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Amazing plesiosaur fossil preserves its skin and scales
A remarkable plesiosaur fossil reveals that the extinct reptiles had scales like modern sea turtles, unlike the ichthyosaurs that lived during the same period
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Ancient relative of geese is the earliest known modern bird
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Giant sloths lived alongside humans in South America for millennia
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Fossil claimed to be new species of mosasaur is suspected forgery
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Punk and Emo fossils rock our ideas of how ancient molluscs looked
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Fossilised droppings tell the story of dinosaurs’ rise to power
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Worm-like fossil is the oldest ancestor of spiders and crustaceans
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Oldest tadpole fossil known to science dates back 161 million years
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Cave diver explores a Mexican sinkhole in atmospheric photograph
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Genome of Neanderthal fossil reveals lost tribe cut off for millennia
Analysis of DNA from a Neanderthal fossil found in a French cave indicates that it belonged to a group that was isolated for more than 50,000 years
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We now know that life began on Earth much earlier than we thought
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Donald Johanson: Unearthing Lucy changed my life and the world
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Early humans began wiping out elephant relatives 1.8 million years ago
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Jurassic fossils show modern mammals grow faster than ancient ones
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