Dinosaurs dominated the Earth, totally or partially, for at least 160 million years before the K-T (Cretaceous–Tertiary) extinction event, which saw the disappearance of the giant lizards. The earliest of these animals were small, two-legged creatures, but some of their predecessors grew to enormous sizes, and ... |
11 November 2009
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According to the most recent scientific investigations into the bone structure of sauropod dinosaurs, a class that includes the brontosaur, the prehistoric animals did not bear their heads on an axis parallel to the ground, like depicted in many fossil arrangements or movies. They actually seem to have preferred hold... |
27 May 2009
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Latest paleontology studies showed that, in all likelihood, dinosaurs from the sauropod class were incapable of chewing their food before swallowing it, as evidenced by their long neck, which would have been too frail to sustain the massive weight of a head full of teeth. In fact, the skull was the lightest part of t... |
10 October 2008
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