Read more about the article ARMLESS GIANT: Ancient Armadillo Weighed A Tonne, Say Experts Who Unearthed Its Arm
Picture shows the fossilized arm of an animal that lived during the Ensenadense Age, more than 700,000 years ago, undated. The fossil remains belong to a giant armadillo of the genus Doedicurus, and were found in a sector of ravines in the San Pedro, Argentina. (Museo Paleontologico de San Pedro/Newsflash)
Animals / Archaeology

ARMLESS GIANT: Ancient Armadillo Weighed A Tonne, Say Experts Who Unearthed Its Arm

(starts) Astonished archaeologists have unearthed a 700,000-year-old fossilised armadillo arm during an excavation at a concrete manufacturer's mine. The arm - found in Argentina - is almost three feet long by itself. Previous studies say the ancient giant armadillo species was the size of a Volkswagen Beetle and weighed around…

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October 3, 2022
Read more about the article FAITH AND DROUGHT: Severe Aridity Helped Foster Rise Of Islam Claims New Study
Cross-section of a stalagmite from Hoti Cave in present-day Oman. Holes are from sampling for uranium dating, scratch marks from sampling for isotope analysis. (Timon Kipfer, University of Basel/Newsflash)
Religion

FAITH AND DROUGHT: Severe Aridity Helped Foster Rise Of Islam Claims New Study

Extreme drought helped bring about the emergence of Islam on the Arabian Peninsula. This is according to a new study conducted by an international team of experts. The experts, led by Professor Dominik Fleitmann, a researcher at the University of Basel in Switzerland, studied a stalagmite from the Hoti Cave…

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June 21, 2022
Read more about the article CARNIVORE CATALOGUE: Experts Find Yet Another Predator Dinosaur That Lived In Sahara Desert 100 Million Years Ago
Reconstruction of the ecosystem of the Bahariya Oasis in the Sahara Desert of Egypt approximately 98 million years ago, showing the diversity of large theropods (predatory dinosaurs). (Andrew McAfee, Carnegie Museum of Natural History/Newsflash)
History

CARNIVORE CATALOGUE: Experts Find Yet Another Predator Dinosaur That Lived In Sahara Desert 100 Million Years Ago

A team of Egyptian-American researchers has discovered yet another kind of meat-eating dinosaur that was one of many that lived in what is now the Sahara desert nearly 100 million years ago. The new discovery of Abelisauridae, which some experts have said could have been up to 11 metres long…

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June 14, 2022
Read more about the article MEETING OF CULTURES: Indonesian Island Was Human Melting Pot With DNA From 16 Ancient Peoples
Cave entrance of the Topogaro 2 site, one of the cave sites of the Topogaro complex located in Central Sulawesi. Topogaro 2 has been excavated since 2016. Human remains from the past 2,000 years were found in the upper layers. (Rintaro Ono/Newsflash)
History

MEETING OF CULTURES: Indonesian Island Was Human Melting Pot With DNA From 16 Ancient Peoples

An international team of experts has sequenced the DNA from 16 ancient people and found that a group of Indonesian islands were a melting pot for humans thousands of years ago. The Wallacean islands, in what is now Eastern Indonesia, have a long and rich history of being home to…

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June 14, 2022
Read more about the article ISLE OF FRIGHT: Massive Predator Dinosaur Dating Back 125 Million Years Found On Isle Of Wight
An illustration of White Rock spinosaurid by Anthony Hutchings. (UoS, A Hutchings/Newsflash)
History

ISLE OF FRIGHT: Massive Predator Dinosaur Dating Back 125 Million Years Found On Isle Of Wight

Experts in the UK have discovered what could well be Europe's biggest carnivorous dinosaur and largest land predator dating back 125 million years on the Isle of Wight. Palaeontologists at the University of Southampton say the discovery represents what could prove to be Europe's largest known land predator, which measured…

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June 13, 2022