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Was prehistoric crocodile a land lover?
MICHIGAN STATE (US)—The toothy grin of a recently discovered prehistoric reptile looks more mammal-like than that of modern crocodiles, according to an international group of researchers.Molar-like...
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Ancient what not to wear: Lice lessons
U. FLORIDA (US) — Humans started wearing clothing and migrating out of Africa about 170,000 years ago. How do scientists know? Lice.Perhaps surprisingly, the wearing of clothes began well after the...
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Ancient Americans were early arrivals
TEXAS A&M (US) — The first inhabitants in North America arrived about 15,500 years ago, as much as 2,500 years earlier than previously thought.Near the surface at the Debra L. Friedkin site located...
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Righties prevailed in prehistoric era
U. KANSAS (US) — A study of markings on fossilized front teeth show that right-handedness dominated as long as 500,000 years ago.“The patterns seen on the fossil teeth are directly and consistently...
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Eyes have it: Some dinos were night owls
UC DAVIS (US) — Velociraptors did their hunting at night, according to a new study of the eyes of fossil animals, while plant-eaters scrounged for food around the clock.The study, published online in...
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Nutcracker Man had a taste for grass
U. COLORADO (US) — An ancient, bipedal hominid sporting huge molars preferred to slurp up vast quantities of grass, instead of crunching on the food that earned it the nickname Nutcracker...
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120 million-year-old bird gets an X-ray
U. PENNSYLVANIA (US) — Trace metals in fossils are offering clues about the pigmentations of creatures dead for more than a hundred million years.Researchers have long studied fossils of the earliest...
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Alaskan dig turns up ancient ‘buckle’
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — A small prehistoric buckle-like object that likely originated in East Asia has been found in an ancient Eskimo dwelling in Alaska.The artifact, the first ever found in...
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For ancient birds, feathers were a drag
YALE (US) — Prehistoric birds were far less versatile at flying than their modern descendents, a new study of their feathers shows.Researchers examined fossils of two types of primitive avians—close...
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Rock art clarifies demise of pre-Aboriginal culture
U. QUEENSLAND (AUS) — Ancient rock art suggests a 1,500-year-long mega-drought may have been responsible for the disappearance of a pre-historic culture that predates present day Aboriginal...
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