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Giant Megafauna Lived Alongside Humans As Recently As 3,500 Years AgoA black and white illustration of some of South America's megafauna by a pool of water. The image shows an giant sloth and an elephant by the water's edge while a Palaeolama walks through the ankle high water. In the background, a leopard like animal watches the others while sitting in a tree.

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Giant Megafauna Lived Alongside Humans As Recently As 3,500 Years AgoA black and white illustration of some of South America's megafauna by a pool of water. The image shows an giant sloth and an elephant by the water's edge while a Palaeolama walks through the ankle high water. In the background, a leopard like animal watches the others while sitting in a tree.
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Giant Megafauna Lived Alongside Humans As Recently As 3,500 Years Ago

clock-iconFebruary 21, 2025
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Collectors “Diving In Coffee” Discover Rare 500,000-Year-Old Underwater Fossil Beda tapil skull fossil

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Collectors “Diving In Coffee” Discover Rare 500,000-Year-Old Underwater Fossil Beda tapil skull fossil
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Collectors “Diving In Coffee” Discover Rare 500,000-Year-Old Underwater Fossil Bed

clock-iconFebruary 18, 2025
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Before Lions And Wolves, Bastetodon Was The Apex Predator Early Monkeys FearedArtist's impression of Bastetodon syrtos, the newly discovered species of hyaenodont that was probably an apex predator 30-million-years-ago.

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Before Lions And Wolves, Bastetodon Was The Apex Predator Early Monkeys FearedArtist's impression of Bastetodon syrtos, the newly discovered species of hyaenodont that was probably an apex predator 30-million-years-ago.
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Before Lions And Wolves, Bastetodon Was The Apex Predator Early Monkeys Feared

clock-iconFebruary 17, 2025
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Incredible 14.6-Million-Year-Old Fossil Bee Discovered In New ZealandWings and body of a fossil bee. The wings show the veins running through them and are iridescent.

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Incredible 14.6-Million-Year-Old Fossil Bee Discovered In New ZealandWings and body of a fossil bee. The wings show the veins running through them and are iridescent.
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Incredible 14.6-Million-Year-Old Fossil Bee Discovered In New Zealand

clock-iconFebruary 17, 2025
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Ancient Megalodons May Have Dueled One Another With Their Teethtwo illustrations of megalodon facing each other, one on a blue background and another on red, separated by a lightning bolt

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Ancient Megalodons May Have Dueled One Another With Their Teethtwo illustrations of megalodon facing each other, one on a blue background and another on red, separated by a lightning bolt
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Ancient Megalodons May Have Dueled One Another With Their Teeth

clock-iconFebruary 14, 2025
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Two Jurassic Fossils Could Be The Earliest True Birds Ever FoundArtist's impression of Baminornis zhenghensis, a newly discovered candidate for the first bird, dating from late Jurassic China.

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Two Jurassic Fossils Could Be The Earliest True Birds Ever FoundArtist's impression of Baminornis zhenghensis, a newly discovered candidate for the first bird, dating from late Jurassic China.
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Two Jurassic Fossils Could Be The Earliest True Birds Ever Found

clock-iconFebruary 13, 2025
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“Exceptionally Well-Preserved" 66-Million-Year-Old Edmontosaurus Reveals Collagen In Dinosaur Bonean illustration of edmontosaurus dinosaur, chunky tail and duck-billed face

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“Exceptionally Well-Preserved" 66-Million-Year-Old Edmontosaurus Reveals Collagen In Dinosaur Bonean illustration of edmontosaurus dinosaur, chunky tail and duck-billed face
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“Exceptionally Well-Preserved" 66-Million-Year-Old Edmontosaurus Reveals Collagen In Dinosaur Bone

clock-iconFebruary 12, 2025
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"Exceptionally Rare" 183-Million-Year-Old Plesiosaur Was Covered In Mosaic Of Skin And ScalesJurassic plesiosaur skeleton with preserved skin and scales

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"Exceptionally Rare" 183-Million-Year-Old Plesiosaur Was Covered In Mosaic Of Skin And ScalesJurassic plesiosaur skeleton with preserved skin and scales
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"Exceptionally Rare" 183-Million-Year-Old Plesiosaur Was Covered In Mosaic Of Skin And Scales

clock-iconFebruary 10, 2025
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66-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Animal Puke Found Near Famous Danish CliffsDanekræ DK-1295, a regurgitated lump of sea lily fragments from at least two different species of sea lilies that were eaten during the Cretaceous period 66 million years ago.

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66-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Animal Puke Found Near Famous Danish CliffsDanekræ DK-1295, a regurgitated lump of sea lily fragments from at least two different species of sea lilies that were eaten during the Cretaceous period 66 million years ago.
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66-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Animal Puke Found Near Famous Danish Cliffs

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How Did Birds Survive When The Other Dinosaurs Died? Don’t Believe Netflixa baby chick on grass surrounded by eggshells

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How Did Birds Survive When The Other Dinosaurs Died? Don’t Believe Netflixa baby chick on grass surrounded by eggshells
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How Did Birds Survive When The Other Dinosaurs Died? Don’t Believe Netflix

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Earliest Evidence Of Human Relatives In Europe Pushed Back 500,000 Yearsreconstruction of prehistoric hominin

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Earliest Evidence Of Human Relatives In Europe Pushed Back 500,000 Yearsreconstruction of prehistoric hominin
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Earliest Evidence Of Human Relatives In Europe Pushed Back 500,000 Years

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Crocodilian’s 76-Million-Year-Old Crime Exposed In Bite Mark On Young Pterosaur FossilAn artist's impression of Cryodrakon boreas, a large pterosaur

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Crocodilian’s 76-Million-Year-Old Crime Exposed In Bite Mark On Young Pterosaur FossilAn artist's impression of Cryodrakon boreas, a large pterosaur
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Crocodilian’s 76-Million-Year-Old Crime Exposed In Bite Mark On Young Pterosaur Fossil

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Whale Ancestor Crawled Out Of The Sea 400 Million Years Ago – And Then Crawled Back InPakicetus skeleton showing all four limbs and tail. The skeleton as a long snout with large teeth.

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Whale Ancestor Crawled Out Of The Sea 400 Million Years Ago – And Then Crawled Back InPakicetus skeleton showing all four limbs and tail. The skeleton as a long snout with large teeth.
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Whale Ancestor Crawled Out Of The Sea 400 Million Years Ago – And Then Crawled Back In

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We’ve Caught A Glimpse Into What Early Human Relatives Ate 3 Million Years AgoModel of ancient human ancestor australopithecus afarensis

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We’ve Caught A Glimpse Into What Early Human Relatives Ate 3 Million Years AgoModel of ancient human ancestor australopithecus afarensis
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We’ve Caught A Glimpse Into What Early Human Relatives Ate 3 Million Years Ago

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World’s Smallest Cat Was 300,000 Years Old And Adorably Teeny TinyVery small and cute wild cat species with reddish fur and big green eyes. The animal is prowling towards the camera as if hunting.

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World’s Smallest Cat Was 300,000 Years Old And Adorably Teeny TinyVery small and cute wild cat species with reddish fur and big green eyes. The animal is prowling towards the camera as if hunting.
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World’s Smallest Cat Was 300,000 Years Old And Adorably Teeny Tiny

clock-iconJanuary 17, 2025
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