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13 of the biggest dinosaur discoveries in 2014
It’s been a big year for dinosaurs – quite literally when the new “biggest dinosaur ever” Dreadnoughtus was uncovered in South America.
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Utah's Dinosaur 'Death Trap' Reveals Trove of Giant Predators
A nine-ton block of sandstone that was pulled from a Utah mountain late last year holds the biggest fossil trove ever found of the giant predatory dinosaur known as Utahraptor. Covered in feathers, with a huge sickle claw on each second toe, Utahraptor looked like a pumped-up version of the Jurassic Park star Velociraptor. The fossils might help resolve a long-standing debate about whether these predators hunted in groups. In the Jurassic Park films...
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Long-necked 'dragon' discovered in China
University of Alberta paleontologists including PhD student Tetsuto Miyashita, former MSc student Lida Xing and professor Philip Currie have discovered a new species of a long-necked dinosaur from a skeleton found in China.
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Hunters Find a Frozen 10,000-Year-Old Baby Woolly Rhino
In the epoch before striped dresses, the Internet was ruled by baby animals. Likewise, our Pleistocene ancestors were no doubt enthralled by the menagerie of little woolly mammals that once roamed the Earth—at least until climate change drove them to extinction. Now...
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Big ancient land-dwelling croc inspired 'abject terror'
The "Carolina butcher" has been found and is just as scary as the name suggests.
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'Bizarre' Jurassic dinosaur discovered in remarkable new find
Chilesaurus diegosuarezi belongs to the theropod group of dinosaurs, which includes tyrannosaurs, but was vegetarian and has other curious features
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75-million-year-old dinosaur blood and collagen discovered in fossil fragments
Scientists have discovered what appear to be red blood cells and collagen fibres in the fossilised remains of dinosaurs that lived 75 million years ago. Traces of the soft tissues were found by accident when researchers at Imperial College in London analysed eight rather shabby fossils that had been dug up in Canada a century ago before finding their way to the Natural History Museum in London.
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Dinosaurs of the Lost Coast
Was Utah’s ancient coast a driver of dinosaur evolution?
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Brain of ancient sea creature reconstructed by undergraduate researcher
The world's first study into the brain anatomy of an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile that lived at the same time as the dinosaurs, has shed light on how the reptilian brain adapted to life in the oceans
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Dinosaurs in new Jurassic World film divide the palaeontology world
One scientist has told Newsbeat that he thinks it's a shame Jurassic World doesn't include any new discoveries made in the world of dinosaurs since the first film came out in 1993.
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The eight deadliest dinosaurs
These dinosuars are scarier than any from the movies - because they really existed.
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Face of bizarre sea creature Hallucigenia revealed
One of nature's most bizarre animals - Hallucigenia - is finally revealed in its entirety after specimens in Canada reveal its missing face.
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These Are the Dinosaurs Paleontologists Want to See in Movies
Therizinosaurus, the Edward Scissorhands of dinosaurs, is a popular contender.
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What Killed the Dinosaurs in Utah’s Giant Jurassic Death Pit?
Paleontologists are gathering evidence that may help crack the 148-million-year-old mystery, including signs of poisoned predators.
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T-rex and its ilk owed hunting success to special serrated teeth
Many extinct creatures, including killer theropod dinosaurs like the notorious Tyrannosaurus rex , had serrated teeth, with jagged cutting edges to help them chew through flesh. Some years ago scientists noticed that theropods also had some unusual structures inside their teeth: interconnected cracks and voids that many thought must have been wear and tear from the act of eating hard stuff, like bones.
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Construction Firm Discovers Ice Age Mammoth Fossils during work
Construction workers at Carlsbad, California discover several Ice Age fossils of prehistoric creatures such as mammoths, bison, turtles and horses.
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DNA from Neandertal relative may shake up human family tree
In a remarkable technical feat, researchers have sequenced DNA from fossils in Spain that are about 300,000 to 400,000 years old and have found an ancestor—or close relative—of Neandertals. The nuclear DNA, which is the oldest ever sequenced from a member of the human family, may push back the date for the origins of the distinct ancestors of Neandertals and modern humans, according to a presentation here yesterday at the...
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Can paleogenetics tell us about prehistory?
Paleogenetics is helping to solve the great mystery of prehistory: how did humans spread out over the earth?
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Paleo People Were Making Flour 32,000 Years Ago
Oatmeal is generally considered a no-no on the modern paleo diet, but the original paleo eaters were definitely grinding oats and other grains for dinner, according to new research.
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Where And How To Sift For Your Own Fossils
You don’t need to be a paleontologist or travel through remote canyons to find exquisite fossils. The teeth, shells, and bones of ancient animals could lurk in a creek, quarry, or on a beach near you. Once you find a good location—the map below shows a bunch of spots—you’ll need to separate fossils from surrounding soil. A mesh-lined letter tray works in a pinch, but the best option is to build your own sifter. We like this rig made from ¼-inch hardware cloth and 1-inch-by-2-inch planks.
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