prehistoric
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Dr. David Schwimmer, a leading authority on the massive North American crocodilian genus Deinosuchus and a geology professor at Columbus State University, has helped bring a prehistoric giant back to life.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
In a hyper-modern environment like the internet, so eager to eat itself alive in the pursuit of newness, “The End of Oak Street” fandom is delightfully prehistoric.
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
Researchers have identified a 90 million year old fossil that helps solve a long standing mystery about a strange group of prehistoric animals.
From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026
Finally, peoples of some areas ecologically suitable for food production neither evolved nor acquired agriculture in prehistoric times at all; they persisted as hunter-gatherers until the modern world finally swept upon them.
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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