Scientists previously thought hopping was impossible for Protemnodon goliah.
Learn more about ancient giant kangaroos and the previous research claiming they were too heavy to hop. A new study finds ...
Giant ancestors of modern-day kangaroos—which previous research has estimated could weigh up to 250 kilograms—may have been ...
Post-doctoral student Megan Jones and colleagues at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom analyzed the rear ...
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Ancient giant kangaroos could have hopped despite their huge size
Long thought to have walked bipedally, like us, Australia’s extinct giant kangaroos have features that indicate they could ...
Learn how CT scans of fossil skulls were used to trace changes in brain regions and sensory priorities in ancient giant rats.
Despite their enormous size, giant ancient kangaroos may have been capable of hopping in short, powerful bursts.
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One of the last woolly rhinos to walk Earth was eaten by a wolf pup — and scientists have now sequenced its genome from the undigested meat
More than 14,000 years ago, a wolf pup ate a piece of woolly rhino. Scientists have analyzed the rhino's DNA to figure out ...
Beneath the surface of a Colombian coal mine, scientists made a discovery so extraordinary that it rewrote what we know about giant reptiles. In 2009, researchers unearthed fossil remains of an ...
(BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas) — Paleontologists have found fossilized remains of a giant possum-like mammal that lived 60 million years ago. The fossils, found at Big Bend National Park in Texas, ...
The “mighty” new prehistoric whale species was about 40 feet long based on the fossilized bones. Tanaka, et al (2025) Palaeontologia Electronica The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI ...
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