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If you select a random person out of a crowd, odds are they won't be the tallest human that ever lived. So why should we expect the same for  dinosaurs?
Of all the Tyrannosaurus rex fossils we've found, it's statistically unlikely that any of them are the largest of their species to have lived. It's even difficult to gauge where they sit on the T. rex height chart.



					
			

A new study estimates that, statistically, the largest T. rex could have been 70 percent more massive than the largest specimen we have on record. That's a whopping weight of around 15,000 kg...

The Largest T. Rex Was Probably Much Bigger Than We Ever Realized

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These fish have endured for 420 million years, and you can see them alive today.

New 210-Million-Year-Old Lungfish Species Lived When Dinosaurs Were Just Getting Started

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A new analysis of teeth and a bone found on an Indonesian island reveal that "hobbits" were more than 2 inches shorter than we thought.

Archaic human 'hobbits' were even shorter than we thought, 700,000-year-old teeth and bone reveal

QUEENSLAND, Australia — Researchers have unearthed new fossil remains of an ancient human species that was remarkably small in stature on the Indonesian island of Flores. These newly found bones and teeth belong to the species Homo floresiensis, affectionately nicknamed “hobbits” due to their diminutive size. The fossils, dating back roughly 700,000 years, suggest that these ancient humans were even more petite than their later descendants.

New fossils reveal ancient hobbits were even tinier than scientists thought

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We’re discovering new things about our ancient ancestors all the time, and our perceptions are constantly being changed. 
Recently, the uncovering of an ancient footprint told us that humans were walking around 30,000 years earlier than we previously thought. 
Now, it's been revealed that early hominins, referred to colloquially as “hobbits”, were even shorter than many believed them to be. 
In fact, new research published in the journal Nature Communications focuses on analyses of teeth and bone discovered on an island in Indonesia which suggests they were two inches shorter than previously thought. 
Homo floresiensis – an offshoot of Homo...

Scientists discover ancient human ‘hobbits’ were even shorter than experts had thought

Primary school geography paints such a neat picture of the world.It tells us, for example, that there are seven continents on Earth, but the truth is far more complex.Researchers are constantly encountering lost landmasses that constitute important pieces in the puzzle of our planet’s geological past.Now, a whole new continent has been found lurking beneath the icy waters of the northern Atlantic Ocean.The discovery was made around the Davis Strait, a large stretch of water located between Canada’s Baffin Island and Greenland.The strait was formed millions of years ago when the tectonic plates between the two islands shifted, reconfiguring the...

Scientists have just discovered a brand new continent

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Dinosaurs were giant, toothy reptilian creatures that wandered the Earth for millions of years, constantly searching for food and defending their territories. They roamed the world during the Mesozoic, a geological period from 252 million to 66 million years ago.  But what lived before the dinosaurs? Surprisingly, Earth’s creatures were highly diverse during the Carboniferous […]

9 Massive Prehistoric Animals That Lived Before Dinosaurs

After three years of meticulous research, an international team of researchers has discovered a fossilized giant basal tetrapod in Namibia’s arid region. Basal tetrapods are early four-legged vertebrates that lived during the crucial transition from water to land. This three-meter-long skeleton, found in the Ugab River valley, is the...

Giant swamp creature found in Namibia was an ambush predator

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, known for his prowess on the football field, made a personal announcement during a press conference on Tuesday. The three-time Super Bowl champion revealed that he and his wife, Brittany Mahomes, are expecting their third child and that this will be their last.

Patrick Mahomes Reveals He's 'Done' Having Kids with Wife Brittany Mahomes After Baby No. 3

Located at Fuente Nueva-3, this Early Pleistocene archaeological site hosts some of the oldest traces of human habitation in Western Europe. Researchers at the University of Malaga have revealed, in an unprecedented manner, that the Early Pleistocene archaeological site of Orce, often referred to as the ‘elephant graveyard’ due to the abundance of remains from the extinct elephant species Mammuthus meridionalis, actually concealed a natural trap in the form of quicksand.

1.4 Million-Year-Old Human Activity Unearthed at Orce’s Quicksand Trap

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ATHENS, Ga. — It sounds like science fiction: a simple supplement that can help override your genetic programming. Yet a new study from the University of Georgia suggests this might not be far from reality. Their research indicates that fish oil could help millions of people swim against the tide of their cholesterol-raising genes.

