WASHINGTON (AP).- Nutcracker Man didn’t eat nuts after all. After a half-century of referring to an ancient pre-human as “Nutcracker Man” because of his large teeth and powerful jaw, scientists now conclude that he actually chewed grasses instead. The …
Many Scientists Believe Hunters May Have Delivered Fatal Blow to Mammoths
CHERSKY, RUSSIA (AP).- During the last Ice Age, shaggy mammoths, woolly rhinos and bison lumbered across northern Siberia. Then, about 10,000 years ago — in the span of a geological heartbeat, or a few hundred years — the last of them disapp…
New Dinosaur Species Discovered in Southern Utah
By: Brock Vergakis, Associated Press Writer
SALT LAKE CITY (AP).- Paleontologists say they have discovered fossils of two new dinosaur species in southern Utah. The plant-eating dinosaurs are closely related to the three-horned triceratops, but one of …
Fossil of Mega-Toothed Killer "Leviathan" Whale Found in Peru
LIMA (REUTERS).- The fossil of a giant whale called Leviathan for having teeth bigger than a grown man’s forearms has been found in Peru by paleontologists who on Thursday said it may have been the largest predator to ever roam the seas. Leviathan Melv…