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Rare Fossils From Extinct Elephants Document Earliest Instance of Butchery in India’s Kashmir Valley
In the Kashmir Valley, rare fossils from extinct elephants reveal the earliest evidence of human butchery in India, dating back 300,000 to 400,000 years. The discovery includes stone tools used to extract bone marrow, offering insight into early human behaviour in the region. These fossils, from the extinct elephant species Palaeoloxodon turkmenicu...
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3 US School Children Discover Rare T. Rex Fossil: ''My Friends Don't Believe Me''
The discovery has now been turned into a documentary narrated by Sir Sam Neill, who famously portrayed Dr Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park films.
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99 Million-Year-Old Amber Offers Rare Glimpse Of Dinosaur Era
In a discovery akin to stepping back into the ancient world, Israeli scientists uncovered a new species of flea preserved in amber. This remarkable find offers a rare glimpse into the distant past, approximately 99 million years ago.
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Lizard-Like Species That Lived 247 Million Years Ago In Australia Discovered
The fossil's impression encompasses an "nearly complete skeleton", something that is exceedingly rare, said scientists.
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Rare Dinosaur Fossil Found With Perfectly Preserved Last Meal
The fossil belongs to Microraptors that lived during the Cretacious period.
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First Mass Extinction Of Animals Took Place 550 Million Years Ago: Study
Scott Evans, a postdoctoral researcher at Virginia Tech College of Science, compiled data on rare Ediacaran-era fossils of squishier animals from around the world.
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150-Million-Year-Old Fossil Named After Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky
Polish palaeontologists recently named a 150 million-year-old marine invertebrate after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. The well-preserved and complete fossil of the bizarre creature was discovered in Africa.
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A Rare Catch: Fisherman Reels In 12,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Tooth
Captain Tim Rider was fishing for scallops when he reeled in something much rarer and more valuable - a 12,000-year-old woolly mammoth tooth.
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Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Embryo Found Inside Fossilised Egg in Rare Discovery
Paleontologists have found a never-seen-before fossil of a complete baby dinosaur curled up inside its egg. The fossil showed the remarkable similarities between theropod dinosaurs and the birds they would evolve into, according to a new study.
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Fossil Of 2 Million Year Old Frog Found In Argentina
Argentine paleontologists have uncovered fossilized remains of a rare species of frog that lived two million years ago, the science and technology agency at the La Matanza national university said Monday.
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Giant Squid Gets Makeover Before Exhibition In Paris Museum
A little elbow grease, some formaldehyde, and a lot of ingenuity -- that's what it took for taxidermists at the Museum of Natural History to prettify a giant squid along with a coelacanth, a rare fish known as the "living fossil".
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Tesla's Electric Motor Shift To Spur Demand For Rare Earth Neodymium
Efforts by governments around the world to cut noxious emissions produced by fossil fuel-powered cars is driving demand for electric vehicles and the metals used to make them, such as lithium and cobalt which are key ingredients for batteries.
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A 66-Million-Year-Old Skull Could Unlock Secrets About Triceratops
There's more excitement than usual at Marco's Pizza in Thornton, Colorado, since news spread Tuesday that a rare dinosaur fossil was unearthed at a construction site up the street.
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Meet Alesi, Our 13-Million-Year-Old Ancestor
An international team of researchers has discovered in Kenya a rare fossil of an infant ape that lived 13 million years ago.
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Hubble Discovers Rare Fossil Relic Of Early Milky Way
A fossilised remnant of the early Milky Way harbouring stars of hugely different ages 19,000 light-years from Earth has been unveiled by an international team of astronomers using Hubble space telescope.
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Rare Fossils From Extinct Elephants Document Earliest Instance of Butchery in India’s Kashmir Valley
In the Kashmir Valley, rare fossils from extinct elephants reveal the earliest evidence of human butchery in India, dating back 300,000 to 400,000 years. The discovery includes stone tools used to extract bone marrow, offering insight into early human behaviour in the region. These fossils, from the extinct elephant species Palaeoloxodon turkmenicu...
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3 US School Children Discover Rare T. Rex Fossil: ''My Friends Don't Believe Me''
The discovery has now been turned into a documentary narrated by Sir Sam Neill, who famously portrayed Dr Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park films.
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99 Million-Year-Old Amber Offers Rare Glimpse Of Dinosaur Era
In a discovery akin to stepping back into the ancient world, Israeli scientists uncovered a new species of flea preserved in amber. This remarkable find offers a rare glimpse into the distant past, approximately 99 million years ago.
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Lizard-Like Species That Lived 247 Million Years Ago In Australia Discovered
The fossil's impression encompasses an "nearly complete skeleton", something that is exceedingly rare, said scientists.
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Rare Dinosaur Fossil Found With Perfectly Preserved Last Meal
The fossil belongs to Microraptors that lived during the Cretacious period.
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First Mass Extinction Of Animals Took Place 550 Million Years Ago: Study
Scott Evans, a postdoctoral researcher at Virginia Tech College of Science, compiled data on rare Ediacaran-era fossils of squishier animals from around the world.
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150-Million-Year-Old Fossil Named After Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky
Polish palaeontologists recently named a 150 million-year-old marine invertebrate after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. The well-preserved and complete fossil of the bizarre creature was discovered in Africa.
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A Rare Catch: Fisherman Reels In 12,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Tooth
Captain Tim Rider was fishing for scallops when he reeled in something much rarer and more valuable - a 12,000-year-old woolly mammoth tooth.
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Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Embryo Found Inside Fossilised Egg in Rare Discovery
Paleontologists have found a never-seen-before fossil of a complete baby dinosaur curled up inside its egg. The fossil showed the remarkable similarities between theropod dinosaurs and the birds they would evolve into, according to a new study.
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Fossil Of 2 Million Year Old Frog Found In Argentina
Argentine paleontologists have uncovered fossilized remains of a rare species of frog that lived two million years ago, the science and technology agency at the La Matanza national university said Monday.
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Giant Squid Gets Makeover Before Exhibition In Paris Museum
A little elbow grease, some formaldehyde, and a lot of ingenuity -- that's what it took for taxidermists at the Museum of Natural History to prettify a giant squid along with a coelacanth, a rare fish known as the "living fossil".
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Tesla's Electric Motor Shift To Spur Demand For Rare Earth Neodymium
Efforts by governments around the world to cut noxious emissions produced by fossil fuel-powered cars is driving demand for electric vehicles and the metals used to make them, such as lithium and cobalt which are key ingredients for batteries.
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A 66-Million-Year-Old Skull Could Unlock Secrets About Triceratops
There's more excitement than usual at Marco's Pizza in Thornton, Colorado, since news spread Tuesday that a rare dinosaur fossil was unearthed at a construction site up the street.
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Meet Alesi, Our 13-Million-Year-Old Ancestor
An international team of researchers has discovered in Kenya a rare fossil of an infant ape that lived 13 million years ago.
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Hubble Discovers Rare Fossil Relic Of Early Milky Way
A fossilised remnant of the early Milky Way harbouring stars of hugely different ages 19,000 light-years from Earth has been unveiled by an international team of astronomers using Hubble space telescope.
