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Scientists link mystery foot to ancient human relative
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» PARIS - Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient human relative who lived alongside the species of the famous “Lucy”, scientists said on Wednesday.
Prehistoric pride
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 29/09/2025
» Piriya Vachajitpan, the founder of Museum Pier, has been interested in dinosaur fossils and prehistoric animals since he was a high school student in the US. Piriya saved money from his part-time job as a dishwasher in the school cafeteria to travel to view dinosaur exhibitions and fairs in many American cities. It was an eye-opening experience which encouraged him to collect fossils.
New T-Rex ancestor discovered in drawers of Mongolian institute
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» PARIS - Misidentified bones that languished in the drawers of a Mongolian institute for 50 years belong to a new species of tyrannosaur that rewrites the family history of the mighty T-Rex, scientists said on Wednesday.
‘Jurassic’ seashell fossils found in Surat Thani
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 07/05/2025
» Ancient seashell fossils discovered in the southern province of Surat Thani are Thailand’s latest paleontological discovery.
Isan ‘dwarf crocodile’ fossil over 130m years old
Post Reporters, Published on 18/01/2024
» A fossil found in the Phu Phan mountains in Sakon Nakhon province has been confirmed to belong to a 130-million-year-old crocodile species, authorities said on Thursday.
Korat fossil came from ‘ancient alligator’
Published on 18/10/2023
» An alligator fossil found in Nakhon Ratchasima back in 2005 has been confirmed as a distinct alligator species from those found in the United States and China, according to the Department of Mineral Resources.
T-Rex skeleton wows Singaporeans before auction
Published on 28/10/2022
» SINGAPORE: The skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex drew thousands of visitors in Singapore on Friday eager to have a look at the huge fossil before it heads for auction in Hong Kong.
36-million-year-old whale fossil found in Peruvian desert
AFP, Published on 18/03/2022
» LIMA: Paleontologists unveiled the fossilized remains of an ancient whale that inhabited the seas 36 million years ago, found last year in a Peruvian desert.
Teenage T-Rexes edged out smaller dinosaur species, says study
AFP, Published on 26/02/2021
» WASHINGTON - A team of US scientists has demonstrated that the offspring of huge carnivorous dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex, who grew from the size of house cats to towering monsters, reshaped their ecosystems by outcompeting smaller rival species.
Dinosaurs got cancer too, say scientists
AFP, Published on 06/08/2020
» OTTAWA - Dinosaurs loom in the imagination as forces of nature, but a new study that identifies the first known case of cancer in the creatures shows they suffered from the debilitating disease too.