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Bizarre 1.5 million-year-old discovery may be earliest proof of cannibalism

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Bizarre 1.5 million-year-old discovery may be earliest proof of cannibalism

Eat the Flintstones? Cannibalism has been practiced long before Jeffrey Dahmer or even the Aztecs were having old friends for dinner. Mysterious marks on the bone of a human ancestor suggest that we could’ve been eating each other as early as 1.5 million years ago, per a gruesome study published in the journal “Scientific Reports.” … Read more

152 million-year-old dinosaur fossil unearthed: ‘Perfectly preserved’

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152 million-year-old dinosaur fossil unearthed: ‘Perfectly preserved’

Not a bad look for 152 million years old. German scientists might’ve made paleontological history after unearthing a “perfectly preserved” 152 million-year-old dinosaur fossil — which is believed to be the oldest specimen of the species ever discovered. The groundbreaking finding occurred in 2014, but was only recently documented in the journal Fossil Records. “The … Read more