New Fossil Discoveries Reveal How Life Returned After the Dinosaurs

We're able to digitally pull out each individual element to see how everything is then connected. We're able to bring these animals back to life unlike we've ever been able to do before this technology.

Loxolophus, from the paleocene, is the period of time immediately after the extinction event that wiped out more than half the species on the planet. It’s one of the key pieces to the puzzle of how mammals came to dominate the Earth.

Paleontologist Tyler Lyson unearthed this fossil in 2016, using a method of discovery that had rarely been used in North America. Rather than by looking for bones, he looked for these concretions where he discovered complete mammal skull.

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[lustigerlurz]

We´re gonna have drones equipped with AI and sensing technology in various wave lengths to detect more fossils. This is very exciting!

[devon]

"we are only just scratching the surface".
huh... i guess thats literally what they are doing.

[Shandakai]

I find it weird that I live in South Africa and I still have no idea where people keep finding fossils.

[theproject]

Extinction of "giant dinosaurs", good to hear a young scientist calling it like it is. Living dinosaurs, birds, deserve recognition 😁

[TrapperBV]

Just when I DIDN’T want to be an archeologist anymore...

[thomasreese]

Seems like the editor wanted to be making high tension action movies, based on the music

[RTRJN]

Damn cant help to imagine the amount of historical artifacts and archeology ignored before man give importance to dem.

[YouGenom]

Combining drones, computer tomography, 3D analysis techniques/software to look into rocks and finding answers about our evolution. This is super exciting!

[joejute]

Archaeology/Palaeontology are probably the most interesting careers.
There is always more dirt to look through.

[oLuii]

It's like the old tale says: "You and me, baby, ain't nothing but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel"

[bri]

The Mesozoic is overrated, Permian is where Paleozoic it's at

[sneakybadgerjd]

This episode feels really high-quality, thanks!

[moon-cyclist]

When I was a kid I wanted to be a Paleontologist so bad, I still consider it heavily

[rblever]

The possibility it can happen again is amazing to think about.

[keshavnittin]

Now I get why Ross geller became a paleontologist

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Prehistoric guitar bone fossil thumbnail !

[Hygix_]

Imagine if we found a really old a big fossil just under a very common place again

[TedToal_TedToal]

So, are the CT scans used to make 3-D prints of the fossils? I think it would be very useful to be able to make a 3-D print of something inside of a fossil, such as semi circular canals inside a skull.

[howtodoit]

Finds a cat fossil
Archeologists: we found animal that lived 10, 000 years back

[danicaaustria]

great video content, but wow that background music is very distracting