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Extinct lizard was a bizarrely supersized version of modern skinks
Tiliqua frangens, a giant, armoured skink that lived over 40,000 years ago, is the latest bizarre megafauna species to be discovered in Australia
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Woolly mammoths had testosterone surges like those of male elephants
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Broad-nosed ancient shark was one of earliest fish to smell in stereo
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Longest dinosaur neck on record was six times longer than a giraffe’s
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Oldest ichthyosaur fossil hints they evolved before mass extinction
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Fossil thought to be earliest bryozoan animal may actually be seaweed
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Spine of early crawling fish was becoming more like a land animal’s
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Sea life recovered from Permian mass extinction faster than we thought
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Early relatives of primates lived in the Arctic 52 million years ago
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Treasure trove of fossil eggs hints titanosaurs nested in colonies
A study of more than 250 fossil eggs found in India suggests long-necked titanosaurs nested in large groups, but left hatchlings to fend for themselves
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Trilobites used trident-like horns to fight over mates like stags
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The ozone layer was destroyed during Earth’s biggest mass extinction
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Largest ever animal may have been Triassic ichthyosaur super-predator
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Fossils reveal the dinosaur era’s changing insect soundscape
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