A new study dramatically changes the conversation.
The findings were detailed in a January 8studypublished in theZoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
The paleontologists uncovered the theory-defying fossils in present-day Wyoming in 2013.
An artist’s rendering of the Ahvaytum bahndooiveche.© Gabriel Ugueto
We think of dinosaurs as these giant behemoths, but they didnt start out that way.
Perhaps most shockingly, however, is the age of the fossil.
Dinosaurs first emerged during the Triassic period, around 230 million years ago.
The site of the discovery is within the ancestral lands of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe.
The region also yielded additional finds.
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Now, scientists say it belonged to a Denisovan man.
