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NASA's DART mission to make first attempt at redirecting an asteroid
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI): While the vast majority of asteroids and comets are not dangerous, and never will be, it's also true that 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid impact on the Earth likely caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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Discovery of extinct prehistoric reptile that lived among dinosaurs: Resea
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a new extinct species of lizard-like reptile that belongs to the same ancient lineage as New Zealand's living tuatara. A team of scientists describe the new species Opisthiamimus gregori, which once inhabited Jurassic North Ame
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Scientists uncover evidence that the Late Cretaceous hosted icy conditions
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 12 (ANI): Let's pretend it's the Late Cretaceous, roughly 66 to 100 million years ago. We've got dinosaurs roaming the land and odd-looking early species of birds, although the shark as we know it is already swimming in the prehistoric oceans which cover 82% of Ear
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New panda fossils discovered, possibly last of its kind in Europe
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 2 (ANI): Lumbering through the forested wetlands of Bulgaria around six million years ago, a new species of panda has been uncovered by scientists who state it is currently the last known and 'most evolved' European giant panda.
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First evidence indicating respiratory infection in dinosaurs discovered
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 19 (ANI): Scientists have discovered the first evidence of a unique respiratory infection in the fossilized remains of a dinosaur that lived nearly 150 million years ago.
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Researchers discover first evidence indicating respiratory infection in di
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Montana [US], February 15 (ANI): A group of researchers from around the country, including University of New Mexico Research Assistant Professor Ewan Wolff, have discovered the first evidence of a unique respiratory infection in the fossilized remains of a dinosaur that lived nearly 150 mill
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Prehistoric primates had a sweet tooth: Study
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [UK], September 18 (ANI): Dental fossils belonging to a species of prehistoric primate, Microsyops latidens, which date to the early Eocene, around 54 million years ago, display the earliest known evidence of dental caries in mammals, according to a recent study.
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Researchers find prehistoric primates had sweet tooth
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI): During a recent study, scientists found dental fossils belonging to a species of prehistoric primate, Microsyops latidens, which dates back to the early eocene (around 54 million years ago), display the earliest known evidence of dental caries in mammals.
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How arrival of land plants affected Earth's climate control system
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], July 18 (ANI): Researchers at UCL and Yale suggest that the arrival of plants on the land about 400 million years ago might have changed the way the Earth naturally regulates its own climate.
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Earth's climate control system got changed due to arrival of land plants:
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 16 (ANI): According to the findings of a new study led by researchers at UCL and Yale, the arrival of plants on the land about 400 million years ago might have changed the way the Earth naturally regulates its own climate.
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Footprints from 6 dinosaur species discovered in UK's Kent
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], June 21 (ANI): Footprints from at least six different species of dinosaurs, the very last dinosaurs to walk on the UK soil 110 million years ago, have been found in Kent, a new report has announced.
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Prehistoric teeth analysis sheds light on diets of lizards and snakes
Updated : 5 years ago IST
London [UK], March 3 (ANI): New research led by scientists from the University of Bristol has revealed that the diets of early lizards and snakes, which lived alongside dinosaurs around 100 million years ago, were more varied and advanced than previously thought.
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