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cm0002@europe.pubEnglish · 7 days ago

Storms that built a graveyard: ancient monsoons created a spectacular dinosaur fossil site

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Storms that built a graveyard: ancient monsoons created a spectacular dinosaur fossil site

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cm0002@europe.pubEnglish · 7 days ago

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ZeroCool@piefed.caEnglish · 10 days ago

New web tool maps fossil locations across ancient continents in seconds

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New web tool maps fossil locations across ancient continents in seconds

ZeroCool@piefed.caEnglish · 10 days ago

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CelticViking@social.doomprepper.comEnglish · 1 month ago

Humans returned to Britain 500 years earlier than scientists thought after the last ice age

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Humans returned to Britain 500 years earlier than scientists thought after the last ice age

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CelticViking@social.doomprepper.comEnglish · 1 month ago

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ZeroCool@piefed.caEnglish · 1 month ago

Fossilized babies of ancient crocodile-like predators uproot understanding of how animals adapted to the land

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Fossilized babies of ancient crocodile-like predators uproot understanding of how animals adapted to the land

ZeroCool@piefed.caEnglish · 1 month ago

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cm0002@lemy.lolEnglish · 2 months ago

Extraordinary fossils solve a 500-million-year mystery: Bryozoans were there at the dawn of animal life

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Extraordinary fossils solve a 500-million-year mystery: Bryozoans were there at the dawn of animal life

cm0002@lemy.lolEnglish · 2 months ago

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cm0002@lemy.lolEnglish · 2 months ago

World's largest scorpion revealed by 415-million-year-old fossils

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World's largest scorpion revealed by 415-million-year-old fossils

cm0002@lemy.lolEnglish · 2 months ago

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solo@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months ago

The Oldest Evidence of Animal Sex Has Been Found, and It’s Mind-Boggling

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The Oldest Evidence of Animal Sex Has Been Found, and It’s Mind-Boggling

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solo@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months ago

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nzEnglish · 3 months ago

Colossal dinosaur unearthed in Thailand weighs as much as nine elephants

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Colossal dinosaur unearthed in Thailand weighs as much as nine elephants

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nzEnglish · 3 months ago

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Salamence@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months ago

Jaw fossils suggest a 60-foot octopus was the ‘kraken’ of the Cretaceous

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Jaw fossils suggest a 60-foot octopus was the ‘kraken’ of the Cretaceous

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Salamence@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months ago

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solo@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 months ago

'Kraken' octopus that lived at the time of the dinosaurs was a 62-foot-long apex predator of the ocean

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'Kraken' octopus that lived at the time of the dinosaurs was a 62-foot-long apex predator of the ocean

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solo@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 months ago

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Mothra@mander.xyzMEnglish · 3 months ago

Scientists identify 230-million-year-old parrot-beaked reptile in Brazil

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Scientists identify 230-million-year-old parrot-beaked reptile in Brazil

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Mothra@mander.xyzMEnglish · 3 months ago

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cm0002@literature.cafeEnglish · 4 months ago

This crocodile ran like a greyhound across prehistoric Britain 200 million years ago

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This crocodile ran like a greyhound across prehistoric Britain 200 million years ago

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cm0002@literature.cafeEnglish · 4 months ago

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nzEnglish · 5 months ago

New fossil reveals the weird 'tooth cushions' of an apex predator from 425 million years ago

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New fossil reveals the weird 'tooth cushions' of an apex predator from 425 million years ago

Lee Duna@lemmy.nzEnglish · 5 months ago

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fossilesque@mander.xyzdeleted by creatorEnglish · 5 months ago

Jurassic Park palaeontologist parts ways with university after Epstein emails

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Jurassic Park palaeontologist parts ways with university after Epstein emails

fossilesque@mander.xyzdeleted by creatorEnglish · 5 months ago

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nzEnglish · 5 months ago

Globe-trotting ancient 'sea-salamander' fossils rediscovered from Australia's dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs

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Globe-trotting ancient 'sea-salamander' fossils rediscovered from Australia's dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs

Lee Duna@lemmy.nzEnglish · 5 months ago

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nzEnglish · 5 months ago

Dinosaur eggshells can reveal the age of other fossils

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Dinosaur eggshells can reveal the age of other fossils

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nzEnglish · 5 months ago

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nzEnglish · 5 months ago

Fossils of huge 'hell heron' dinosaur unearthed in Niger

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Fossils of huge 'hell heron' dinosaur unearthed in Niger

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nzEnglish · 5 months ago

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Salamence@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 months ago

Rare fossil at Montana museum records Tyrannosaurus attack

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Rare fossil at Montana museum records Tyrannosaurus attack

Salamence@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 months ago

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Salamence@lemmy.zipEnglish · 6 months ago

A lost world: Ancient cave reveals million-year-old wildlife

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A lost world: Ancient cave reveals million-year-old wildlife

Salamence@lemmy.zipEnglish · 6 months ago

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Giuseppe Lasagna@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months ago

Fossil Hunting, Sinkholes, and Paleobotany with Kirk Johnson

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Fossil Hunting, Sinkholes, and Paleobotany with Kirk Johnson

Giuseppe Lasagna@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months ago

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Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology[a] or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossils to classify organisms and study their interactions with each other and their environments (their /c/paleoecology. Read more…

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