26First recorded murder victim
The ‘first recorded murder victim’ was found from a 430,000 year old hominin fossil record. This is the earliest clear case of deliberate, lethal interpersonal aggression, demonstrating that this is an ancient human behavior.
27. Six fossilized specimens of the semiaquatic Dinosaur Spinosaurus were discovered with two species identified (Spinosaurus aegyptiacus and Spinosaurus maroccanus). One specimen was destroyed during the 1944 Bombing of Munich, but detailed notes remain. Spinosaurus is one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs.
28. Numerous fossil bones indicate some populations of Homo heidelbergensis were "giants" routinely over 2.13 meters (7 feet) tall and inhabited South Africa between 500,000 and 300,000 years ago.
29. Dreadnoughtus is one of the largest dinosaurs that ever existed. Its only fossil to have been found was of an individual who was 85 feet/26 meters long, but the specimen is not even of a full-grown adult and it might have grown even larger had it not died.
30. In 2016, a 99-million-year old Daddy Longlegs was found fossilized inside amber sporting a penis that grew to nearly half of his body length when it was erect.
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31Tree fossil fragments
In Antarctica, scientists recently found fossil fragments of 13 trees that are over 260 million years old, meaning that this forest was growing at the end of the Permian Period, before the first dinosaurs. At that time, Antarctica was still at the South pole.
32. The Bonn-Oberkassel dog is the oldest undisputed dog fossil, which is over 14000 years old. Pathology of the remains indicates the dog was ill and would not have been able to live without intensive human care.
33. The largest known fossil spider is only about half the size of its modern relatives. This means that the biggest spiders that exist today might be the biggest spiders that have ever existed.
34. In 1940s, a Californian night school teacher discovered fossils in a local quarry and formed a group of students whom he taught how to uncover them. One of their discoveries included an Antelope with four antlers.
35. In 2008, fossilized ink sacs we recovered from preserved remains of Belemnotheutis cephalopods. Mixed with ammonia solution, the team was able to return the ink to its liquid form and used the approximately 150 million-year-old ink to draw a replica of the original illustration of Belemnotheutis.
