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Researchers Challenge Claims of 'Leather-Like' T. rex Skin
VML, The Organoid Company, and Lab-Grown Leather Ltd claim to be producing luxury fashion accessories using lab-grown "T. rex leather" made from fossilized collagen. The product is marketed as a sustainable, cruelty-free alternative to traditional leather. However, palaeontologists strongly dispute the claim, citing the lack of dinosaur DNA and pre...
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1 Trillion Species, 3 Billion Years: AI Helped Trace Bacteria Evolution On Earth
Bacteria consist of a single cell. They do not have bones and are not like big animals that leave clear signs in the geological record, which thankful palaeontologists can study many millions of years later.
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Young Girl Uncovers Dinosaur Footprints on South Wales Beach
In an extraordinary turn of events, 10-year-old Tegan’s beach outing in South Wales led to the remarkable discovery of dinosaur footprints dating back over 200 million years. While exploring Lavernock Point in the Vale of Glamorgan, Tegan and her mother Claire stumbled upon five large footprints, which palaeontologists believe were made by a came...
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Scientists Find 155 Million-Year-old Starfish-Like Creature That Cloned Itself
The clonal fragmentation allowed the organism to produce genetically identical offspring by breaking off parts of its own body and re-growing them - the process is called fissiparity.
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150-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Skeleton Expected To Fetch $1.2 Million At Paris Auction
The dinosaur, which was first discovered in the 1990s in the US state of Wyoming, was initially restored in 2000 by palaeontologist Barry James.
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World's Oldest Burial Site, Dating Back To 200,000 BC, Found In Africa
Palaeontologists in South Africa said Monday they have found the oldest known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behaviour.
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Scientists Discover "Beautifully Preserved" 380-Million-Year-Old Fish Heart
The heart is S-shaped and has two chambers, which led researchers to draw similarities between the fish and modern sharks.
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150-Million-Year-Old Fossil Named After Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky
Polish palaeontologists recently named a 150 million-year-old marine invertebrate after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. The well-preserved and complete fossil of the bizarre creature was discovered in Africa.
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98-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil Found in Australia, Scientists Say Could Be New Species
A team of palaeontologists has unearthed the bones of a dinosaur in Queensland, Australia. The discovered parts of spine, scientists said, could belong to a new species altogether and may well be the youngest dinosaur discovered in Australia to date.
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New Species of Plant-Eating Dinosaur Discovered in World’s Driest Desert in Chile
Palaeontologists in Chile have announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaurs in the country's Atacama Desert. The Arackar Licanantay belongs to the gigantic titanosaur dinosaur family.
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Researchers Challenge Claims of 'Leather-Like' T. rex Skin
VML, The Organoid Company, and Lab-Grown Leather Ltd claim to be producing luxury fashion accessories using lab-grown "T. rex leather" made from fossilized collagen. The product is marketed as a sustainable, cruelty-free alternative to traditional leather. However, palaeontologists strongly dispute the claim, citing the lack of dinosaur DNA and pre...
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1 Trillion Species, 3 Billion Years: AI Helped Trace Bacteria Evolution On Earth
Bacteria consist of a single cell. They do not have bones and are not like big animals that leave clear signs in the geological record, which thankful palaeontologists can study many millions of years later.
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Young Girl Uncovers Dinosaur Footprints on South Wales Beach
In an extraordinary turn of events, 10-year-old Tegan’s beach outing in South Wales led to the remarkable discovery of dinosaur footprints dating back over 200 million years. While exploring Lavernock Point in the Vale of Glamorgan, Tegan and her mother Claire stumbled upon five large footprints, which palaeontologists believe were made by a came...
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Scientists Find 155 Million-Year-old Starfish-Like Creature That Cloned Itself
The clonal fragmentation allowed the organism to produce genetically identical offspring by breaking off parts of its own body and re-growing them - the process is called fissiparity.
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150-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Skeleton Expected To Fetch $1.2 Million At Paris Auction
The dinosaur, which was first discovered in the 1990s in the US state of Wyoming, was initially restored in 2000 by palaeontologist Barry James.
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World's Oldest Burial Site, Dating Back To 200,000 BC, Found In Africa
Palaeontologists in South Africa said Monday they have found the oldest known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behaviour.
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Scientists Discover "Beautifully Preserved" 380-Million-Year-Old Fish Heart
The heart is S-shaped and has two chambers, which led researchers to draw similarities between the fish and modern sharks.
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150-Million-Year-Old Fossil Named After Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky
Polish palaeontologists recently named a 150 million-year-old marine invertebrate after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. The well-preserved and complete fossil of the bizarre creature was discovered in Africa.
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98-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil Found in Australia, Scientists Say Could Be New Species
A team of palaeontologists has unearthed the bones of a dinosaur in Queensland, Australia. The discovered parts of spine, scientists said, could belong to a new species altogether and may well be the youngest dinosaur discovered in Australia to date.
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New Species of Plant-Eating Dinosaur Discovered in World’s Driest Desert in Chile
Palaeontologists in Chile have announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaurs in the country's Atacama Desert. The Arackar Licanantay belongs to the gigantic titanosaur dinosaur family.
