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Fossil of the largest millipede that ever lived found on English beach
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![Australopithecus sediba silhouette showing the newly-found vertebrae along with other skeletal remains from the species. The enlarged detail (a photograph of the fossils in articulation on the left; micro-computed tomography models on the right) shows the newly discovered fossils, in colour on the right between previously known elements in grey. Right: Life reconstruction of Australopithecus sediba com-missioned by the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History. [? Sculpture: Elisabeth Daynes / Photograph: S. Entres?sangle]](https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/23130516/PRI_211648445.jpg)
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Penis worms had hermit crab-like defence system 530 million years ago
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Dinosaurs lived in herds 40 million years earlier than we thought
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99-million-year-old crab discovered trapped inside amber
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Look at fossils on your phone to help researchers uncover Earth’s past
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Lava-munching microbes were the earliest life on land
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Microscopic tardigrade fossil found in 16-million-year-old amber
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Tooth decay has been a problem for primates for 54 million years
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Half-metre-long predator was giant of the seas 500 million years ago
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Pterosaur had a head crest so tall it may have made it hard to fly
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The lost fossil meteorites carrying the secrets of Earth’s past
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Ancient comb jelly had more complex nerves than its modern relatives
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