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Oldest ever RNA sample recovered from woolly mammoth
RNA from an exceptionally well preserved woolly mammoth gives us a window on gene activity in an animal that died nearly 40,000 years ago
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Dinosaur fossil rewrites the story of how sauropods got long necks
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‘Sword Dragon’ ichthyosaur had enormous eyes and a lethal snout
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Stunning amber deposits hold insects from the time of the dinosaurs
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Dome-headed dinosaur from Mongolia is the oldest ever found
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Baby pterosaurs could fly right after hatching – but crashed in storms
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Early penguins may have used dagger-like beaks to skewer prey
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Ancient crocodile relative could have ripped dinosaurs apart
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Armoured dinosaur’s ‘crazy’ spikes weren’t just for defence
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Thylacine’s genome provides clues about why it went extinct
A comparison of the thylacine’s genome to other marsupials has revealed that the creatures lost genetic diversity long before humans and dingoes arrived in Australia
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Giant meat-eating dinosaur skulls reveal ‘bone-crushing’ bite
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Remarkable set of tracks suggests different dinosaurs herded together
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Spectacular Triassic reptile had an early kind of feathers
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Ancient animal’s fossilised brain prompts rethink of spider evolution
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