Fossil provides evidence of ancient dentistry
September 20th, 2012 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Sep 20 (IANS) Researchers have found evidence of ancient dentistry, following the discovery of a 6,500-year-old human jaw bone, with a tooth showing traces of beeswax filling.Researchers, led by ... Read more...
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Skull fossil of oldest Asian modern man found
August 24th, 2012 - 8:58 am ICT by IANS
Paris, Aug 24 (IANS) France's National Museum of Natural History has announced the discovery of the skull of the oldest Asian modern man, Xinhua reported.An international researchers team found the ... Read more...
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Dinosaur-bird ‘missing link’ could be egg
July 13th, 2012 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 13 (IANS) A fossilised dinosaur egg found in Spain shares the same characteristics as that of birds' eggs and could be the "missing link" to prove their "common ... Read more...
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11,000-year-old human sub-species found in China
March 15th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 15 (IANS) Scientists have found a previously unknown human subspecies, distinct from the present day Homosapiens, that may have lived in China 11,500 years ago.Fossil remains of a ... Read more...
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Ancient fish pays with life for snaring flying dino
March 12th, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 12 (IANS) Fossil remains of an ancient armoured fish, excavated in Bavaria, Germany, show it in the act of snaring its prey and paying with its life.
The ... Read more...
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Remains of 10,000-year-old giant sloth found
October 30th, 2011 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Brasilia, Oct 30 (IANS/EFE) Scientists have found bones in Brazil that belonged to a 20-foot-tall sloth that lived some 10,000 years ago.The bones were found in Minas Gerais state. The ... Read more...
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Ancient bird fossil found in China
August 19th, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 19 (IANS) A fossil of a bird dating back to seven million years was discovered in northwest China, Xinhua reported Friday.It was the first intact bird fossil ever ... Read more...
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Wombat fossil unearthed in Australia
July 7th, 2011 - 7:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sydney, July 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists have unearthed a car-sized wombat in the northern part of Australia. The discovery which was made on Wednesday is the most complex of its kind that ... Read more...
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49-million years old spider now gets 3-D makeover
May 19th, 2011 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 19 (IANS) Ever heard of a stunning makeover to a creature millions of years old?Well, scientists here have used the very latest computer-imaging technology to produce stunning 3-D ... Read more...
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Biggest ever spider fossil found in Mongolia
April 21st, 2011 - 12:55 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Ulaanbaatar, April 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Archaeologists have found the biggest prehistoric spider fossil in Inner Mongolia. The creature was well preserved and scientists have been able to determine even the minute details ... Read more...
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Miner finds 300 million year old shark fossil
April 11th, 2011 - 11:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Kentucky, April 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The University of Kentucky has put on display a 300-million-year-old shark fossil which was found by a miner. The jawbone was found in January in an underground ... Read more...
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Fossil of 300-mn-yr-old flying insect discovered
April 5th, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 5 (ANI): Scientists have discovered the fossil of a flying insect that got stuck in mud more than 300 million years ago.Some 312 million years ago, a mayfly landed on ... Read more...
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190mn-yr-old bird-hipped dino fossils found in Antarctic mountains
February 19th, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): Palaeontologists have discovered the fossil remains of fabrosaur, about 190 million years old in the Antarctic mountains.William Hammer of Augustana College found the fossils belonging to ornithischian or ... Read more...
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China displays 54 million-year-old rabbit skull
February 6th, 2011 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 6 (IANS) A rabbit skull, believed to be about 54 million years old, has been put on display at a museum here.The fossil is part of a special exhibition at ... Read more...
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3D scan used to create model of the colossal sea monster
December 23rd, 2010 - 9:18 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Dec 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists want to recreate a creature that got perished with the dinosaurs.
Scientists are currently using 3D CT scanner to picture the fossilized skull of the colossal ... Read more...
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30,000-yr-old finger bone found in Siberia is from ‘mystery human relative’
December 23rd, 2010 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 23 (ANI): Scientists have found that a 30,000-year-old bone finger fossil of a little girl found in Siberia in 2008, was neither a Neanderthal nor an early modern human, but ... Read more...
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Modern-day genomes used to reconstruct evolution of 3bn-yr-old microbes
December 20th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 20 (ANI): MIT scientists have used modern day genomes to reconstruct the evolution of ancient microbes.The scientists traced thousands of genes from 100 modern genomes back to those genes' first ... Read more...
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3400-yr-old Bronze Age man who broke his neck but survived, found in Spain
December 18th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 18 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a Bronze Age man that lived more than 3,400 years ago in Spain and suffered a broken hyoid bone, likely caused by ... Read more...
