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By Apr 8, 2021
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This newly discovered dinosaur is called ‘the one who causes fear’ for a reason

You wouldn't want to be in this top predator's path.
By Mar 29, 2021
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The battle to save one of the planet’s best fossil preserves

Paleontologists and local activists took on a mining company at New Zealand's Foulden Maar. So, who won?
By Feb 23, 2021
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Were rocks on the menu for these ancient birds?

A deeper look at crystals pulled from a fossil’s stomach presents an intriguing counterargument.
By Nov 4, 2020
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A female hunter’s remains hint at more fluid gender roles in the early Americas

The 9,000-year-old remains of a woman were found buried with hunting tools in the Andes.
By Nov 3, 2020
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These prehistoric rodents were social butterflies 

A species of tiny mammals that lived amongst the dinosaurs might have led highly gregarious lives.
By Oct 15, 2020
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Birds are dinosaurs, and this fossil detective has rooms full of bones to prove it

Paleontologist Jingmai O’Connor looks back millions of years to find hidden bridges in evolutionary history.
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Could an ancient megashark still lurk in the deep seas?

Monster. Myth. Megalodon.
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This ancient reptile had a super long neck to sneak up on unsuspecting fish

Reconstructions of fossil skulls reveal Tanystropheus was an aquatic ambush predator.
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Crocodiles’ ancient ancestors may have walked on two legs

Footprints in South Korea show a distinctive bipedal gait.
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Prehistoric footprints reveal how ancient men and women divided labor

From hunting to foraging, the ash-hardened clues give us a rare look at how society operated thousands of year ago.