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HISTORICAL FACTS: 35 | History Defined

Vikings brought their animals to England, research suggests

Experts find evidence at Derbyshire cremation site of horses and dogs originating from the Baltic Shield

The Guardian - UK

‘Charmouth crocodile’ identified as new genus of croc-like creature

Remains of 2-metre-long animal discovered in 2017 by two fossil hunters

The Guardian - UK

Underlying tensions help to produce hammer-and-tongs desert storm

A couple of weeks ago in this column’s opening meander, I went to excruciatingly unnecessary lengths to tell you how useless I was at admin. With…

The National (Scotland)

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World’s First Worm Dating Back 220 Million Years Ago Unearthed

The primitive creepy-crawly was identified from its tiny jaws and teeth & world’s first worm dating back 220 million years ago.

Zenger

Unearthed, the 220 million-year-old ‘missing link’ in evolution

Named Funcusvermis gilmorei, it lived at the beginning of the age of the dinosaurs

The Independent UK

Stunned fishermen catch rare 'living fossil' beast - and it's older than dinosaurs

Father and son duo Keith Dees and Huntley, from the US, reeled in an alligator gar during their annual fishing trip to Alabama, admitting catching this record-breaking beast "never crossed" their minds

Daily Mirror

Remains of Britain’s ‘oldest northerner’ found, according to experts

The remains were dated at around 11,000 years old, just after the Ice Age

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'Oldest northerner' unearthed after huge UK dig confirms Ice Age burial site in cave

Bone fragments from eight individuals were dated to around 4,000 years ago while others went back 5,500 years, with very earliest dating to the Mesolithic era just after the end of the last Ice Age

Daily Mirror

Report: An ‘Armageddon’ Asteroid Couldn’t Be Stopped By A Nuke

The good news is we can also use this information to our advantage, even Bruce Willis couldn’t save Earth from an asteroid.

Zenger

Remains of 11,000-year-old human uncovered

The remains were dated at around 11,000 years old, just after the Ice Age

The Independent UK

Aussie dinosaur arrives in Canberra in time for Australia Day

Cooper the Australotitan Cooperensis is the latest addition to the National Dinosaur Museum at Gold Creek

The Canberra Times

New species of dinosaur with more than 400 teeth unearthed in Germany

The fossil was found in a limestone quarry in Bavaria during research led by Professor David Martill of the University of Portsmouth

The Independent UK

New pterosaur with more than 400 teeth unearthed in Germany

The fossil was found in a limestone quarry in Bavaria during research led by Professor David Martill of the University of Portsmouth.

The Independent UK

Expect dinosaurs and much, much more when Manchester Museum fully re-opens after £15m five-year revamp

The much-loved space is set to reopen to the public

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Researchers Uncover 92 Fossil Nests Belonging To Some Of India's Largest Dinosaurs

The discovery of more than 250 fossilized eggs reveals intimate details about the lives of titanosaurs in the Indian subcontinent. Read on for details:

The Independent UK

Velociraptor may not have used claws for slashing after all, says study

Contrary to depictions in popular media, ‘this claw is not built for slashing,’ say experts

Daily Mirror

Ten crocodile mummies found by archaeologists in undisturbed Egyptian tomb

Archaeologists have found ten well preserved crocodile mummies dating back possibly more than 2,500 years at an undisturbed Egyptian tomb which were likely sacrificed to a fertility god

Manchester Evening News

Man arrested after fossils and dinosaur bones stolen in break-in

A 57-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of burglary, criminal damage and stalking

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The Independent UK

Clutch of over 250 fossilised eggs unearthed in India suggests dinosaurs may have nested together like birds

‘Findings offer new insights into the conditions of nest preservation and reproductive strategies of titanosaur dinosaurs’

Inverse

Dinosaur fossils complicate our understanding of how they reproduced

A new paper on titanosaurus egg clutches found in India show an ovum-in-ova specimen, indicating that these dinosaurs may have reproduced like birds do.

Daily Mirror

Giant five-inch megalodon tooth found by fossil hunter in 'once-in-a-lifetime' discovery

Molly discovered the tooth in shallow water as she and her sister Natalie, who are both keen fossil hunters, tested out their new waders which they received as gifts

The Conversation

Red Lady of Paviland: the story of a 33,000 year-old-skeleton – and the calls for it to return to Wales

When William Buckland from the University of Oxford grabbed his trusty collecting bag and headed for the Gower peninsula in south Wales in January 1823, he ended up discovering more than he had bargained for.

The Conversation

Fossil study brings us one step closer to revealing how 'flying dinosaurs' took flight

If you think of flying dinosaurs, you probably picture an animal with long, leathery wings, sharp claws and a big beak. The animal you are imagining is not a dinosaur, it’s from a group of flying reptiles called the pterosaurs.

Inverse

Research confirms a fact about the clitoris the Ancient Greeks understood

Recent research on the actual human clitoris has found it has more than 10,000 nerve fibers – 20 percent more than previously thought.

The Independent UK

Joe Rogan podcast sparks massive treasure hunt for prehistoric bones in NYC’s East River

The most mammoth remains have ever sold for was $645,000

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