An ancient family of giant panda that were predators has been found by a team of Chinese and American paleontologists.
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Soft tissue, veins found in a dinosaur
Although while finding fossilized dinosaur bones is amazing, it’s even more amazing when researchers find evidence of soft tissue.
The biggest penguin to ever exist
The biggest penguin to have ever lived, weighing more than 150 kilograms has been discovered in fossil form in New Zealand.
Fossil excavations in Kayseri, Türkiye
After a shepherd discovered the bone in Kayseri province of Türkiye, fossil excavations began in 2018 with the support of the municipality.
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.
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.
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.
The debate that human ancestors began bipedalism due to foraging in trees
In an unexpected development, learning to walk on land may not have had any role in the genesis of human bipedalism.
At least 236,000 years ago, Homo naledi may have lighted fires in subterranean caverns
New evidence suggests that an ancient hominid known as Homo naledi may have ignited controlled fires in the pitch-dark chambers of an underground cave system.