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Tiny T. rex fossils may be distinct species – but not everyone agrees

Tue, 01/02/2024 - 18:01
Palaeontologists can’t agree on whether fossils from several small dinosaurs represent juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex or smaller adults of a separate species that lived alongside them
Categories: Fossils

Monkeys in Thailand took up stone tools when covid-19 stopped tourism

Tue, 12/26/2023 - 02:00
Long-tailed macaques on the island of Koh Ped appear to have learned a new way to forage when the pandemic put a stop to feeding by tourists
Categories: Fossils

Pliosaur discovery on Jurassic Coast is 'very likely a new species'

Sun, 12/10/2023 - 11:00
Fossil hunters have uncovered what is thought to be the most complete Jurassic pliosaur skull ever found, the subject of a new David Attenborough documentary
Categories: Fossils

Largest ever animal may have been Triassic ichthyosaur super-predator

Thu, 12/29/2022 - 03:00
New fossil discoveries show predatory marine reptiles from 200 million years ago may have been bigger than today’s blue whales – and that they evolved astonishingly rapidly
Categories: Fossils

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