paleontology Archives

illustration showing prehistoric dunkleosteus pursuing a smaller fish

‘Chunky dunk?’ Cleveland’s prehistoric sea monster may have been shorter, stouter, than once believed

March 9, 2023

Case Western Reserve University scientist PhD student applies new calculations to reveal downsizing and chunky details about species...

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Evolution and a possible geographic ‘bias’

September 28, 2021

Case Western Reserve scientist investigates adaptation of ancient South American mammals that reveals contrarian changes and challenges evolutionary...

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an artist's interpretation of two new species of extinct hoofed animals known as litopterns

Fossil finds

June 27, 2018

Case Western Reserve researchers, collaborators from two other universities, identify two new ancient mammals in Bolivia dig Researchers...

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Science Café Cleveland: “How the Science of Paleontology Brings Dead Bones to Life”

August 4, 2017

Modern human beings have been around for around 200,000 years and we have recorded history for less than...

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A drawing of the skull and an artist's rendering of the animal's head from the sideview..

CWRU researchers discover three new species of extinct South American marsupials

April 11, 2017

Findings show the family, Palaeothentidae, was once widespread across the continent but add to extinction doubts The discovery...

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New book details South America’s surprising prehistoric mammals

March 7, 2017

From club-tailed armadillos as big as Volkswagen Beetles to carnivorous saber-toothed marsupials to sloths that swam in the...

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