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Published on May 14th, 2025 | by Hady George
I don’t need to tell you how awe-inspiring dinosaurs are, but I would like to tell you about how weird they were. There is no shortage of bizarre dinosaurs, from the hotly debated Spinosaurus with a [&hellip... Read More →
Published on March 20th, 2025 | by Hady George
Mammoths, sabre-toothed cats, and giant ground sloths may be among the most iconic animals of the ice age, but the diversity of life during this time in Earth’s history extends well beyond them and includes one [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 20th, 2025 | by Hady George
If there was a Period of Earth’s history that could be called ‘the one with the weird vertebrates’, it would be the Triassic. And if you don’t believe me, I ask you to turn your attention [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 4th, 2024 | by Hady George
If I asked you to imagine a crocodilian you would no doubt conjure up a semi-aquatic ambush predator covered in scales, scutes, and with a long snout, lined with sharp teeth, capable of delivering bone-breaking bites. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 5th, 2024 | by Guest Blogger
Langebaanweg is a Mio-Pliocene aged fossil locality on the west coast of South Africa (about 120 Km from Cape Town), that has produced a staggering diversity and abundance of fossil material. In the first part of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 30th, 2024 | by Guest Blogger
The first instalment of Brigette Cohen's series on the South African lagerstätte Langebaanweg... Read More →
Published on June 14th, 2024 | by Hady George
The jaws of predatory synapsids fall under three distinct categories but what was each one adapted for... Read More →
Published on March 4th, 2024 | by Guest Blogger
Harrie explores some of the factors enabling sauropod gigantism... Read More →
Published on December 15th, 2023 | by Hady George
How do the brain sizes of modern and ancient mammals measure up... Read More →
Published on February 7th, 2020 | by Guest Blogger
Mongolia’s ancient underbelly had proved so productive that after suspending fieldwork for one year, the Polish returned in 1967 for another three year stint. This was a smaller scale operation, like in 1963, aimed not at [&hellip... Read More →
Episode 164: Ants
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Evolution of the Bizarre Arms of Oviraptorosaurs
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Form and Function of the Skull of the Ice Age Bush Dog
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Episode 163: Ecosystem Engineers
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A New Early Reptile With Bizarre Teeth From The Triassic of England
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