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Can a turtle tuck its head all the way inside its shell?

Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think.
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Six-Million-Year-Old Turtle Shell May Still Hold Ancient DNA Traces

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Traces of ancient DNA appear to have been found within the 6 ...
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Carved cave turtle may have been worshipped 35,000 years before Christianity

Micro-scratches within the grooves of the stone turtle shell show that it was carved by humans using sharp flint tools, experts say - Clara Amit/Israel Antiquities Authority The “cosmic turtle”, which ...
Ahram OnlineOpinion

Dinosaurs, Turtles, and Humans

The earliest known ancestors of turtles appeared about 220–240 million years ago (in the late Triassic period), roughly the ...
IFLScience

Could DNA Have Survived 6 Million Years Inside A Turtle Shell?

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Once Thought to Be Plants, These Rare Fossils Are Actually Baby Turtles, Scientists Say

Two fossilized specimens, each less than 2.5 inches in length, were originally thought to be plants. Now, scientists say they are preserved hatchling turtles. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, ...
The Advocate

Rare Louisiana map turtle secures new protections in hopes of keeping it from going extinct

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will add new protections for a rare turtle whose ridged shell looks like a topographic map, with the goal of keeping it from going extinct. The federal agency has ...