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Asteroid dust found at Chicxulub Crater confirms cause of dinosaurs’
Although an asteroid impact has long been the suspected cause of the mass extinction 66 million years ago, researchers think new evidence finally closes the case.
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Bird-like dinosaur could hunt in total darkness, pointing to thriving prehistoric 'nightlife' | CBC News
Under the cover of darkness in desert habitats about 70 million years ago, in what is today Mongolia and northern China, a gangly looking dinosaur employed excellent night vision and superb hearing to thrive as a menacing pint-sized nocturnal predator.
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1 Billion-Year-Old Fossil Could Be The Oldest Multicellular Animal on Record
A teeny tiny fossil found in the Scottish Highlands could be a missing link in the evolutionary history of animals.
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"Creative destruction" allowed snakes to inherit the Earth
Scientists discover how snakes survived and diversified after the extinction event that killed off the majority of species on Earth, including dinosaurs.
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Scientists discover new dinosaur species with ‘bizarre’ spiky armour
Spikes in this ankylosaur is peculiar since it is fused to the rib bones and not growing out from skin
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Scientists find perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo preparing to hatch like a bird
At least 66m-year-old fossil discovered in southern China reveals posture previously unseen in dinosaurs
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Mammals’ bodies outpaced their brains right after the dinosaurs died
Fossils show that mammals’ brains and bodies did not balloon together. The animals’ brains grew bigger later.
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Rise of the dinosaurs traced back to their adaptation to cold
Covering of feathers left them able to cope when other creatures died off in mass extinction event, scientists say
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How mammals won the dinosaurs' world
Sixty-six million years ago, our ancestors lived through the most violent event in the Earth's history. How did small, insignificant mammals survive a doomsday asteroid?
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Peace accord in Colombia leads to discovery of new dinosaur species
Researchers dubbed it Perijasaurus lapaz after the mountainous region and the Spanish word for “peace.”
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Dinosaur Hatchery With 92 Nests And Over 250 Eggs Uncovered In India
The recent findings suggest the titanosaur — one of the largest dinosaurs in the world — may have close ties with modern-day crocodiles and birds.
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