When you look in a mirror, the face you see is the result of millions of years of human evolution. Here’s an interview with an expert discussing how and why our modern human faces evolved to look as they do today. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/how-why-human-face-evolved-to-look-as-it-does-today…
Tag: Extinct
Scientists Discover 42,000-Year-Old Liquid Blood in Preserved Foal
The well-preserved condition of the animal is giving hope to researchers trying to clone extinct animals. Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bj9x3a/scientists-discover-42000-year-old-liquid-blood-in-preserved-foal…
This Cthulhu-like creature crawled the ancient seafloor
Paleontologists have named the 430 million-year-old fossil of a tentacled sea creature after horror author H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu monster. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/chtulhu-like-creature-fossil…
Ancient ‘Texas Serengeti’ had rhinos, alligators, 12 kinds of horses
A new study of fossils unearthed by Depression-era workers reveal that camels, antelopes and relatives of modern elephants and dogs were among the animals that roamed a veritable “Texas Serengeti” millions of years ago. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/ancient-texas-serengeti-fossils…
This Ancient ‘Warg’ Was Scarier Than Tolkien Beast, Terrorized Kenya 22 Million Years Ago
This newly discovered, but now extinct carnivore lived about 22 million years ago in what is now Kenya. It was larger than a polar bear, the largest land-based carnivore alive today. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65264-ancient-giant-carnivore-discovered.html
This Ancient ‘Warg’ Was Scarier Than a Tolkien Beast, Terrorized Kenya 22 Million Years Ago
This newly discovered, but now extinct carnivore lived about 22 million years ago in what is now Kenya. It was larger than a polar bear, the largest land-based carnivore alive today. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65264-ancient-giant-carnivore-discovered.html
Liquid blood extracted from 42,000-year-old foal
Scientists in Siberia have succeeded in retrieving blood from the well-preserved remains of an extinct horse. The foal, which is thought to belong to … Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/327025/liquid-blood-extracted-from-42000-year-old-foal
Scientists Plan To Clone A 42,000-Year-Old Extinct Horse Species Back To Life
Scientists are pretty sure that they can extract cells from a 42,000-year-old extinct foal and bring it back to life. They believe that if they can bring back the extinct Lenskaya breed of horse, they will eventually be able to successfully resurrect the woolly mammoth. The light ginger-colored foal was found in the Batagai depression… Continue reading Scientists Plan To Clone A 42,000-Year-Old Extinct Horse Species Back To Life
New Species Of Extinct Australian Mammal Discovered
A new species of extinct Australian Pig-footed Bandicoots has been discovered. The species is very unique as it walked on two toes on its front legs and on one toe on its hind legs. For their tiny size, they were incredibly fast and they are also thought to be one of the smallest ever grazing… Continue reading New Species Of Extinct Australian Mammal Discovered