27-foot crocs roamed east Africa
May 7th, 2012 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 7 (IANS) A 27-foot crocodile, capable of swallowing humans, once roamed east Africa, dwarfing even its counterparts in the Nile - the biggest recorded so far, a scientist ... Read more...
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Skulls of ancient hippos shed light on origin of Hobbit’s brain
May 9th, 2009 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 9 (ANI): Ancient Madagascan hippos have shed light on the origins of the small brain of the 1-metre-tall human, known as the 'hobbit'.By examining the skulls of extinct Madagascan hippos, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Hobbit may represent an entirely new species
December 18th, 2008 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 18 (ANI): A team of anthropologists has claimed to have solved the hobbit mystery, by concluding that fossilized skeletons resembling a mythical hobbit creature represent an entirely new species ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
‘Hobbits’ were different from us, after all
December 18th, 2008 - 11:33 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) Anthropologists are on the verge of solving one of the greatest mysteries in recent history - that fossilised skeletons resembling a mythical "hobbit" creature represent an entirely new ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |