Fossil of a giant Trapdoor spider 11 to 16 million years old found. It is no surprise that the discovery was made in Australia.
Category: Paleontology
The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs didn’t greatly damage flowering plants
The Chicxulub asteroid that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was found to be generally harmless to flowering plants.
Predators that roamed the Earth millions of years before dinosaurs ‘Pampaphoneus biccai’
More evidence uncovered about Pampaphoneus biccai, the ‘bloodthirsty’ predator that roamed the Earth millions of years before dinosaurs.
24,000 year old Paleolithic art temple found in Spain
An unprecedented 24,000 year old Paleolithic art temple has been found in a cave in the Valencia region of Spain.
34 million year old whale skull discovered in Alabama
An Alabama teenager made a great discovery on his farm. A 34 million year old whale skull. It is estimated to be about 20 meters long.
Oldest plant eating long necked dinosaur species discovered in India
Discovery of plant eating long necked dinosaur suggests India may have been an important center of dinosaur evolution.
Pleistocene extinctions in Southern California caused by humans and fires
The Pleistocene extinctions of 13,000 years ago were caused by a warming and drying environment and human caused fires.
A new ape fossil found at an 8.7 million year old site in Türkiye
A new fossil ape discovered at an 8.7 million year old site in Turkey is questioning long accepted beliefs about human origins.
Evidence of 6500 year old British festival
Archaeologists have discovered evidence at an ancient British festival site that could provide new documentation to the distant origins of British identity.
Rock crystals were used to make weapons in prehistoric Western Europe
Several prehistoric in Western Europe, was a tradition of using rock crystals to make knives, arrowheads and crosses.