Category: In Depth

earth, planet, science

A Fossil Suggests that Life on Earth May Go Back More than 3.7 Billion Years

A fossil isn’t always massive discovery for archaeologists, but when it happens to be 3.7 billion years old, it turns heads. This is what Australian scientists found when they were digging in a newly melted area of Greenland. According to their study, published in Nature, a 3.7 billion year-old fossil now shows that microbes may have lived on the …

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Archaeologists Discover a New Dinosaur, But Is It a Megaraptor?

A dinosaur fossil discovered in Argentina represents a new species of theropod dinosaur, but is it truly a megaraptor? The age-old debate now resumes, thanks to a study published in PLoS One on July 20. The skull, axial skeleton, pelvis and tibia of the Murusraptor barrosaensis have been recovered and pieced together. “Other characteristic features …

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As It Turns Out, the Ichthyosaur May Have Died from Climate Change

Editor’s note: This post has been updated and broken links removed. Please see our policy on broken hyperlinks for more. Editor’s note: This piece is identified as bad science communication. The research was biased and tied to grants that gave out money that tied anything to climate change AKA global warming. Nothing in this piece notes that …

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What Does the ‘Dragon Thief’ Dinosaur Teach Us About Past Predators?

Just when you thought all of the mind-blowing predatory dinosaurs have been unearthed, a new one pops up. Scientists announced on Jan. 20 that they have discovered the fossils of a Dracoraptor, according to Reuters. This dinosaur lived more than 200 million years ago, and it stems from the early Jurassic Period. During this era, …

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A 10,000 Year-Old Massacre is Now Our Oldest Evidence of War

Today’s wars seem never-ending, and perhaps there’s a reason for it. New evidence indicates that mankind’s sparring has been going on for longer than we originally thought. A study published in Nature describes a mass grave found in Kenya, dating back to approximately 10,000 years ago. Researchers believe that the grave may have been dug following one of the oldest wars …

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These 19 Dinosaur Skeletons May Help Us Learn How the Creatures Evolved

Dinosaur discoveries always give us more to consider when we look back on the evolution of today’s animals. The recent unearthing of 19 skeletons in the Gobi Desert of China is no different. On Dec. 22, scientists published new findings in Current Biology, detailing 19 skeletons they found while searching in the Gobi Desert. The …

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skull, history, murder

New Skull Shows Decapitation May Date Back 9,000 Years

Editor’s note: This post has been updated and broken links removed. Please see our policy on broken hyperlinks for more. Researchers everywhere rejoiced last month when they unearthed a 9,000 year-old skull, and not just because it was old. Instead, the skull represented what might have been the first case of decapitation in human history. But let’s …

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dinosaurs

Meet the ‘Fluffy Poodle from Hell,’ the Latest Dinosaur Discovery

If there’s anything we’ve learned from archaeologists’ discoveries, it’s that dinosaurs are weirder than our imaginations perceive. The latest discovery of a nearly complete preserved fossil in China continues to prove this. The dinosaur was found with hair-like feathers and wings like a bird, according to Reuters. However, scientists say that the creature likely couldn’t …

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