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African lizard fossil liked to modern-day Komodo dragon in Indonesia
November 19th, 2010 - 6:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): A new research has found a mysterious link between the bones of ancient lizards found in Africa and the biggest, baddest modern-day lizard of them all, the Komodo ... Read more...
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Massive, carnivorous “shrimp” ‘may not be Earth’s first predator’
November 2nd, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 2 (ANI): A study has revealed that the infamous, carnivorous "shrimp" that is considered Earth's first great predator may, in fact, be not.A new 3-D modeling of the mouth parts ... Read more...
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Study: Teeth markings suggest that Tyrannosaurus Rex was a cannibal
October 18th, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Oct 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Research by scientists have yielded results which suggests that the most fearsome and dangerous Dinosaur known as Tyrannosaurus rex (T rex), believed to have existed ... Read more...
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Fearsome T.rex was a cannibal
October 16th, 2010 - 11:45 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 16 (ANI): In a surprising find, palaeontologists from the United States and Canada revealed that Tyrannosaurus rex, the most feared carnivore amongst dinosaurs, hunted its own species too sometimes.Yale researcher ... Read more...
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East China dino museum is world’s largest
October 15th, 2010 - 6:07 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 15 (ANI): A museum in East China's Shandong Province has been recognized as the world's largest museum dedicated to dinosaurs.The museum houses an unequalled collection of dinosaur samples and ... Read more...
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Fossil of new dinosaur species found in China
October 10th, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 10 (IANS) Scientists in China have discovered the fossils of a previously-unknown dinosaur species - a meat-eating theropod.The fossils of the dinosaur were unearthed at Longshan in Yi Autonomous Prefecture ... Read more...
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Ancient giant penguin existed on Earth 36 million years ago
October 1st, 2010 - 9:15 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Oct 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Fossil of an ancient Giant Penguin was found in Reserva Nacional de Paracas in Peru. The fossil is of the penguin that lived around 36 million years ... Read more...
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Fossils Of Ancient Giant Penguin Discovered In Peru
October 1st, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Washington, Oct 1, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The fossil of a giant penguin that has been unearthed by paleontologists brings into the limelight startling revelations about the kind of features that the ... Read more...
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Researchers Elated By Discovery Of New Predatory Dinosaur In Romania
August 31st, 2010 - 7:44 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
August 31, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Researchers have uncovered a new fossil in Romania which shows evidence of a new kind of predatory dinosaur that roamed the area almost ... Read more...
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Archaeologists unearth 67,000-year-old human bone
August 4th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) Archaeologists have unearthed a 67,000-year-old human bone they claim proves the area was settled by man 20,000 years earlier than previously thought.
The discovery was made at the ... Read more...
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60 Minutes: Is ‘Sediba’ A New Link in the Evolutionary Chain?
August 2nd, 2010 - 8:52 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The two million year old remains of a nine year old boy recently found in Johannesburg is being called “Sediba” which mean “source” is being called the ... Read more...
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3,000 years old monkey fossil found in underwater cave
July 22nd, 2010 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 22 (ANI): Fossilised remains of a tiny, extinct monkey have been retrieved from an underwater cave in the Dominican Republic.On examination, scientists said that the fossil could be around 3,000 ... Read more...
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Massive Tooth Of Probable Trilophodon Excavated
July 5th, 2010 - 7:17 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Brighton, July 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Recently a fossil remain of an extinct mammal was discovered from the backyards of a Brighton home. A jawbone that could very well be that ... Read more...
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Giant Whale Eating Whale Discovered of Peru Coast
July 1st, 2010 - 11:35 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
July 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The skull of an huge sperm whale, which was 12 to 13 million years old, and the largest whale skull fossil ever found, measuring a shocking 10 ... Read more...
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Archaeologists Discover Whale Eating Whale Fossil In Peru
July 1st, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
July 1, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The archaeologists in Peru have discovered a huge whale eating whale fossil. Although the specimen has 14-inch teeth in its upper and lower ... Read more...
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Grandfather Of Fossil Lucy Unearthed In Ethiopia
June 22nd, 2010 - 8:16 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 22, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A global squad of honorable scientists has unearthed the remnants of a 3.6 million-year-old male in Ethiopia. Sciencedaily.com has uttered that the remnants are ... Read more...
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Toothless, giant flying reptile species found in Sahara
May 29th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 29 (ANI): Scientists have uncovered the fossil of a new species of a giant flying reptile in the Sahara desert.However, it seems the 95-million-year-old pterosaur was not too fond ... Read more...
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