia
Scientists have identified a new species of giant long-necked dinosaur whose ancestors likely crossed over to Australia around 105 million years ago from South America.
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Giant Dinosaur Footprint Discovered In Mongolia Desert
One of the biggest dinosaur footprints ever recorded has been unearthed in the Gobi Desert, researchers said on Friday, offering a fresh clue about the giant creatures that roamed the earth millions of years ago.
