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Fossils of extinct plants reveal origins of today’s flowering species
Newly discovered plant fossils from China, dating back more than 125 million years, may help to establish which seed plants evolved into modern flowering plants
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58-million-year-old footprints show when mammals began paddling in sea
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Billion-year-old microbe had taken first step towards internal organs
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Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs gave birth to the Amazon rainforest
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Large extinct Australian kangaroo spent half its life in trees
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Bizarre ‘manta shark’ slowly cruised the oceans 93 million years ago
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Ancient caterpillar had armoured spikes to protect it from early birds
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Flowering plants may be 100 million years older than we thought
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Strange fossil is the first to show an ammonite without its shell
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Megalodon sharks grew 2 metres long in the uterus by eating eggs
Ancient megalodon sharks may have been at least 2 metres long at birth – and they might have grown so large by eating unhatched eggs in the uterus
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Scat scans: How lasers are teasing secrets from ancient poo
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Ancient reptile looked like a cross between a dolphin and a shark
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Giant seal fossil found in New Zealand hints they evolved in the south
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Ammonite review: Here’s the true story of palaeontologist Mary Anning
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