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The name of a new species of fossil billfish honors a world-leading paleontologist who inspired generations of young researchers.

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Eggs laid by dinosaurs have provided paleontologists with a new way to tell prehistoric time with stunning accuracy.

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Learn more about the peculiar pattern of fractures in hadrosaurids (duck-billed dinosaurs) across North America, Europe, and Russia, which supports the hypothesis that these injuries were sustained during mating.

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68-year-old retired GP has discovered not one, but three new species of dinosaur, rewriting part of Britain’s prehistoric story in the process. 

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Fossils from 514-million-year-old reefs reveal that ancient marine ecosystems didn’t follow modern rules — currents, not coral-like structures, shaped early ocean life.

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Enceladus is leaking heat from both poles, hinting at a long-lived ocean beneath the ice — and real potential for life.

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One of the world's last dinosaurs to roam on the Earth could be in anyone’s custody for £3m.

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New research shows that woolly mammoths roamed farther east than scientists previously thought.

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Paleontology’s most colorful mystery just got solved: scientists have uncovered how fossilized ammonite shells transform into radiant ammolite gems.

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Discover more about the Patagotitan mayorum through an interview with palaeontologist Dr Diego Pol, who helped to discover this huge dinosaur.

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A rare fossil from Taiwan has captured a 1-million-year-old snail giving birth—only the second known evidence of live-bearing in ancient snails.

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A 120-million-year-old pterosaur fossil offers the first direct evidence that some flying reptiles ate plants, after researchers found microscopic plant fossils preserved in its stomach.

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Woolly mammoths weren’t just Ice Age giants—they shaped ecosystems, left frozen clues, and may yet walk again through science.

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A dinosaur fossil discovery by a researcher may expand the known range of a species that roamed Earth approximately 115 million years ago.

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A new study has unexpectedly discovered that a common parasite of modern oysters actually started infecting bivalves hundreds of millions of years before the dinosaurs went extinct.

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Researchers have named an ancient fossil that was discovered at a park in Leicestershire.

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A rare 115-million-year-old dinosaur fossil has revealed the first-ever ankylosaur hatchling.

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Paleontologists have described a new species of the tortoise genus Manouria based on the fossilized remains found in the Czech Republic.

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A fossil braincase and partial skull roof from Carnegie Museum of Natural History has been reassessed and reclassified, giving rise to a new genus and species of dicraeosaurid sauropod dinosaur: Athenar bermani.

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A recently published study suggests humans’ creative inclinations go back much further than previously thought.

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New research out of Northern Ireland reveals there may be a distinct clue to determine the actual gender of dinosaurs.

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A teenager's remains indicate an Iron Age Briton tribe practiced human sacrifice.

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Strange glassy blobs strewn across the Australian desert are evidence of an ancient meteorite impact that scientists hadn't noticed until now.

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The very first humans millions of years ago may have been inventors, according to a discovery in northwest Kenya.

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Human skulls evolved twice as fast as those of other apes, driven by powerful cognitive and social forces that shaped our brains and faces.

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Scientists have discovered Stone Age "crayons" in Crimea, hinting that Neanderthals may have used them for symbolic drawings or markings. But not everyone agrees.

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Ancient proteins extracted from 2-million-year-old Paranthropus teeth reveal hidden genetic differences — suggesting our big-jawed cousin may have been more than one species.

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Volcanic winters 201 million years ago wiped out most life on Earth — clearing the way for dinosaurs to rise.

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Forgotten for over a century, dozens of coelacanth fossils hidden in British museums reveal that these ancient “living fossils” once thrived in tropical seas 200 million years ago.

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We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of this species than we thought.

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