Gesellschaft… It’s Time to Make Human-Chimp Hybrids 26 Sep 2018 The humanzee is both scientifically possible and morally defensible. By David P. Barash | NAUTILUS It is a bit of a stretch, but by no means impossible or even unlikely…
Evolution… A 200-Million-Year Old Display Fossil Turns Out to Be a Rare Pregnant Specimen 29 Aug 201728 Aug 2017 The pregnant ocean predator from the Jurassic is the largest of her kind. By Becky Ferreira | MOTHERBOARD Some 200 million years ago, a pregnant mother and her unborn progeny…
Evolution… This Jurassic Predator Had the Body of a Crocodile and the Teeth of a T. Rex 5 Jul 20174 Jul 2017 The Mahajanga Basin produces yet another evolutionary weirdo. By Becky Ferreira | MOTHERBOARD What has the teeth of a tyrannosaur, the frame of a crocodile, and a "ghost lineage" that…
Evolution… Tyrannosaur Snouts May Have Been More Sensitive Than Human Fingertips 31 Mrz 201730 Mrz 2017 Tyrannosaurs may have used their snouts to capture prey and affectionately nuzzle each other. By Becky Ferreira | MOTHERBOARD Tyrannosaurus rex reigns supreme as the "tyrant king" of the dinosaurs…
Bildung… Paleontologists Find Fossils of a Pregnant, 245-Million-Year-Old Sea Reptile 15 Feb 201714 Feb 2017 It's the first time live birth has been observed in an archosauromorph, the reptilian parent group from which dinosaurs, birds, and crocodilians derive. By Becky Ferreira | MOTHERBOARD Some 245…
Bildung… Dinosaurs Took a Surprisingly Long Time to Hatch 4 Jan 20173 Jan 2017 There’s an iconic scene in Jurassic Park depicting the “birth” of a baby velociraptor in a laboratory nest. Defenseless and adorable, the newly hatched predator is cradled by the characters…
Bildung… Climate Change Helped These Giant Dinosaurs Colonize Australia 21 Okt 201620 Okt 2016 The most massive animals ever known to walk on land were the titanosaurs, a group of long-necked, plant-eating dinosaurs that spread widely across Cretaceous Earth. Some titanosaurs measured over 120…
Bildung… Forget Nessie, the ‚Storr Lochs Monster‘ Is Scotland’s Real Jurassic Predator 6 Sep 20165 Sep 2016 Watch your back, Loch Ness Monster, because there’s a new Scottish aquatic predator in town, and this one has the crucial advantage of actually having existed. By Becky Ferreira |…
Bildung… Tyrannosarus Got Smart Before They Got Big, Paleontologists Say 15 Mrz 201614 Mrz 2016 With its massive frame, bone-crunching jaws, and adorably diminutive forearms, Tyrannosaurus rex is the most iconic of all dinosaurs. This spectacular late Cretaceous predator measured around 13 meters long from…
Bildung… The Eight Best Extinct Species Discovered in 2015 25 Dez 201524 Dez 2015 2015 was an exceptionally productive year for paleontology. Brontosaurus made a comeback. Paleontologists further decoded the coloration patterns of long extinct animals. Jurassic World brought dinosaurs back to the big…
Bildung… 40,000 Years Ago, Our Ancestors Were Eating Rats the Size of Small Dogs 9 Nov 20158 Nov 2015 Rats have always played a lead role in the grand drama that is human civilization, although they’ve almost always tended to be cast as the villains—and not without reason. They…
Bildung… This New Dinosaur Is Like Triceratops with a Massive Kickass Crown 5 Jun 20154 Jun 2015 Paleontologists based out of Alberta’s Royal Tyrrell Museum have discovered the remains of a bizarre new genus of horned dinosaur, similar to the iconic herbivore Triceratops. Dubbed Regaliceratops peterhewsi on…
Bildung… This Is the Most Complete ‚Terror Bird‘ Ever Discovered 11 Apr 201510 Apr 2015 For tens of millions of years, South American ecosystems were dominated by an extraordinary family of predators known as phorusrhacids—or terror birds, as they are aptly nicknamed. By Becky Ferreira|MOTHERBOARD…
Bildung… Centaurs have been trashing the Earth for Eons, Study says 20 Mrz 201519 Mrz 2015 While humans are often (and justifiably) painted as the biggest threat to life on Earth, centaurs may have us beat by a longshot. No, we’re not talking about mythical human-horse hybrids here,…
Bildung… TAM2014 – Donald Prothero – The Mind of the Science Denier 18 Aug 201417 Aug 2014 Donald Prothero taught college geology and paleontology for 35 years, at Caltech, Columbia, Occidental, Knox, Vassar, Glendale, Mt. San Antonio, and Pierce Colleges. He is the author of over 35…
