prehistoric
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Choudhury, whose favorite genus is the classic Tyrannosaurus, says he’d love to see more obscure prehistoric species.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
Wouldn’t you want to hang out with the guy unabashedly wearing a hat with a prehistoric creature bursting out of each end?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
The burial itself was unusual compared with other prehistoric mass graves.
From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026
The research was published in Cell under the title "Bronze Age Yersinia pestis genome from sheep sheds light on hosts and evolution of a prehistoric plague lineage."
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026
Finally, the same pattern of an abrupt start of food production dependent on domesticates from elsewhere, and an abrupt and massive population replacement, seems to have repeated itself in many areas in the prehistoric era.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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World Without Fish
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Earth Science: Geology
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