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Egypt: 41 million year old ancestral whale discovered
In Egypt, scientists have discovered the remains of an extinct whale species that lived 41 million years ago. With an estimated length of...
Smaller mammals can be dangerous to dinosaurs
The dinosaurs are considered the dominant group of their time. But could significantly smaller mammals also pose a threat to terrestrial vertebrates? ...
Fossils of ten pygmy hippos discovered
Fossils of ten pygmy hippos have been found during excavations on the Greek holiday island of Crete. According to the researchers, the fossilized...
1.6 billion years old: traces of early life found
About a billion years ago, a group of previously unknown single-celled creatures roamed the Earth in great numbers. This is what an international...
These fossils are said to shed light on prehistoric climate change
Fossils from the Styrian Eisenwurzen would provide information about a gigantic mass extinction 233 million years ago.There have been a number of climate catastrophes...
