Paleontology

New Research Challenges Dietary Habits of Homo floresiensis Recent analysis of the Homo floresiensis site at Liang Bua cave suggests these hominins were likely scavengers rather than specialized hunters. A …

Ancient Fossil Reveals Early Herbivore, Shedding Light on Plant-Eating Evolution About 307 million years ago, an animal roughly the size of a soccer ball was likely consuming ferns in an …

T. Rex’s Tiny Arms: New Research Suggests a Fearsome Purpose For decades, the diminutive arms of Tyrannosaurus rex have puzzled paleontologists. Theories ranged from vestigial limbs with no real function …

The Enduring Appeal of Demon Slayer’s Split Rocks: A Fresh Folklore Emerges The phenomenal success of the Japanese manga and anime series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba has had an …

Researchers recently announced a discovery that changes the scientific understanding of presence of horned dinosaurs in Europe: A more complete fossil of a ceratopsian dinosaur found in western Hungary provides …

Tongnanlong zhimigi: Finding of a Giant Dinosaur in China Table of Contents Tongnanlong zhimigi: Finding of a Giant Dinosaur in China The Discovery Site and Geological Context What is the …

The Dino-Chicken Project: Are We on the Verge of Bringing Dinosaurs Back to Life? Already at the beginning of this century, paleontologist Jack Horner predicted we would soon recreate dinosaurs …

Unearthing the Past: Newly Discovered Snake Fossils Reshape Understanding of Oligocene Life Table of Contents Unearthing the Past: Newly Discovered Snake Fossils Reshape Understanding of Oligocene Life A Window into …

Unearthing a Jurassic Juvenile: New Dinosaur Discovery on the Isle of Skye Table of Contents Unearthing a Jurassic Juvenile: New Dinosaur Discovery on the Isle of Skye A Challenging Excavation …