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Iridescent structural coloration in a crested Cretaceous enantiornithine bird from Jehol Biota
The referred specimen of the enantiornithine bird Shangyang sp. (IVPP V 26899) was recovered near La-Ma-Dong Village in Jian-Chang County, within the Jiufotang Formation (dated ∼120 Ma). It can be ...
Near perfect skull of apex predator reveals its 'meat cleaving bite'
Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is ...
Iberian nailed head ritual was more complex than expected, isotope analysis reveals
Severed heads were a unique funerary practice within the Iberian world and represent an exceptional opportunity to analyze ...
Scientists Rescued the 15-Million-Year-Old Skull of a Hypercarnivore From Obscurity
Scientists have discovered a nearly complete skull of a Hyaenodonta, a hypercarnivore that that lived during the Oligocene ...
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'Give me the head!' Neuroscientist inspires whale and dolphin research in Brazil
Time is of the essence for a Brazilian neuroscientist who wants to study whale and dolphin brains before the brains decompose ...
Ancient Skull Unearthed in Egypt Reveals a 30-Million-Year-Old Apex Predator
Hidden beneath Egypt’s desert sands, scientists uncovered a nearly complete skull of Bastetodon, a 30-million-year-old ...
Bellaghy bog ancient remains ‘likely to belong to young woman’
Ancient human remains uncovered in a Co Derry bog are believed to belong to a young woman who lived around 2,000 years ago. Further research has been carried out following the discovery of the now ...