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Prehistoric Australia Was Pure Nightmare Fuel Apr 29, 2024

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You’ve probably heard that the country down under, Aka Australia, is the land of nope. Well, its kind of true, as Australia does have way more lethal animals that the average country does, but in true Australian fashion, it turns out that in the past it was 100x worse.

The Largest ‘Dog’ To Ever Walk The Earth Apr 22, 2024

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Cats vs Dogs - a debate as old as time itself. Unfortunately for dog lovers, felines always seem to have the upper hand when it comes to size. But once upon a time there was a dog that could give even the big cats a run for their money. Meet the Epicyon, the lion sized, bone crushing canine of North America.

Why Birds Rule The Sky And Pterosaurs Went Extinct Apr 15, 2024

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Birds and Pterosaurs...they both flew and they both had beaks, but only one made it out of the late cretaceous. What gives?

The Human Species That Built Houses 1,750,0000 Years Before Us Apr 08, 2024

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It may come as a surprise, but the first human species to build proper houses was not us, Homo Sapiens, but instead another species of human that lived almost 2 million years ago. And the crazy thing is, that's only a small list of "firsts" that the they accomplished...

The Only Dinosaur That T. Rex Was Scared Of Mar 27, 2024

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The Tyrannosaurus Rex is known as the king of the dinosaurs and ruler of Cretaceous North America. However, there was another king that lived along the Rex, and it was no carnivore, this was the Ankylosaurus

The Dinosaur That Movies Always Get Wrong Mar 20, 2024

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Velociraptors = Human-sized scaly reptiles that lived with T. rex right? WRONG! They were tiny! And lived in…wait for it…MONGOLIA! Who would’ve thought?

The Bear That Was As Large As The Allosaurus Mar 05, 2024

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Through old studies and numerous paleo media depictions, the Andrewsarchus has gained a reputation of being the undisputed largest mammalian land predator and carnivore ever. However, this is almost 100% not the case, as another lesser known mammal has a much more solid claim to the throne, Arctotherium sometimes known as the giant short faced bear

The Forefathers Of Humanity Feb 27, 2024

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This is the story of the last non-human ancestors of humanity

The Only Dinosaur More Terrifying In Real Life Than In Movies Feb 20, 2024

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To many people, the Dilophosaurus is a small, venom spitting dinosaur that played a minor role in Jurassic Park. However, in reality the Dilophosaurus was actually much more impressive, as it wasn't just one of the first dinosaurs to become an apex predator, but it was also the largest dinosaur and animal on land in North America during the Early Jurassic.

The Largest Predator To Walk During The Cretaceous Wasn't A Dinosaur? Feb 20, 2024

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If you to travelled back to North America, anywhere from 83 to 77 million years ago, you would find the lands covered with dinosaurs, many of which were giant. However, they wouldn't be the largest things you could 'run' into, as during those times that largest creature in North America was not a dinosaur, it was a.....

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