Not Humans, Ants Are The World’s Largest Civilization!

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The Time of Giants: How Did Dinosaurs Get So Big?

Sauropods that tower above treetops and tyrannosaurs that make the Earth tremble beneath their weighty footsteps are two iconic dinosaur images. These prehistoric giants have…

Dinosaur Dimensions Weren’t One-Size-Fits-All

First scampering onto the scene around 230 million years ago, theropod dinosaurs were some of the biggest predators on the block — and…

This Tyrannosaur Devoured Dinosaur Babies Around 75 Million Years Ago

Apparently adolescent tyrannosaurs took the term “baby food” a bit too literally. According to a report in Science Advances, researchers recently analyzed the…

‘Frozen in Place’ Fossils Reveal Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Struck in Spring

Spring is a time for budding flowers, tender green leaves and baby animals. But 66 million years ago, that gentle season instead brought…

These Dinosaurs Had a Complicated Air Conditioner in Their Skull

Cooling 5,000-pound, armor-plated giants was no small feat. Full Transcript Horns, spikes and bony plates—dinosaurs developed many adaptations to protect themselves. But paleontologist…

Moroccan Cave Find Shows Ancient Humans Made Clothes 120,000 Years Ago

Researchers have announced the discovery of bone tools in a cave in Morocco that appear to have been used to carefully remove skins…

Skeleton of an Archaic Homo naledi Child Found in Rising Star Cave

A team of South African and American archaeologists exploring the Rising Star cave system in central South Africa discovered something that seems quite…

Early Hominins Competed with Saber-Toothed Cats 2 Million Years Ago

Updated 13 November, 2021 - 13:57 Sahir Homo erectus , literally upright man, is an extinct species of archaic human from the Pleistocene,…

“German” Neanderthals Altered Ecosystem 125,000 Years Ago

Archaeologists from Leiden University in the Netherlands have released the results of a study that proves Neanderthals altered ecosystems in significant ways. The…