Fossils

Dentist Makes an Unsettling Discovery in the Floor of His Parents’ Newly Renovated Home

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Something about one of the floor tiles in his parents’ newly renovated European home seemed extremely strange. That’s because the man who ...

Scientists Discover 82-Feet-Long Ancient “Giant Fish Lizard” in the UK

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A second two-meter-long ichthyosaur jawbone discovered in Somerset, UK, has unveiled a new giant species, Ichthyotitan severnensis, dating back 202 million years, ...

Haven’t they seen Jurassic Park! Scientists plotting to bring dead animals currently unknown in the history of the natural world back to life through DNA found in fossils

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Researchers hope to revive species such as mammoths and Tasmanian Tigers  Scientists are plotting to bring extinct animals currently unknown in the ...

A New Study Shakes Up Ecological Theories

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Nanuqsaurus, standing in the background, and pachyrhinosaurus, skull in the foreground, were among the dinosaur species included in a new study led ...

New Jurassic Fossils Reveal That Our Hearing Evolved From Reptilian Jawbones

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Recent paleontological research has unveiled crucial insights into the evolution of hearing in early mammals, marking a significant advancement in our understanding ...

New Crocodile Ancestor Discovered in Texas Reveals Secrets of Armor Evolution

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

An artist’s interpretation of the newly identified aetosaur Garzapelta mueller. Credit: Márcio L. Castro Researchers identified a new aetosaur species, Garzapelta muelleri, ...

This Colossus Was a “Heron From Hell” – New Research Unravels Secrets of Controversial Dinosaur

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Doing what they do better than any animal that ever evolved, a pair of the giant sail-backed predators, Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, wade into ...

The Mysterious 280-Million-Year-Old Fossil That Fooled Scientists for Decades

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Tridentinosaurus antiquus was discovered in the Italian Alps in 1931 and was thought to be an important specimen for understanding early reptile ...

Ancient lizard ‘fossil’ in Italian Alps was painted onto rock in historic hoax

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Preliminary investigations using UV photography showed that the entirety of the specimen was treated with some sort of coating material. The team ...

Dog Walker’s Bone Find Leads to Near-Complete Fossil Titanosaur Skeleton

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A 70 million-year-old dinosaur bone found by a man walking his dog has turned out to be part of a near-complete dinosaur ...