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Fossil claimed to be new species of mosasaur is suspected forgery

A jawbone found in a Moroccan mine was thought to be a novel species of marine reptile from the Cretaceous period, but other researchers believe it is probably a fake

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Punk and Emo fossils rock our ideas of how ancient molluscs looked

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Punk ferox and Emo vorticaudum Credit: Sutton et al. Nature (2025)

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Earliest known sabre-toothed predator hunted 270 million years ago

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Fossilised droppings tell the story of dinosaurs' rise to power

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Exquisite bird fossil provides clues to the evolution of avian brains

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×îÐÂÂ鶹ÊÓƵ recommends documentary Hunt for the Oldest DNA

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Mega El Niños may have played a part in the Permian mass extinction

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How the hidden lives of dinosaurs are being revealed by new technology

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How the hidden lives of dinosaurs are being revealed by new technology

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Jordan Pterosaurs flight flat copy Terryl Whitlatch.jpg Credit: Terryl Whitlatch

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Stunningly preserved pterosaur fossils reveal how they soared

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Early humans began wiping out elephant relatives 1.8 million years ago

Elephant-like species started going extinct faster when early humans evolved, and the rate of extinction rose even higher when modern humans appeared

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Legs of a juvenile female woolly mammoth named Yuka

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Woolly mammoth DNA exceptionally preserved in freeze-dried 'jerky'

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Tiny great ape fossils identified as new species from Europe

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Ancient geese stood 3 metres tall and weighed as much as a cow

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Fossil trove reveals three new species of ancient egg-laying mammals

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