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New Scientist on MSN3d
Fossils show puzzling lack of evolution during last ice age peak
Thousands of fossils from the La Brea tar pits in California show no signs of mammals and birds evolving in response to ...
Earth.com4d
Archaeologists find rare skull of an extinct, massive 'thunder bird'
After 128 years of exploration and fossil excavation, researchers have finally unearthed the skull of Genyornis newtoni.
Los Angeles Times26d
LA Times Today: Scientists say they ‘de-extincted’ dire wolves. Experts at La Brea Tar Pits are skeptical
Most people know of dire wolves from “Game of Thrones.” The species isn’t actually fictional, but it has been extinct for thousands of years. Now, scientists say they’ve brought the dire ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN18d
A Trove of Ice Age Fossils Buried in a Wyoming Cave Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Prehistoric Animals
At a site known as Natural Trap Cave, a team of scientists are rappelling down to uncover the secrets of what the Earth was ...
National Geographic news14d
Dire wolves were real—and even stranger than we thought
A study of extinct dire wolf DNA reveals surprises, including that the carnivores, made famous as fictional pets in Game of Thrones, weren't closely related to wolves. Dire wolves, with reddish ...
The New York Times26d
There’s No ‘Undo’ Button for Extinct Species
More than 4,000 wolves were pulled from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles alone. They are understood to have been hunters of the many large mammals that populated the Americas before the arrival ...
Los Angeles Times24d
22 Angelenos share the moment they knew they had become an L.A. ‘local’
Visiting the Getty isn’t L.A., seeing the Tar Pits isn’t L.A. Getting pulled ... and I heard the birds sing. I made my way home at a leisurely pace, soaking up the rare opportunity to walk ...