Paleontologists have discovered that tells us what Late Cretaceous predatory dinosaurs in Europe looked like. It was Balaur bondoc, “stocky dragon”, the size of an oversized turkey!
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First clear evidence of feasting in early humans
People around the time of this feast were intensively using the plants and animals that their descendants later domesticated. The combination of increased social interaction and changes in resources is what eventually led to the beginnings of agriculture.
Dinosaurs Destroyed by Multiple Asteroid Impacts and Vulcanism
Shankar Chatterjee thinks the Chicxulub asteroid and Shiva would have to combine, perhaps with the Deccan Traps eruptions, to induce the global extinction of the dinosaurs which were resilient animals that had reigned supreme in the world for 150 million years.
Classic Maya history is embedded in commoners’ homes
Maya in the Classic period (250-900 AD) regularly terminated their homes, razing the walls, burning the floors and placing artifacts and sometimes human remains on top before burning them again.
Why the Isle of Wight is Dinosaur Island
Fires and floods raged across the Isle of Wight some 130 million years ago explaining why thousands of tiny dinosaur teeth and bones lie buried alongside the huge bones of their gigantic relatives, making the Isle of Wight the richest source of mixed dinosaur remains of the early Cretaceous in the world. It is Dinosaur Island!
New Ideas about 85-million-year-old sea monster: Mosasaur
Advanced, shark like swimming began in mosasaurs millions of years earlier than we previously thought.
Menopause
Has the menopause a role in the evolution of intelligence?
An Evolutionary Arms Race
Competition between species and especially predation is a factor in evolution. It leads to evolutionary arms races, and one such is for selection of intelligence.
Scientists discover oldest evidence of stone tool use and meat-eating among human ancestors
Human ancestors were using stone tools and consuming meat from large mammals nearly million years earlier than previously thought.
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