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A fossil site on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya has revealed 2.9 million year old stone tools that were used by early human ancestors to butcher hippos and process tough plants into food. These are among the oldest stone tools ever…

Scientists found what they call the first-ever known incident of a dinosaur eating a mammal. The foot of a mouse has been found inside the fossilized ribcage of the dinosaur, Microraptor. Although It is not uncommon for carnivorous…

UV light makes it possible to see intricate structures of fossils that are barely visible in normal daylight. This method has often been used on the fossilised seashells from the Earth's current geological era to reveal patterns of colour…

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<!-- -->This Gorgosarurus skeleton is 10 feet tall and 22 feet long.A huge skeleton of a Gorgosaurus is up for auction, according to an announcement made by auction house Sotheby's. The Tyrannosaurus rex relative roamed the world…

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What started as routine maintenance on a U.K. reservoir quickly shifted to a major paleontological dig when workers discovered a massive, 180 million-year-old ichthyosaur fossil at the bottom of the lake. According to a press…