Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted March 21 Author Subscriber Share Posted March 21 Quote Newly discovered Australian beetle almost mistaken for bird poo What's red, black, and hairy all over? A new species of bug discovered in Australia, dubbed by some as a "punk beetle" for its shaggy white locks. A Queensland researcher spotted the fluffy specimen by chance while camping and initially mistook it for bird poo. "It's very unique. There are not many insects out there that have that trait," James Tweed told the BBC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted March 24 Author Subscriber Share Posted March 24 Quote Fossil of largest ever river dolphin found in Amazon Researchers have found the fossilised skull of the largest ever river dolphin. While found in the Peruvian Amazon, the ancient dolphin’s closest living relatives are in South Asia. Pebanista yacuruna would have measured between 3 and 3.5 m. The skull of the extinct animal was found in 2018 along the Rio Napo near Peru’s border with Colombia, more than 1,000 km northeast of the capital Lima. It is described in a paper published in the journal Science Advances...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted March 28 Author Subscriber Share Posted March 28 Quote 93 million-year-old crocodile fossil discovered with baby dinosaur in its stomach The fossil of a 93 million year-old crocodile was discovered by scientists in Queensland, Australia - and it had a baby dinosaur in its stomach. The archaeology experts dubbed the ancient creature Confractosuchus Sauroktonos, which means 'broken crocodile dinosaur killer'. Gondwana Research's report says the huge crocodile could have grown to about 2.5m and may have died in a flood. The fossil is thought to be around 35 per cent preserved, with a "near-complete skull" and scary teeth still there for us to see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted April 11 Author Subscriber Share Posted April 11 Quote Pompeii: Breathtaking new paintings found at ancient city The frescos depict Greek mythology: Paris kidnaps Helen which triggers the Trojan War Stunning artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried in an eruption from Mount Vesuvius in AD79. Archaeologists say the frescos are among the finest to be found in the ruins of the ancient site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted May 15 Author Subscriber Share Posted May 15 Quote The 1.6 million-year-old discovery that changes what we know about human evolution New research has pinpointed the likely time in prehistory when humans first began to speak. Analysis by British archaeologist Steven Mithen suggests that early humans first developed rudimentary language around 1.6 million years ago – somewhere in eastern or southern Africa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted May 22 Author Subscriber Share Posted May 22 Quote Edinburgh workie unearths historic artefacts in attic 'walled up for 60 years' An Edinburgh resident was amazed after discovering a 105-year-old newspaper while renovating an old building on Manor Place in the New Town. The paper dates back to 1919 and its headline advertises the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, which officially ended the First World War....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted June 23 Author Subscriber Share Posted June 23 Quote Meet the new horned dinosaur with blade-like horns and an asymmetrical frill A predecessor of Triceratops horridus with a fancy set of headwear has been discovered just south of the US-Canada border in the Badlands of Montana. Lokiceratops rangiformis is described in a paper published in the journal PeerJ. The ancient creature lived 78 million years ago, toward the end of the reign of dinosaurs, during the Cretaceous period (145–66 million years ago). Lokiceratops is estimated to have been nearly 7 metres long and 5 tonnes in weight – much smaller than Triceratops which could grow to 9m and 6–12 tonnes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted July 4 Author Subscriber Share Posted July 4 Quote World's oldest cave art found showing humans and pig The oldest example of figurative cave art has been discovered in the Indonesian Island of South Sulawesi by Australian and Indonesian scientists. The painting of a wild pig and three human-like figures is at least 51,200 years old, more than 5,000 years older than the previous oldest cave art. The discovery pushes back the time that modern humans first showed the capacity for creative thought...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted July 16 Author Subscriber Share Posted July 16 Quote Secret 'sky island' rainforest saved by new discoveries Perched on a remote mountain top and surrounded by lowlands, Mabu is what's known as a "sky island" and is the largest rainforest in southern Africa. BBC environment correspondent Jonah Fisher went to Mabu with a team of scientists who have discovered dozens of new species there, helping to convince Mozambique to protect it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted Monday at 07:04 Author Subscriber Share Posted Monday at 07:04 Quote Strange 'Stonehenge' discovered in US lake that's 5,000 years older than the British landmark There’s much we may never know about our earliest ancestors, like why we started to walk upright and how we managed to create structures that seem to defy the engineering capabilities of the time. Stonehenge remains one of these great mysteries, with experts around the world divided over why exactly the prehistoric monument was built.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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