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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

paleontology

An illustration of ‘Cooper’, the largest dinosaur found in Australia. (Vlad Konstantinov/Queensland and Eromanga Natural History museums)
June 8, 2021, 1:21 pm
New gigantic dinosaur identified in Australia, among the world’s largest
Australotitan cooperensis estimated to have stood at 5-6.5 meters high and measured 25-30 meters in length; bones discovered on museum director’s family farm
By AFP
A fossilized cranium of Australopithecus anamensis. (Undated, Dale Omori/Cleveland Museum of Natural History via AP)
August 29, 2019, 2:39 pm
Skull find of humans’ oldest-known ancestor may alter understanding of evolution
Discovery in Ethiopia of 3.8-million-year-old skull indicates some ancient hominid species may have coexisted
By Robbie COREY-BOULET
Hesham Sallam, head of Mansoura university's Center for Vertebrate Paleontology, displays bones of a Cretaceous period dinosaur in Mansoura, Egypt, February 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
February 6, 2018, 4:58 pm
Rare dinosaur discovered in Egypt, could signal more finds
Paleontologists say skeleton of bus-sized plant-eater Mansourasaurus could be the tip of the sand dune for other desert discoveries
By MAGGIE HYDE
An artist's reconstruction of the newly discovered dinosaur Mansourasaurus shahinae on a coastline in what is now the Western Desert of Egypt. (Andrew McAfee/Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
January 30, 2018, 2:00 am
Scientists discover huge Egyptian dinosaur with ties to Europe
Skeleton of elephant-sized plant-eater Mansourasaurus is the most complete from the late Cretaceous period ever found in Africa
By Mariëtte Le Roux
Dinosaur footprint in Australia. (Wikimedia Commons)
December 20, 2017, 5:25 am
Vandals take hammer to ancient Australia dinosaur footprint
Officials slam ‘sad and callous’ damage to 115 million-year-old impression at Flat Rocks in Victoria
By AFP
9.7 million year-old fossilized teeth found in a former bed of the Rhine river (Mainz Natural History Museum)
October 21, 2017, 11:05 pm
Discovery of 9.7 million-year-old teeth could ‘rewrite human history’
Dental remains found by German paleontologists prompt speculation that Europe, not Africa, was the true birthplace of humankind
By ToI Staff
Dr. Peter Schmid (R) from the University of Zurich prepares "Neo", a new found fossil skeleton in the Cradle Of Human Kind area, to be displayed on May 8, 2017 in Maropeng, South Africa. (AFP Photo/Gianluiga Guercia)
May 9, 2017, 4:43 pm
Hominids lived alongside humans, South African scientists find
Dating of fossils belonging to Homo naledi suggest the species become extinct much later than previously believed
By Christopher Torchia
This microscope image made available by Matthew Dodd in February 2017 shows tiny tubes in rock found in Quebec, Canada. The structures appear to be the oldest known fossils, giving new support to some ideas about how life began, a new study says. (Matthew Dodd via AP)
March 1, 2017, 10:26 pm
Oldest fossils point to life on Earth 4 billion years ago
Researchers find ‘direct evidence’ of life 300 million years older than previously thought, only a bit younger than planet
By Marlowe HOOD
Feathers of a 99 million year-old bird-like dinosaur encased in amber and discovered in northern Myanmar. (YouTube screenshot)
December 8, 2016, 11:35 pm
Feathered dinosaur tail in 99-million-year-old amber
Unique find, unearthed in a market in Myanmar, provides extraordinary insight into detail, pigments, of sparrow-sized creature
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo of a dinosaur skeleton. ('Light the dinosaur'/Ruben/CC BY 2.0)
July 7, 2016, 3:25 am
Climate change, asteroid impact killed off dinosaurs
Study argues that immense volcanic eruptions led to greenhouse warming, weakening ecosystems until they could not survive strike
By Mariëtte Le Roux
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