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Homo antecessor
Homo antecessor is an extinct hominin species that was discovered by E.
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Feb. 5, 2025 Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ancestors of today's waterfowl, surviving that mass ...
Feb. 7, 2025 Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. This was likely so it could both swim rapidly and move along rough ...
Jan. 27, 2025 Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that a house in England is the site of a lost residence of Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, and shown in the Bayeux Tapestry. By reinterpreting previous excavations and conducting new surveys, the ...
Jan. 24, 2025 Research reveals new evidence of early hominin activity in Europe, suggesting that hominins were present on the continent far earlier than previously ...
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