Like a palimpsest manuscript, showing traces of ancient writing under the new, the rock reveals layers of messages. And each stratum takes us not only back in time, but across…
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Dinosaur Death Trap Found in Utah May Contain Raptor Family, ‘Horse Dragons,’ Cannibalized Baby
MOAB, UTAH — A pack of ravenous but hopelessly trapped Utahraptors, a pair of besieged “horse dragons,” and even a cannibalized baby are among the victims that Utah’s state paleontologist…
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Earliest Use of Chocolate in America Discovered, Suggesting Ancient Immigrants
Some strange pottery found at an ancient settlement in southeastern Utah contains the oldest known traces of chocolate in the United States, an anthropologist says. The site dates back to…
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Dinosaur Pileup Found Preserved in Utah Desert
About a hundred million years ago, an iguanodon was browsing in a deep mudflat when it found itself stuck. Perhaps hearing its helpless bleat — or smelling its rotting corpse…
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