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Largest known crocodile likely ate early man
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 11:47 AM EDT (FOXNews.com)
The largest known crocodile was big enough to swallow a human being and likely terrorized our ancestors two to four million years ago. Remains of the enormous horned croc, named Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni, were unearthed in East Africa. The impressive aquatic reptile exceeded …
Jurassic pain: Giant 'flea-like' insects plagued dinosaurs 165 million years ago
Seeded on Wed May 2, 2012 5:55 AM EDT (EurekAlert!)
It takes a gutsy insect to sneak up on a huge dinosaur while it sleeps, crawl onto its soft underbelly and give it a bite that might have felt like a needle going in – but giant "flea-like" animals, possibly the oldest of their type ever discovered, probably did just that …
Strange organism has unique roots in tree of life
Seeded on Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:37 AM EDT (msnbc.com)
Talk about extended family: A single-celled organism in Norway has been called "mankind's furthest relative." It is so far removed from the organisms we know that researchers claim it belongs to a new base group, called a kingdom, on the tree of life." We have found an unknown …
Newly discovered close relative of T. rex is largest known feathered dinosaur
Seeded on Mon Apr 9, 2012 5:22 AM EDT (Science Daily)
Palaeontologists have known for more than a decade that some small dinosaurs had bird-like feathers, mainly thanks to beautifully preserved fossils from northeastern China. Now three specimens of a new tyrannosauroid from the same region show that at least one much larger dinos …
Cute Tropical Camels: Prehistoric Species Found in Panama
Seeded on Wed Mar 7, 2012 5:59 AM EST (National Geographic)
From the new fossils, Rincon and his team described two new prehistoric camel species: Aguascalietia panamaensis and Aguascalientia minuta, both of which roamed the Central American tropics about 20 million years ago.Both animals had long, crocodile-like snouts, likel …
Humans are descended from worm which lived 500 million years ago
Seeded on Mon Mar 5, 2012 9:25 AM EST (Mirror.co.uk)
The oldest human ancestor is a 500million-year-old worm-like creature no longer than a thumb. Pikaia gracilens is the most primitive known vertebrate and therefore the ancestor of all descendant vertebrates, including humans. The tiny creature had the beginnings of a back …
Scientists reconstruct long-extinct giant penguin
Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:03 AM EST
It was a slender bird, with long wings and a spear-like bill to catch swift ocean prey. And scientists say the first glimpse of the extinct giant penguin species was worth the 26 million-year wait.
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First Photos of China's 298-Million-Year-Old Buried Forest
Seeded on Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:41 AM EST (Gizmodo)
These are the first photos of some of the countless treasures found in the extraordinary 298-million-year-old forest discovered under coal mine in Wuda, Inner Mongolia, China.
Did Life Start in a Pond, Not Oceans? : Discovery News
Seeded on Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:40 AM EST (Discovery.com)
Life may have gotten its start inland, inside ponds of volcanic condensate, not in the oceans. Modern life is more chemically compatible with conditions in venting geothermal fields, such as Yellowstone National Park, than in the ocean, even a primitive ocean, new analysis shows.
Global warming COULD SHRINK THE HUMAN RACE
Seeded on Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:28 PM EST (The Register (UK))
Modern mammals, including humans, could be at risk of shrinking as a result of global warming, just as teeny prehistoric horses shrank to an even smaller size when temperatures rose 56 million years ago.
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