prehistoric
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Prehistoric Kite-Shaped Rock Could Represent Oldest-Known Animal Carving
The rock looks a lot like, uh, a rock, but it may be a 130,000-year-old sculpture.
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Prehistoric Melbourne Was Once a Paradise for Tropical Pig-Nosed Turtles
The pig-nosed turtle, an endangered freshwater turtle native to the Northern Territory and southern New Guinea, is unique in many respects. Unlike most freshwater turtles, it is almost completely adapted to life in water. It has paddle-like flippers similar to sea turtles, a snorkel-like “pig-nose” to help it breathe while staying submerged, and eggs that…
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The ‘Prehistoric Beaver’ That Helped Mammals Inherit Earth
Sixty six million years ago the world changed in an instant. A huge asteroid, some ten kilometers in diameter, smashed into what is now Mexico. It arrived with the force of several million nuclear bombs, and unleashed a deadly cocktail of wildfires, tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanoes.