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Palaeontology
Category: Palaeontology | Posted on 9-26-2018 | 
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A gargantuan species of ostrich-like elephant bird from Madagascar was thought to the largest that ever lived.
Category: Palaeontology | Posted on 9-21-2018 | 9 comments
A new study has cast further light on a mystery fossil that scientists say is as 'strange as life on another planet'.
Category: Palaeontology | Posted on 9-13-2018 | 10 comments
The elephant bird, along with some of Madagascar's other megafauna, went extinct around 1,000 years ago.
Category: Palaeontology | Posted on 8-27-2018 | 7 comments
In a recent breakthrough, researchers in the UK have managed to piece together a history of dinosaur DNA.
Category: Palaeontology | Posted on 8-24-2018 | 6 comments
Scientists have discovered the fossil remains of an ancient turtle with a toothless beak and no shell.
Category: Palaeontology | Posted on 8-23-2018 | 6 comments
Scientists have identified the first known example of first-generation interbreeding between two extinct hominins.
Category: Palaeontology | Posted on 8-23-2018 | 12 comments
In some species, the key to success may be more about 'survival of the laziest' than 'survival of the fittest'.
Category: Palaeontology | Posted on 8-13-2018 | 4 comments
Scientists have revealed the discovery of a new species of giant pterosaur that lived over 200 million years ago.
Category: Palaeontology | Posted on 7-26-2018 | 6 comments
A new species of dinosaur discovered in China has turned what we know of sauropod evolution on its head.
Category: Palaeontology | Posted on 7-20-2018 | 2 comments
With its armored plating and bony protrusions, this impressive dinosaur was well protected from predators.
