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Early penguins may have used dagger-like beaks to skewer prey

Four new species of aquatic birds related to modern penguins have been described from fossils found in New Zealand, showing how these creatures flourished around 60 million years ago

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Ancient crocodile relative could have ripped dinosaurs apart

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Armoured dinosaur’s ‘crazy’ spikes weren’t just for defence

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Thylacine’s genome provides clues about why it went extinct

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Giant meat-eating dinosaur skulls reveal 鈥榖one-crushing鈥� bite

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Remarkable set of tracks suggests different dinosaurs herded together

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Spectacular Triassic reptile had an early kind of feathers

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Ancient animal’s fossilised brain prompts rethink of spider evolution

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Small, stocky dinosaur related to Velociraptor named as new species

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Oldest proteins yet recovered from 18-million-year-old teeth

The oldest protein fragments ever recovered have been extracted from fossilised teeth found in Kenya's Rift Valley, revealing the remains belonged to the ancient ancestors of rhinoceroses and elephants

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Ancient mass extinction shows how Earth turned into a super-greenhouse

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A closer look at Enigmacursor, the newly discovered dinosaur species

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Enigmatic lizards somehow survived near Chicxulub asteroid impact

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Small and speedy dinosaur recognised as a new species

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