Until now, paleontologists have generally believed that the closest relatives of dinosaurs possibly looked a little smaller in size, walked on two legs and were carnivorous. Recent discovery to dispel this hypothesis, sciencedaily.com writes.
A fossil that was celebrated last year as a possible "missing link" between humans and early primates is actually a forebearer of modern-day lemurs and lorises, utexas.edu writes.
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Hunter and hunted were frozen in time at key moment. Entombed at the moment of attack, a fossil serpent and sauropod are the first solid proof that prehistoric snakes ate dinosaurs, a new study says. Read more at nationalgeographic.com.
Paleontologer har oppdaget fossiler av en hittil ukjent dinosaur i Utahs sandstein. - Et fantastisk funn, sier paleontolog Jørn Hurum om oppsiktsvekkende fossiler, til dagbladet.no
Large-sized gastropods dating from only 1 million years after the greatest mass extinction of all time, the Permian-Triassic extinction, call into question the existence of a "Lilliput effect", sciencedaily.com writes.
Forskning på fossiler gir ikke bare et innblikk i livets utvikling og mangfoldet i fortiden, skriver Jesper Hansen i Museumsstipendiatenes blogg på forskning.no.
Trails found in rocks dating back 565 million years are thought to be the earliest evidence of animal locomotion ever found, sciencedaily.com says.
It's been long thought that the ancestors of ostriches, emus, and other flightless birds that once flew were flightless too. But a new study says that they only began exploring the ground in earnest after dinosaurs were wiped out about 65 million years ago, nationalgeographic.com writes.
En modell av dinosauren Microraptor glir elegant over en gressbakke ved University of Kansas. Modellen viser at flygekunsten trolig oppstod ved glideflukt fra trærne, og ikke med flaksing fra bakken, skriver forskning.no.
En gang før menneskene kom var det gigantiske gnagere, krypdyr og enorme fugler som ikke kunne fly som regjerte over det australske kontinentet. Men for mellom 40 og 50 tusen år siden forsvant nesten alle, skriver forskning.no.
The first vertebrates to walk the Earth emerged from the sea almost 20 million years earlier than previously thought, say scientists who have discovered footprints from an 8-foot-long (2.4-meter-long) prehistoric creature. Read more about the footprints on nationalgeographic.com.
Today I'd like to introduce you to "Antonio," a remarkable dinosaur that represents a new species, Tethyshodros insularis, discovery.com says.
En tidlig slektning av Tyrannosaurus rex er funnet i New Mexico i USA. Oppdagelsen gjør at forskere tror de første dinosaurene kom fra Sør-Amerika og senere vandret nordover, skriver forskning.no.
Forskere har lenge grublet over hvordan skilpaddene fikk skall. Et rekordgammelt fossil kan kanskje gi svaret, skriver forskning.no.
