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Megalodon was nothing like a giant great white shark
We have no complete skeleton of the ancient megalodon shark, but new evidence points to it being more long and slender than previous depictions, say researchers
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Early fossil identified as new species of Tyrannosaurus
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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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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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Fish adapted to the deep sea 80 million years earlier than we thought
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Exquisite spider fossils from Australia offer clues to their evolution
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The Naked Neanderthal review: Looking for the real Neanderthals
From creating cave art to burying their dead, how we see Neanderthals reveals as much about us as it does about them, argues Ludovic Slimak in a fascinating new book. We may have our closest extinct relatives all wrong - again
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Ancient mini koala may help solve mystery of early marsupial evolution
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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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