[Rockhounds] Scientists Just Revealed Where Dinosaurs Really Came From – This Changes Everything!

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

The story of how dinosaurs came to dominate Earth has fascinated scientists
and the public for generations. But what if we’ve been looking in the wrong
places for their earliest ancestors? A groundbreaking new study suggests
that the first dinosaurs may have emerged not in the temperate regions of
ancient Earth, but in the steamy equatorial zones – areas that today
encompass the Amazon rainforest, the Congo basin, and the Sahara Desert.
This revelation challenges long-held assumptions about dinosaur origins and
opens up exciting new avenues for fossil discovery.

For decades, the oldest known dinosaur fossils, dating back approximately
230 million years, have been found in regions like Argentina, Brazil, and
Zimbabwe. However, these fossils hint at a much earlier evolutionary
history that remains shrouded in mystery.

A recent study published in *Current Biology* uses advanced modeling
techniques to reconstruct the likely emergence of dinosaurs, suggesting
that their true origins lie in the equatorial regions of Gondwana. This
research not only redefines our understanding of dinosaur evolution but
also highlights the critical gaps in the fossil record
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that
have obscured their early history.

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