paleontology

Scientists Finally Unlock Dinosaur DNA

Scientists piece together what dinosaur DNA may have looked like by borrowing from modern-day dino relatives such as birds and turtles. What they find is startlingly familiar, reinforcing the idea that birds are actually dinosaurs.

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This Headless Dinosaur Skeleton Finally Reunites With Its Skull After Nearly a Century

The headless dinosaur skeleton in Dinosaur Provincial Park in southern Alberta and the dinosaur skull stored in the university's Paleontology Museum actually belonged together.

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World’s Biggest Dinosaur Footprints Unearthed in Australia’s Jurassic Park

With this discovery of an unprecedented variety of dinosaur tracks, scientists are dubbing this coastline as the country’s Jurassic Park.

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Cannibalism Actually Happened in Spain 10,000 Years Ago

Scientists uncover evidence of cannibalism in Mesolithic humans.

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Identity Crisis: New Hypothesis Suggests Radical Changes to the Dinosaur Family Tree

Not only have dinosaur categories been completely overhauled, but they also might have been British.

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Laser Technology Reveals How Dinosaurs Really Looked Like

Four-winged dinosaurs are the closest thing to reality.

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Jurassic Surprise: Dinosaur Soft Tissue Discovered Inside 195-Million-Year-Old Fossil

How could there be preserved tissue from millions of years ago?

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130-Million-Year-Old Bird Fossil Reveals Clue to Oldest Red Pigment

Researchers have found evidence of the oldest red pigment in the feathers of a 130-million-year-old bird.

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Amazing Discovery: New Species of Cretaceous Dinosaur Found in Australia

Paleontologists have identified a new species of medium-sized titanosaur using fossilized bone fragments found in western Queensland, Australia in 2005.

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Not Exactly Drogon: 'Sea Dragon' Fossil Found in U.K. is 'New to Science

Fossils of 'sea dragons' are now housed in several musuems. Two of these fossils are "new" to Science, according to the paleontologists.

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Dino Look-Alike? Researchers Identify Strange Species of Extinct Reptile Predating Dinosaurs

Researchers have discovered a new species of ancient reptile that closely resembled the skull and brain structure of Pachycephalosaur dinosaur.

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Fossil of New Species of Flying Dinosaur Found in Argentina

Paleontologists discovered an intact, well-preserved remain of a complete braincase belonging to a new species of flying dinosaurs.

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Scientists Discover Fossils of New Extinct Species of Tiny Marsupial Lions

Paleontologists recovered fossils belonging to a tiny new species of marsupial lions named after Sir David Attenborough.

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Tufts-Love Rex: Fast Facts on the Recently Discovered Almost Complete T-Rex Skull

Paleontologists discovered a fossilized remain of a 15-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex that lived about 66 million years ago.

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Strange Mosasaur Fossils Reveal Smaller Species Had Binocular Vision and Hunted At Night

Well-preserved mosasaur fossils represent a new smallish marine reptile that used binocular vision to hunt at night.

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