prehistoric

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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 toothless bottom-feeder, which looks like a prehistoric catfish and can weigh over 200 pounds, has been overfished globally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Their findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrate that paleogenomics can now trace ancient population history and pinpoint rare genetic diseases in prehistoric humans.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

Ewan Bodenham, 29, named the prehistoric reptile after his former physics teacher David Rhys Jones in Cardigan, Ceredigion.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

“Since today is all about flights of fancy and fancy flights, our next contest is to see which of you would make the paleontologically perfect prehistoric pterodactyl.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein