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Early fossil identified as new species of Tyrannosaurus

A dinosaur known only from a partial skull has been dubbed Tyrannosaurus mcraensis, adding a new twist to long-running debates about putative relatives of Tyrannosaurus rex

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Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster,01-01-2024,Sir David Attenborough, Steve Etches,Sir David Attenborough and Steve Etches examine the fossilised snout of a pliosaur in the workshop of the Etches Collection Museum, Kimmeridge, Dorset, UK **STRICTLY EMBARGOED NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNTIL 00:01 HRS ON MONDAY 11TH DECEMBER 2023**,BBC Studios,Screengrab

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Massive pliosaur skull sheds light on ancient sea reptile

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Tiny T. rex fossils may be distinct species – but not everyone agrees

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Unknown animals left birdlike footprints long before birds existed

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Wonthaggi bird tracks affected by modern erosion and marine organisms at Footprint Flats locality.

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Fossil footprints are the oldest traces of birds in Australia

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Sun-blocking dust from asteroid impact drove the dinosaur extinction

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A chimaera fish

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Fish adapted to the deep sea 80 million years earlier than we thought

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Brush-footed spider

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Exquisite spider fossils from Australia offer clues to their evolution

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The Neanderthal woman was re-created and built by Dutch artists Andrie and Alfons Kennis. Research including fossil anatomy and a detailed study of DNA is present in the color of the skin and eyes. (Photo by Joe McNally/Getty Images)

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The Naked Neanderthal review: Looking for the real Neanderthals

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Reconstruction of an ancient marsupial ecosystem

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Ancient mini koala may help solve mystery of early marsupial evolution

Fossils from a 25-million-year-old koala that may have weighed just 2.6 kilograms might help us understand how early marsupials diversified

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These ancient sand drawings could be a fifth type of palaeoart

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Extreme fires caused by ancient humans wiped out Californian megafauna

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Cave of Bones review: Lee Berger on the discovery of Homo naledi

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Ancient whale might have been the heaviest animal that ever lived

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