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A 31,000-year-old fossil has challenged everything scientists thought about the extinct 'American cheetah' — its DNA and diet tell a surprising storyAncient DNA studies have rewritten the family tree of the "American cheetah," Miracinonyx trumani. Genetic evidence shows this extinct cat ...- In 1901, a Stanford graduate accidentally found mysterious bones in California. His discovery helped reveal a lost world of 600 ancient speciesIn a fascinating turn of events, geologist William Warren Orcutt uncovered ancient animal bones within asphalt deposits, revealing a captiv...
- A 7-year-old found a strange fossil in the Badlands, and scientists were stunned by what it was: It belonged to a member of an extinct family of saber-toothed cat-like mammalsA young visitor to Badlands National Park made an extraordinary find. Seven-year-old Kylie Ferguson discovered the fossilized skull of an a...
- In 1940, a boy chased his dog into a tree hole and discovered a hidden cave containing 17,000-year-old paintings that stunned the worldDiscovered in 1940 by a teenager in France, the Lascaux Cave Paintings, a breathtaking collection of prehistoric art, were sealed for mille...
- What Lies Beneath California’s Coast Is Changing How We See Ice Age HistoryBeneath California's modern coastline lie remnants of an ancient Ice Age landscape, revealed by submerged village sites and megafauna fossi...
- NYT Mini Crossword Hints Answers Today, August 29, 2025: Clues, solutions and tips to master the puzzleNYT Mini Crossword Hints Answers Today, August 29, 2025 are available now. Let’s see all across and down clues, complete solutions, solving...
- Mammals may have feasted on dinosaurs once upon a time, claims a new studyThat mammals ate dinosaur meat had been proposed before: another fossil showed a mammal died with dinosaur remains in its gut.
- In 120 million-year-old fossil, scientists find oldest record of dinosaur preying on mammalPaleontologists found a fossil of a bird sized dinosaur known as a microraptor, with remains of a mouse inside it.
- A new monster for fantasy fansWargodont may have been a better name for the newest hyaenodont discovery.
- Hinduism is based on logic; Sabarimala shrine must allow entry of women: Swami Bhoomananda TheerthaBhoomananda’s public interventions began with a protracted struggle to put an end to the popular ritual of singing obscene songs during the...
- ET Recommendations: Gadget, app, gamesDo you like time travel? No, this isn’t a game about time travelling, but it can transport you to another world — one that existed in 10,00...
- We're in the early stages of a mass extinction: StudyThe new study, published today in Science Advances, explains that we are suffering extremely elevated levels of species losses.
- Tackling slowdown: Tips India can take from Greece to boost tourism sectorNot the most predictable of destinations, Greece is attracting a large number of tourists - despite, or perhaps because of, a precarious ec...
- Scottish village of Strathpeffer, a vitrified Pictish fortIt was a little early that day when we wound up via Inverness, to reach our hotel in the beautiful Scottish village on a glen, called Strat...
- Polly made us jollyAnthropologist Pat Shipman goes so far as to say that the animals made us human- in a control freaky way, which allowed one group of primat...
- US artist finds niche with outdoor sculpturesA towering sculpture called Wind Dragon at Olympic Park in Beijing is his. So is a 10-story stainless steel sculpture embedded with lights ...
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