Frontier EdgeFriday, October 9, 2026

Ancient Discoveries Challenge Previous Understanding of Prehistoric Life and Environments

Sourced from 7 publications

•Collagen-eating microbes might explain preservation patterns in the fossil record, per Phys.org.
•Homo erectus fossils found in South Africa push the species' appearance back by 200,000 years, as reported by Science Daily.
•A capybara tooth in the Atacama Desert suggests the region was not always desert, as per Livescience.
•The discovery of a 'Shark Graveyard' in Egypt indicates a past Cretaceous sea, reported by Zmescience.

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Rise of collagen-eating microbes may help explain gaps in the fossil record

Phys.org

'Freakish' discovery of 9 million-year-old capybara tooth supports idea that Ata...

Livescience

20,000-pound mosasaurs ambushed prey with sneak attacks

Popsci

Scientists found Homo erectus 200,000 years earlier than expected

Science Daily

Ancient marine reptiles may have swum to shore to vomit; Jurassic fossils reveal...

google

Mystery man-made mounds in Deep South are older than the Great Pyramid

Dailymail

A ‘Shark Graveyard’ in Egypt’s Desert Reveals a Lost Cretaceous Sea

Zmescience

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