Fossils - Page 52

October 20, 2015

Ancient stone toolmaking didn't just spread out of Africa with humans

An advanced way of crafting stone tools, once thought to have only originated in Africa, may have been invented elsewhere independently, according to a new study.

October 20, 2015

Ancient 'dragon' beast flew right out of 'Avatar'

A sprawling ancient flying reptile looked so much like a dragon that could have flown alongside the aerial predators called "ikran" in the film "Avatar" that its discoverers named the newfound beast after these mountain banshees

October 20, 2015

Dreadnoughtus dinosaur weighed whopping 65 tons, feared nothing

A gargantuan, long-necked dinosaur as big as a two-story house and weighing as much as 12 elephants once stalked a flower-dotted earth some 77 million years ago in what is now Argentina

October 20, 2015

Scientists tap tech to reveal dinosaur egg secrets

Inside the geology department at Mississippi State University, one man is on a mission to see exactly what's inside a rock -- but this is no ordinary rock.

October 20, 2015

Modern sharks are sleeker, faster than their ancestors, fossil find suggests

Sharks turn out to be more modern and sleek than anyone had ever imagined, given a new study that negates a prior theory that today’s sharks are “living fossils,” changing little over time.

October 20, 2015

Mammoth tusk may be largest found in Seattle area

The mammoth tusk found this week at a construction site appears to be the largest and most intact mammoth fossil ever uncovered in the Seattle area, experts say.

October 20, 2015

Ancient sea monsters were black, study finds

Some of the largest beasts in the ancient seas had black skin or scales, new research finds.

October 20, 2015

Stone-tipped spears predate existence of humans by 85,000 years

Remains of the world’s oldest known stone-tipped throwing spears, described in a new paper, and so ancient that they actually predate the earliest known fossils for our species by 85,000 years.

October 20, 2015

Fossil captures ancient insects having sex

About 165 million years ago Bam! froghoppers' mating session was interrupted by a volcanic eruption

October 20, 2015

Largest dino of all time is digitally recreated

A digital reconstruction of the world’s largest known land animal, the Cretaceous dinosaur Argentinosaurus, has allowed it to take its first steps -- albeit virtually -- in over 94 million years.