James Harden

Colossal Biosciences (Texas), In A World-First, Hatched 26 Healthy Chicks From Fully Artificial, 3D-Printed Eggs With No Natural Shell, Marking The First Complete Embryo Development Outside A Biological Egg. The Monitored Chicks Are A Major Step Toward Reviving Extinct Birds Like The Dodo And South Island Moa And Helping Endangered Species.

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Paleontologists Identified The First New Spinosaurid In Over 100 Years, Spinosaurus Mirabilis, From Niger’s Sahara. The School-Bus-Sized (15m Long) Semi-Aquatic Fish-Eater Lived 95–100 Mya And Had A Unique, Likely Keratin-Covered, Scimitar-Shaped Head Crest Unlike Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus. The Find Offers Major Insights Into Spinosaur Evolution.

U.K Scientists Found The Oldest Known Lepidosaur (Lizard Relative) In Devon, England. The Palm-Sized Agriodontosaurus Helsbypetrae Lived ~242 Myr Ago In The Middle Triassic. Synchrotron CT Scans Revealed An Insect-Eating Predator With Large Triangular Blade-Like Teeth And Unique Skull Features, Extending The Lepidosaur Record By 3–7 Myrs.

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UK Scientists, In A First, Found A Strong Link Between Thumb Length & Brain Size Across 94 Living & Fossil Primate Species. Longer Thumbs, Important For Gripping & Handling Objects, Are Tied To A Larger Neocortex, Which Controls Thinking & Senses. This Link Holds Without Humans, Showing Hands & Brains Co-Evolved Over Millions Of Years.

For The First Time Since Its Discovery In 1854, Scientists Found A Juvenile Arthropleura Fossil With A Complete Head In France. CT Scans Revealed, E.G., Millipede-Like Antennas, Centipede-Like Mandibles, & Crab-Like Eyes. Arthropleura, A 300-Myr-Old Ancestor Of Centipedes & Millipedes, Was The Largest Bug On Earth And Likely A Plant Eater.

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A 127 Myr-Old Fossil Of A Side-Necked Turtle (SNT), Said To Be UK’s First SNT, Was Discovered On The Isle Of Wight. SNT Is Known For Retracting Its Neck Sideways When Threatened. The Fossil, Dubbed ‘Burby,’ Missing Only The Skull, Was Radiometrically Dated & Analyzed Via Micro CT Scan. The Findings Were Donated To The Dinosaur Isle Museum.

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Scientists Are Indicating That The White Rock Spinosaurid, A Giant Crocodile-Faced Dinosaur, Discovered On The Isle Of Wight, Could Be Europe’s Biggest Predatory Dinosaur. The Animal, Estimated To Be 125 Myrs Old And Said To Exceed 10 Metres (33 Feet) In Length, Could Be A New Spinosaurid Species, And The Youngest Spinosaurid Ever Found.

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Researchers May Have Discovered The Largest Arthropod That Ever Lived/ The Biggest Animal On Land During The Carboniferous. The Arthropod Fossil, A Monstrous Millipede Ancestor About 326 Myrs Old, Called Arthropleura, Was Discovered In 2018 In Northumberland, NE England. The Car-Sized Millipede Was ~8.5 ft (2.6 m) Long And Weighed ~110 Pounds (50Kg).

Just Like The Human Opposable Thumbs, Which Can Be Moved Around To Touch Other Fingers, Enabling Us To, E.G, Climb And Grab Things, A Pterosaur, Named Monkeydactyl, May Be The Oldest Creature With Opposable Thumbs. This Attribute Probably Allowed This Flying Reptiles To Climb Trees, About 160 Million Years Ago, To Feed On Insects And Preys.

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Caecilians, Like Most Amphibians, Have Been Thought To Produce Only Poisons. But This Discovery Marks The First Time Of Finding Venom Glands In The Mouth Of An Amphibian. Caecilians Are Said To Look Like A Hybrid Between A Worm and A Snake But Predate Snakes By About A 100 Myrs, Making Them One Of The Oldest Venomous Biters On Earth.

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