New Fossil Link In Bird Evolution Discovered
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Birds descended from theropod dinosaurs by the Late Jurᴀssic, but our understanding of the earliest evolution of the Avialae, the clade comprising all modern birds but not Deinonychus or Troodon, has been hampered by a limited diversity of fossils from the Jurᴀssic. Life reconstruction of the 150-million-year-old avialan theropod Fujianvenator […]
300,000-Year-Old Weapons Reveal Early Humans Were Woodworking Master
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A 300,000-year-old hunting weapon has shone a new light on early humans as woodworking masters, according to a new study. State-of-the-art analysis of a double-pointed wooden throwing stick, found in Schöningen in Germany three decades ago, shows it was scraped, seasoned and sanded before being used to kill animals. The […]