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Lava-munching microbes were the earliest life on land
About 3.2 billion years ago, microbes began to colonise land for the first time, and geological evidence suggests they fed on energy-rich chemicals in volcanic lava
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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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Waves of animals died at an ancient Spanish lake and now we know why
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Sponge fossils suggest animals already existed 890 million years ago
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Baby pterosaurs could fly within minutes of hatching from their eggs
The wings of hatchling pterosaurs were ideally suited to powered flight, suggesting they took to the air almost immediately after emerging – unlike most modern birds
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Trilobite fossil shows it was attacked by a human-sized sea scorpion
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Ancient beetle species discovered in 230-million-year-old reptile dung
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Giant rhino unearthed in China was one of largest mammals ever to live
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Some early land-dwelling amphibians evolved back into aquatic species
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