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NEWS ABOUT: prehistoric mammals

prehistoric mammals stories: 6 news summaries

Climate Change, Not Humans, Killed Mammoths 

New tests suggest humans aren't to blame for extinction of prehistoric pachyderms

Jun 18, 09 9:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - British scientists believe climate change did more than spear-wielding humans to wipe out the woolly mammoth in Europe, the Guardian reports. New tests have revealed that the mammoths roamed northern Europe until 14,000 years ago, much later than had been thought. Researchers believe the animals died out as the... More »

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climate change • extinction • woolly mammoth • prehistoric mammals • Mammoth • ice age

(Newser) - A nearly perfectly preserved 37,000-year-old baby mammoth is giving up tantalizing secrets about her species, scientists report. The creature, dubbed Lyuba by researchers, still sports clumps of hair and eyelashes, according to the Telegraph. Scientists have been able to examine stomach contents and the mineral makeup of the bones... More »

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Siberia • extinction • species • extinct • woolly mammoth • prehistoric • prehistoric mammals • Mammoth • ice age

 Skull Hints 
 at Caveman 
 Compassion 

Skull suggests ancient humans cared for sick

Mar 31, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have pieced together the skull of an ancient human who appears to have been deformed, but survived to at least age 5—suggesting he or she was cared for in spite of the handicap. That’s evidence for the existence of compassion in early humans, a trait other primates... More »

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skull • human behavior • human evolution • prehistoric • prehistoric mammals

(Newser) - Horses were domesticated 1,000 years earlier than thought, a finding that could prompt a rethinking of ancient human history, the BBC reports. A team from Exeter University found evidence of the use of harness bits on teeth—as well as horse meat and horse milk beverages—in Kazakhstan that... More »

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domestication • horse • Kazakhstan • human evolution • prehistoric • prehistoric mammals • ancient history • Bronze Age

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B.C. a Mammoth Waste of Time

CGI wizardry doesn't sustain 10,000 B.C.

Mar 7, 08 10:58 AM CST
(Newser) - The prehistoric adventure 10,000 B.C. isn't just a spectacle of cutting-edge effects, it's "a tedious bore in which grubby people stand around muttering in a variety of badly chosen accents," writes Josh Tyler in Cinema Blend. Unfortunately for writer/director Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day ... More »

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guy movies • action movie • prehistoric mammals • CGI • high-concept movies • Roland Emmerich • cavemen • Steven Strait • Camilla Belle

BC Movie Critters Strong
on Terror, Not Accuracy

Still, most of the beasts in the new flick did exist somewhere at some point

Mar 5, 08 8:42 PM CST
(Newser) - The computer-generated critters in the movie 10,000 BC—due out Friday—all actually existed at some point, but their portrayal in the film is scientifically sketchy. Saber-toothed tigers and woolly mammoths weren't as big as portrayed, and the film's huge terror birds died out 40 million years ago. One... More »

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fossil • woolly mammoth • ancient Egypt • prehistoric mammals • movies • 10,000 BC • saber-toothed cats • terror birds • special effects

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