Fish oil may rewrite genetic destiny for people prone to high cholesterol

Researchers say they've recovered one of the world's oldest known dinosaurs after heavy rains exposed a Herrerasaurid skeleton in southern Brazil.

Heavy rains expose one of the oldest dinosaur skeletons ever discovered, researchers claim

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In a twist that sounds like it’s straight out of a sci-fi novel, researchers have discovered that our days are actually getting longer. And the culprit? Our good old moon, which is playing a cosmic game of “hard to get” by slowly drifting away from us. A team of scientific sleuths from the University of […]
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Scientists Predict 25-Hour Days as Moon Gradually Drifts from Earth

Homo heidelbergensis was taller - averaging 7 ft - and more robust than modern humans [Mounier 2009]. Regarding social behaviour, Homo heidelbergensis may have been the first species to bury their dead, based on 28 skeletons found at Atapuerca, Spain. Evidence suggests the development and use of a proto-language. The discovery of red ochre at Terra Amata indicates personal adornment. Dental analysis suggests they may have been right-handed. Homo heidelbergensis was a sophisticated hunter, suggested by wooden projectile spears found at Schoningen in Germany attributed to this species. Homo heidelbergensisThe first Homo heidelbergensis fossil discovery of this species was made in 1907 by Daniel Hartmann at Mauer in Germany. Other fossils have since been discovered in France, Greece, Italy, Spain and China. In 1994, a discovery was made in England at the Boxgrove Quarry site, known as 'Boxgrove Man'. In terms of the evolutionary tree, with the spread of Homo heidelbergensis out of Africa and into Europe, the climate at this time would have caused a divergence: Homo neanderthalensis diverged from Homo heidelbergensis probably some 300,000 years ago in Europe; Homo sapiens probably diverged between 200,000 and 100,000 years ago in Africa.

Scientists Find 7 ft Ancestor Of Humans in South Africa

Editor’s Note: Here, Dr. Zahi Hawass, arguably Egypt’s most famous and celebrated archaeologist and egyptologist, recounts his recent discoveries at Gisr el-Mudir, also known as the Great Enclosure, one of the oldest stone structures known to date in Egypt, located at Saqqara and only a few hundred meters west of the Step Pyramid. Leading an excavation team, he uncovered evidence of a large cemetery consisting of tombs dated to the 5th and 6th Dynasties of Egypt’s Old Kingdom. What follows is his narrative in his own words:

Discoveries in the Shadow of the Step Pyramid

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ActressMelody Patterson, who died at only 66 in 2015, found fame as eagle-eye shootist Wrangler Jane on ABC TV's 1965-67 military-geared sitcom F Troop, which also starred Ken Berry, Larry Storch and Forrest Tucker.

A Look Back at the Famed Life and Tragic Death of TV's 'F Troop' Star Melody Patterson

Actor Buddy Ebsen, who died at age 95 in 2003, found fame by starring in two of the most popular classic television shows in history: The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS, 1962 to 1971) and Barnaby Jones (CBS, 1973 to 1980). On the Hillbillies, he played former Tennessee country mountain-folk-turned-wealthy Beverly Hills resident Jed Clampett. On Barnaby Jones, he was one of TV's most senior, slyest, health-conscious detectives. Ebsen, however, almost became even more famous for a certain big-screen classic film in which he ultimately did not appear.

'Beverly Hillbillies" Actor Buddy Ebsen Was "Bitter" about not playing the Tin Man in 'Wizard of Oz'

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom — When the ancient supercontinent Gondwana started to break apart millions of years ago, it left behind some of the most dramatic landscapes on Earth. Towering cliffs, known as “great escarpments,” run for thousands of kilometers along the edges of ancient cratons – the stable cores of continents. These steep slopes divide elevated inland plateaus from lower coastal regions. But the formation of these escarpments and the simultaneous uplifting of the craton interiors has long puzzled scientists.

World-changing discovery: A hidden force causes the continents to rise

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Jurassic shock: Tyrannosaurus rex may have been 70% larger than scientists thought

OTTAWA, Ontario — In the world of dinosaurs, few names spark as much excitement as Tyrannosaurus rex. This iconic predator, which roamed North America around 66...

Jurassic shock: Tyrannosaurus rex may have been 70% larger than scientists thought

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