Ancient Skull Unearthed in Egypt Reveals a 30-Million-Year-Old Apex Predator
Hidden beneath Egypt’s desert sands, scientists uncovered a nearly complete skull of Bastetodon, a 30-million-year-old carnivore that once ruled the ancient landscape. This leopard-sized predator, with its fearsome bite,
Near-complete skull discovery reveals 'top apex,' leopard-sized carnivore
A rare discovery of a nearly complete skull in the Egyptian desert has led scientists to the "dream" revelation of a new 30-million-year-old species of the ancient apex predatory carnivore, Hyaenodonta.
Video shows 30-million-year-old skull of apex predator that could solve extinction riddle
Scientists in Egypt discovered a not-before-known apex predator that lived 30 million years ago, potentially helping to solve an extinction mystery.
Paleontologists uncover a nearly complete skull of a 30 million-year-old apex carnivore in Egypt
A nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a new species of Hyaenodonta, an apex carnivore that mysteriously went extinct about 25 million years ago.
Skull of a 30-million-year-old apex predator discovered in Egypt
About 30 million years ago, parts of Egypt were covered in lush forests. Within those trees, lurked an order of fearsome big cat-sized carnivores called Hyaenodonta. These apex predators thrived after the dinosaurs went extinct,
Near-complete skull of apex predatory carnivore discovered in Egypt
A nearly complete skull of a leopard-sized carnivore was discovered in the Egyptian desert. Anastasiia Riddle. More Videos. Toronto crash passenger recounts when Delta plane flipp
Skull of never-before-seen ‘top apex’ predator from prehistoric Africa unearthed
In a nutshell Scientists have discovered a remarkably complete skull of a new prehistoric carnivore species in Egypt’s Fayum Depression, named Bastetodon syrtos, which lived about 30 million years ago and was roughly the size of a modern leopard The discovery has led researchers to correct a century-old misclassification of ancient African predators,
30-million-year-old skull discovery reveals ‘fearsome’ beast that dominated Egypt
Paleontologists have made an extraordinary discovery in one of Africa’s most important fossil sites, unearthing a new ancient carnivore species known as the Bastetodon. During a recent excavation in the Egyptian desert,
Scientists Rescued the 15-Million-Year-Old Skull of a Hypercarnivore From Obscurity
Scientists have discovered a nearly complete skull of a Hyaenodonta, a hypercarnivore that that lived during the Oligocene ...
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Famous Skull Not Cleopatra's Sister, But Evidence Points to New Burial Mystery
An ancient skull that was found in Turkey close to a century ago does not belong to Cleopatra's younger, rebellious sister, after all.
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Is this the skull of Cleopatra’s murdered sister? New study ends century-long debate
The tomb’s design and location, as well as the skull’s age, led some experts to suspect it might belong to Cleopatra’s murdered sister. The debate swirled for a century, yet the skull itself ...
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The mystery of an ancient skull takes a new turn after DNA analysis
The skull of a person long thought to be Cleopatra’s half sister was misidentified for nearly a century, new research from Nature Scientific Reports concludes, raising intriguing questions about ...
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Human Influence Reshapes Pig Skulls in Just a Century
Researchers from MLU analyzed 3D scans of 135 pig skulls and found significant shape changes over just 100 years. Selective ...
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Selective breeding has dramatically sped up the evolution of pigs
German pig skulls changed significantly due to selective breeding. Scientists found shorter snouts and flatter foreheads in ...
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Boosting evolution: How humans unintentionally altered the skulls of pigs
Short snouts and a flat profile - within a span of 100 years, humans have significantly changed the shape of the skulls of ...