A chance discovery in southern France has unearthed a rare specimen: a nearly complete Titanosaur skeleton, from the hind skull to the tail.
Tag: ecosystem
Adaptation of birds to human activities in the Neolithic
A new study reveals that around 14,500 to 10,500 years ago, during the transition from the last glacial period, people harvesting vegetation from the wetlands of eastern Jordan created a habitat for migrating birds.
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.
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.
Evidence of giant elephant hunting by Neanderthals
According to analysis of 125,000 year old animal bones, Neanderthals hunted and killed prehistoric giant elephants, obtaining enormous quantities of meat that could sustain hundreds of people.
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.
Ancient footprints in UK!
Archaeologists and geographers from The University of Manchester determined that hundreds of ancient animal and human footprints unearthed on a Merseyside beach show a significant loss in large animal diversity in Ancient Britain.
1000 fossilized eggs find in China, the findings provided evidence of dinosaurs’ lack of diversity
In China, 1000 fossilized eggs were found, providing evidence for the hypothesis that the lack of diversity among the dinosaurs may have contributed to their decline and eventual extinction.