A team of palaeontologists, led by our colleague Olivier Lambert (RBINS), recently described the dolphin species Huaridelphis raimondii, that lived in what is now Peru during the Miocene period, 16 million years ago.
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11/09/2014
New Species of Extinct Dolphin Sheds Light on River Dolphin History
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20/08/2014
Neanderthals and Modern People Were Neighbours for Thousands of Years
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Reinout VerbekeNeanderthals and modern humans used to be living closeby for thousands of years. This has been calculated by an international team of scientists by reconsidering the dates of Neanderthal sites by means of a new method.
07/08/2014
Fossils Found in Siberia Suggest All Dinosaurs Had Feathers
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Reinout VerbekeThe first ever example of a plant-eating dinosaur with feathers and scales has been discovered in Russia. Previously only flesh-eating dinosaurs were known to have had feathers so this new find indicates that all dinosaurs could have been feathered.
14/05/2014
A Mysterious Dinosaur Completed at Last – With Poached Fossils!
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Reinout VerbekePaleontologists Pascal Godefroit (RBINS) and François Escuillié (Eldonia) discovered the skull and feet of Deinocheirus in a private collection. This dinosaur with gigantic forelimbs and armed with impressive claws remained an enigma for nearly 50 years.
03/02/2014
The Origin of Modern Mammals
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