When you think about prehistoric dinosaurs, the brontosaurus might be one of the largest ones that come to mind. After all, these gentle dino giants were known for their long neck, which allowed them to graze on leaves with ease (much like a modern-daygiraffe!). Like the megalodon, we ...
Despite being separated by more than 11,000 km of ocean, the prehistoric heritage of Australia and North America share much in common. Both continents were once home to a diverse range of giant animals -the "megafauna" - that suffered a mass extinction some time in the geologically recent ...
Where do the dunes come from? “It’s actually a very simple story,” Fuchs said. “The mountains on either side are capped with (prehistoric) ocean deposits that contain abundant gypsum. Water from rain and snow percolate down through those deposits, dissolve minute amounts of that gypsum a...
At that point in time, the island had only three or four GPS stations, so scientists installed global navigation satellite systems and ocean-bottom seismometers around the island to learn more about the geological changes occurring there. The findings were extraordinary: The combined land and ocean...
Alligatorsare the largest reptiles in North America and some of the largest in the world. These massive animals never stop growing, meaning that the longer they live, the bigger they get. In the American southeast, alligators are just a part of life. Still, most of the time, the alligators...
Since the megalodon preyed on other large marine animals, bite marks would have been observed on other large marine species. Since a single megalodon potentially sheds thousands of teeth throughout its lifetime, numerous recently-shed teeth would have turned up on the ocean floor. ...
Through pottery pieces, shells, and animal bones covered by layers of dust, Wu found out that it is the ruins of a prehistoric settlement. 14) Harbin Chinese name: 哈尔滨 Hārbīn Postal Code: 150000 Population: The population of Harbin is 9,353,200 (2010) Main attractions in Harbin: He...
The biggest family tree of humanity to date has been built using genetic data from thousands of modern and prehistoric people. The tree gives a view of 2 million years of prehistory and evolution.“Humans are all eventually related to each other,” says Gil McVean at the University of Oxford...
LONDON—Archaeologists have discovered a smaller prehistoric(史前) site near Britain’s famous circle of standing stones at Stonehenge.Researchers have named the site “Bluehenge” after the color of the 27 Welsh stones that were laid to make up a path. The stones have disappeared, but the ...
The first wave generator developer to be signed up for the scheme is US company Ocean Power Technologies Limited (OPT), which will connect its PowerBuoy wave energy converter to one of the tail berths early next year. Power Buoy Farm