Earth
The mass extinction that might never have happened
An ecological catastrophe 201 million years ago supposedly paved the way for the rise of giant dinosaurs, but it may not have happened that way after all
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Life
We’ve drawn iconic sail-wearing Dimetrodon wrong for 100 years
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Life
Perfectly preserved fossil salamander even has last meal in gut
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Earth
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Life
Life may have begun millions of years earlier than we thought
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Life
Ancient ‘sea woodlice’ had surprisingly complicated guts
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Humans
Bare bones: Five human ancestors known only from a few fossils
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Humans
The fossil finder extraordinaire who’s rewriting human evolution
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Life
Dinosaurs that seemed veggie also ate the odd bit of shellfish
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Environment
Tiny worm burrows may reveal when first complex animals evolved
Microscopic fossil burrows found in ancient rocks reveal that small worm-like animals existed more than half a billion years ago
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Humans
Controversial footprints suggest we evolved in Europe not Africa
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Humans
Ancient skull belonged to a cousin of the ape common ancestor
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Earth
Largest ever dinosaur may have been as long as 7 elephants
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Life
Big, armoured dinosaur still had camouflage to evade predators
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