A ancient “knapping workshop” with 600 obsidian handaxes that date back at least 1.2 million years has been discovered in Ethiopia.
Category: Paleontology
Large number of skulls discovered in Cueva Des Cubierta, a Neanderthal cave in Spain
In the Cueva Des Cubierta cave in Spain, a large number of animal skulls placed by Neanderthals were found.
Pterosaur with more than 400 teeth discovered in Germany
In Germany, scientists found a new kind of dinosaur(pterosaur) with more than 400 teeth that ate similarly to ducks and flamingos.
Fossilized flower found in amber
Scientists discovered fossil of a flower blooming in amber: a nearly 40 million year old flower. The largest fossilized flower that has ever been found.
Early evidence of mammoth slaying in Mexico comes from an Ice Age hunting camp
The oldest concrete proof of conflicts between Ice Age humans and megafauna in the Basin of Mexico can be found in this hunter gatherer hideaway.
On a Maryland beach, ABD, a 9 year old girl discovered a rare Megalodon shark tooth fossil
On Christmas morning, Molly Sampson told her mother that she wanted to go fossil hunting at a nearby beach and uncover an extinct megalodon fossil. She eventually succeeded in doing so.
A creature with a modern bird body and a T-rex head discovered
Although we are aware that current birds are descended from dinosaurs like the T. rex, when and how did this happen? The Chinese fossil from 120 million years ago sheds light on the evolution of current birds.
A 244 million year old marine reptile fossil discovered in Yunnan, China
In Luoping County, Yunnan Province in southwest China, paleontologists found the fossil of a new marine reptile species that dates back 244 million years.
Amazing live fossils called triops from the time of the dinosaurs discovered in Arizona
Adar Leibovitch recently photographed a colony of prehistoric triops, that has survived for hundreds of millions of years.
Scientists discover the oldest evidence of a dinosaur Microraptor devouring a mammal
A recent study indicates that the fossilized bones of the Microraptor, a bird-like predatory dinosaur, researchers discovered its last meal.