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A Jurassic pterosaur fossil, known to paleontologists for over 160 years, isn’t a new species. It is an odd specimen of ..read more
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Chemicals in the tooth enamel of Australopithecus suggest the early human ancestors ate very little meat, dining on vegetation instead ..read more
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About 40,000 years ago, giant kangaroos vanished Down Under. Dental analyses suggest a varied diet, meaning climate change was not the main cause ..read more
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Cave-ins and floods may have buried the Cretaceous creatures of the fossil Jehol Biota rather than volcanic eruptions, a new study claims ..read more
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Fossils of the ancient frog push the known tadpole timeline back more than 30 million years ..read more
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Paleontologist David Hone’s latest book fleshes out our understanding of dinosaur behavior ..read more
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Fossils of an extinct giant millipede reveal new details about the arthropod’s anatomy ..read more
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4M ago
The 50-million-year-old Pegasus volans isn't closely related to seamoths or oarfish, like some researchers have suggested. But what is it ..read more
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The fossil, plus 17 others from more than 500 million years ago, reveal that early mollusks were slug-like creatures with prickly armor ..read more
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6M ago
The Chicxulub crater, left behind by the impact, contains elemental traces that suggest the origins of the notorious projectile ..read more