TEHRAN - In a landmark archaeological discovery, researchers have uncovered a remarkably diverse assemblage of Late ...

He was so fascinated by these fossils that he commissioned a table to be made that featured an array of coprolites inlaid in ...

It is also home to around 240 species of birds and 15 species of mammals including leopards and hyenas. Two archaeologists ... Haryana Aravallis were possible prehistoric sites first emerged ...

He was working on his dissertation on hyaenodonts, a group of extinct mammals named for their resemblance to modern-day hyenas (though they are not actually related to hyenas). The bones he ...

But their calves would have been vulnerable to hyena-like predators called bone ... and strontium isotopes reveal limited mobility in an extinct rhinoceros at Ashfall Fossil Beds, Nebraska ...

After 5,000 years, spotted hyena seen in Egypt The first sighting of a spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in Egypt in more than 5,000 years indicates that environmental changes, such as increased ...

like sabertooth cats and giant hyenas. Damage on the surface of the recent fossil finds confirm this theory, as they show evidence of tooth marks and chewing damage made by leopards. Paranthropus ...

Belonging to a fully extinct order of carnivores called Hyaenodonts (hyena-teeth), the dozens of individuals that make up this lineage have been illustrated as weasel-like, cat-like, dog-like ...

In a rare find, a team of scientists in Egypt uncovered a nearly complete skull that offers insight into a not-before-discovered apex predator species that lived 30 million years ago. Published on ...

The return of a predator long thought extinct in the region may be a sign of deeper ecological shifts that scientists must continue to investigate. For now, the mystery of Egypt’s wandering hyena ...

The prehistoric fossils were dug up at the West Coast Fossil ... Among the species uncovered at the site are saber-toothed cats, mongooses, bears, hyenas, relatives of the living giraffes as well as a ...