The primate fossil, called Purgatorius ceratops ... s 34 known species of dinosaurs were already extinct before an asteroid struck at the end of the Cretaceous period 65 million years ago. “It turns ...

The latter is riddled with cretaceous dinosaur fossils – in fact ... rare species such as the elusive pygmy hippo and the Diana monkey, the rarest of the 11 primate species found in the region.

Similarly, Wrangham (1980) predicted under which ecological conditions the transition toward group living would occur among primates. He hypothesized that ... new types of nest predators during the ...

Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird. ScienceDaily . Retrieved February 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 02 / 250205131109.htm ...

The Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird,Vegavis iaai, pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with ammonites and plesiosaurs forcompany. Sixty-six ...

Additionally, astronomers speculated on neutron star land forms, paleontologists reported a previously unknown Cretaceous-era predator and a tech start-up is building a living seawall in Florida ...

Founder and Executive director of the Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan University Paleontologist Dr. Kenneth Lacovara joins WIRED to answer the internet's questions about the phenomenon of extinction. ...

The researchers observed 120 Chacma baboons in Tsaobis Nature Park, Namibia, between May and October 2021 to better understand self-awareness among wild non-hominid primates, who have previously ...

CALEDONIA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - In Shiawassee County, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is investigating a large number of dead geese along the Shiawassee River. The DNR says they ...

In fact, both lived during the late Cretaceous period with this podiatrically-endowed dino existing between 66 million and 72 million years ago. The prehistoric Sasquatch’s walk outline was ...

Scientists suspect that contagious urination, a behavior they observed among a troop of apes in Japan, may play an important role in primate social life. By Annie Roth Ena Onishi, a doctoral ...