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Mammoth Remains Unearthed at Michigan Farm, Hint at Ancient Human Butchering
Researchers have found 40 additional bones, including the skull, tusks and teeth of an ice age creature
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Cache of 120-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Pterosaur Eggs Found in China
Some of the eggs contained embryonic remains, offering unprecedented insight into the pterosaur’s early life phases
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This Dinosaur Was Much Fuzzier Than Scientists Once Thought
A new analysis shows the extent of ancient bird-like dino’s fluff
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When the Dinos Went Away, Mammals Came Out (in Daylight) to Play
While it’s challenging to imply one caused the other, a new study shows that mammals came into the light of day soon after the dinos disappeared
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Four-Horned Giraffe Ancestor Unearthed in Spain
The fossil is an unusually complete individual of an ancient giraffid species
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Scientists Unearth Near-Complete Marine Reptile Fossil in India
Palaeontologists have unearthed the remains of an ichthyosaur, a prehistoric creature more frequently seen in North America and Europe
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This Adorable Bandit-Faced Dinosaur Will Steal Your Heart
Some dinos were small, fluffy and frankly adorable, a new analysis shows
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Watch a Dinosaur Opera at New York’s American Museum of Natural History
Sink your teeth into the family friendly “Rhoda and the Fossil Hunt”
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Why Some Woolly Rhinos Grew Ribs on Their Necks
These misplaced ribs don’t grow unless something unusual is going on in the gene pool
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Modern Humans and Neanderthals May Be More Similar Than We Imagined
A remarkably preserved 49,000-year-old skeleton shows that Neanderthal kids may have grown slowly, like us
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Look Into the Creepy-Cute Eyes of This Reconstructed, 500-Million-Year-Old Creature
The depictions of Agnostus pisiformis are part of comprehensive review of the Cambrian-era arthropod
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Researchers Find 98-Million-Year-Old Horned Vampire Ant Encased in Amber
A newly described species of Hell Ant impaled its tiny victims on its reinforced horn and may have slurped up their bug blood
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The Ultimate Summer Camp Activity: Digging for Dinosaurs
Meet the intrepid teenagers and teenagers-at-heart who swelter in the heat hunting for fossils
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Two Centuries of Dinosaur Art Come Alive in This Gorgeous New Book
Paleoart traces historic depictions of T. rex, mastodons and other ancient creatures through an artistic lens
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Colorado Construction Crew Unearths 66-Million-Year-Old Triceratops Fossil
While Thornton’s new Public Safety Facility, the crew happened upon a rare find
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Why Horses and Their Ilk Are the Only One-Toed Animals Still Standing
Early horses had 15 toes, but life on the plains led to a stronger center toe, leading to life on four hooves
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Is This Baby Animal the Last Common Ancestor of Humans and Apes?
The 13-million-year-old skull found in Kenya combines early ape and gibbon-like features
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Exceptional Fossils Show Ancient Winged Mammals May Have Glided Above the Dinosaurs
The discovery of two flying squirrel-like fossils suggest mammal diversity began earlier than previously thought
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New Analysis Indicates Early Britons Engaged in Ritualistic Cannibalism
A zigzag pattern on an arm bone indicates around 15,000 years ago, humans in Britain may have consumed others as part of a funeral rite
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Did Scientists Just Unveil the Biggest Dinosaur of All Time?
The jury’s still out—but if you can get over the size contest, far more fascinating patterns about these giants emerge
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