"Prehistoric World" is a new book by Aaron Woodruff, the museum's collection manager for vertebrate paleontology. It includes profiles and illustrations of prehistoric mammals such as Livyatan ...

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(CN) — Researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder identified three new species of prehistoric mammals through fossils that enhance scientific understanding of how quickly mammals evolved ...

Six million years ago, the shallow swamps of what's now southern China may have been dominated by massive, 110-lb. (50 kilograms) otters that have since gone extinct. And now, researchers have found ...

Scientists descended into a deep cave, hoping to find Ice Age mammals’ remains. What they found stunned them: the remains of hundreds of big prehistoric mammals. The treasure trove was discovered in ...

Fossilised footprint tracks, recently discovered within the Hanna Formation in Wyoming, USA, which have been dated to 58 million years ago, may represent the earliest evidence of mammals gathering by ...

The great carnivores of the past have come a long way. Formerly sluggish, coldblooded and scaly, dinosaurs and other creatures have transformed with new scientific knowledge into speedy, graceful, ...

1. The age of mammals -- 2. The origin and early evolution of mammals -- 3. Marsupials : pouched mammals -- 4. Placental mammals (Eutheria) -- 5. Xenarthra : sloths ...

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A masterpiece of prehistoric rock art from the Amazon, hailed by some as “the Sistine Chapel of the ancients,” may depict extinct Ice Age mammals, offering a fascinating snapshot of doomed species and ...

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