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Science & Tech News tagged with prehistoric

Why Certain Fishes Went Extinct 65 Million Years Ago
Science & Tech  (tags: fishes, extinction, prehistoric )

Ingrid
- 257 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Large size and a fast bite spelled doom for bony fishes during the last mass extinction 65 million years ago, according to a new study.
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Horses Were Tamed, Milked, and Probably Ridden 5,500 Years Ago | 80beats | Discover Magazine
Science & Tech  (tags: archaeology, research, prehistoric, horses, cultures )

Andi Bumc
- 279 days ago - blogs.discovermagazine.com
On the steppes of Central Asia, researchers have found evidence of the earliest "horse farm" dating from 5,500 years ago, pushing back the known domestication of horses by 1,000 years.
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At 2,500 Pounds And 43 Feet, Prehistoric Snake Is Largest On Record
Science & Tech  (tags: skeletons, snakes, prehistoric, discovery )

Ingrid
- 308 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Partial skeletons of a new giant, boa constrictor-like snake named "Titanoboa" found in Colombia by an international team of scientists and now at the University of Florida are estimated to be 42 to 45 feet long, ...
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Global Oceanic Methane Mega-Eruptions May Await Us?
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SirRobert
- 315 days ago - volconvo.com
Scientific studies have already revealed prehistoric methane mega-eruptions and that they are possible again! Trillions of metric tons of oceanic methane hydrate are a ticking time-bomb waiting for a global warming explosive release.
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Scientists Map DNA of Prehistoric Animal - CNN.Com
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Pirjo
- 384 days ago - cnn.com
A team of scientists at Penn State University could be one step closer to bringing extinct species back to life
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Giant Prehistoric Geese The Size of Small Plane Discovered
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, science, prehistoric, geese, environment, nature, evolution )

Tom
- 439 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Giant prehistoric geese the size of small aircraft once flew over Britain, scientists discovered. Dasornis, which had a 16 ft wingspan and sharp teeth, lived 50 million years ago and was related to ducks and geese.
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Fossil of Most Primitive 4-Legged Animal Found
Science & Tech  (tags: prehistoric, fish, fossil, animal, discovery, science )

Catherine
- 531 days ago - livescience.com
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists unearthed a skull of the most primitive four-legged creature in Earth's history, which should help them better understand the evolution of fish to advanced animals that walk on land. The 365 million-year-old fossil skull, shou
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Prehistoric Cultures Were Hunting Whales At Least 3,000 Years Ago
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Ingrid
- 609 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Recent findings by a Russian-American research team suggest that prehistoric cultures were hunting whales at least 3,000 years ago, 1,000 years earlier than was previously known.
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Scientists Unveil Prehistoric Crocodile
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Ingrid
- 623 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Brazil - Pointy-nosed crocodiles may have joined sharks as the dominant predators in the world's oceans some 62 million years ago, according to Brazilian scientists who on Wednesday unveiled one of the most complete skeletons found yet of the prehistoric
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Out of Africa, Not Once But Twice
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Ingrid
- 636 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
Modern humans are known to have left Africa in a wave of migration around 50,000 years ago, but another, smaller group -- possibly a different subspecies -- left the continent 50,000 years earlier, suggests a new study.
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A Rodent to Impress Even New Yorkers
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Ralph
- 693 days ago - centralkansas.cox.net
LONDON (Associated Press) -- Eeek! Imagine a rodent that weighed a ton and was as big as a bull. Uruguayan scientists say they have uncovered fossil evidence of the biggest species of rodent ever found, one that scurried across wooded areas of South Ame
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Neanderthals Not at All Related to Modern Humans
Science & Tech  (tags: Neanderthals, Evolution, Prehistoric, Humans, science, research, study, world, interesting )

Mari
- 756 days ago - abc.net.au
The famous prehistoric Neanderthal people made little or no contribution to the gene pool or culture of modern humans, according to a re-evaluation of their part in evolution.
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Pre-Historic Whale Found at Castello Banfi
Science & Tech  (tags: whales, fossils, prehistoric )

Tony
- 1019 days ago - winemag.com
Sixteen football-sized vertebrae belonging to a prehistoric whale dating back 5 million years ago were uncovered February 22 on the estate of Castello Banfi, in Montalcino, Tuscany.
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