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Megalodons Went Extinct Millions of Years Ago. The Prehistoric Predator Could Become Maryland’s Official State Shark

Teeth belonging to the fearsome creatures have been discovered throughout the state. Now, they're up for consideration by the ...
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This tiny prehistoric predator could hear you whisper, long before dinosaurs walked the Earth

Thrinaxodon, asmall carnivorous predator and cynodont from the Early Triassic period, has long intrigued paleontologists due ...
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Scientists discovered two extinct predators in the world's longest cave

Getty Image Scientists are always making fascinating discoveries, some of which are right beneath our noses. Recently, beneath Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky, scientists discovered two extinct ...
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Giant dinosaur predators consumed baby sauropods about 150 million years ago

Infant and juvenile sauropods were the primary food source for fearsome predators during the ...
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AI reveals which predators chewed ancient humans’ bones – challenging ideas on which ‘Homo’ species was the first tool-using hunter

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Rice University (THE CONVERSATION) Almost 2 million years ...
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Terrifying ancient predator with 'powerful claws' unearthed, its last meal still in its jaws

Scientists recently uncovered a new dinosaur — and its ancient leftovers – in a tourist hot spot in Argentina. The dinosaur, which measured 23 feet long, is called Joaquinraptor casali. Its discovery ...
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AI reveals which predators chewed ancient humans’ bones – challenging ideas on which ‘Homo’ species was the first tool-using hunter

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa. After archaeologists uncovered his fossilized bones in 1960, they used ...