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Artist's rendition of the Ediacaran and our hypothesis
Michael Osadciw/University of Rochester
Over 500 million years ago, weird complex creatures emerged on Earth. Scientists now think they know why
Fossil named 'Attenborough’s strange bird' was the first in its kind without teeth
Ville Sinkkonen
‘Strange bird’ specimen might have looked like any other bird 120 million years ago — until it opened its mouth
A near-complete fossil skeleton of the extinct giant kangaroo Protemnodon viator from Lake Callabonna, missing just a few bones from the hand, foot and tail.
Flinders University
Scientists identify three new species of ancient kangaroo—and one was more than 6.6 feet tall
Cross section of stump
Neil Davies
Fossilized trees dating back 390 million years are world’s oldest
Tridentinosaurus antiquus was discovered in the Italian alps in 1931 and was thought to be an important specimen for understanding early reptile evolution - but has now been found to be, in part a forgery. Its body outline, appearing dark against the surrounding rock, was initially interpreted as preserved soft tissues but is now known to be paint.
Valentina Rossi
Famous fossil is really just paint, rocks and a couple of bones, researchers say
The unique preservation of the tree, Sanfordiacaulis densifolia, where the trunk is surrounded by more than 250 spirally arranged leaves, was the result of earthquakes in a 352-million-year-old rift-lake system, now exposed in New Brunswick, Canada.
Courtesy Matthew Stimson
Rare ancient tree discovery has scientists ‘gobsmacked’
Titanosaur
Damien Boschetto
70 million-year-old giant dinosaur skeleton found connected from skull to tail
UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 2003: Reconstruction of Megalodon, (Carcharodon megalodon) extinct species of shark which lived between the Eocene and the Pliocene Period. Drawing. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
DeAgostini/Getty Images
Megalodons were skinnier than we previously thought, new study suggests
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Julius Csotonyi
A 14,000-year-old tusk offers clues about the relationship between early Alaskans and woolly mammoths
29 million-year-old grasshopper nest full of eggs is a one-of-a-kind fossil.
N. Famoso/National Park Service
29 million-year-old fossilized nest discovered in Oregon could be one of a kind
The egg was discovered in Aylesbury, UK.
Oxford Archaeology
Roman egg still intact found in UK in ‘amazing’ discovery
The fossil is 240 million years old.
National Museums Scotland
Scientists unveil 240-million-year-old ‘dragon’ fossil
A rendering of Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis, a newly discovered relative of T. rex. A partial skull on view at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science was a key part of the discovery.
Sergey Krasovkiy/Courtesy of New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
T. rex’s older and equally sizable relative discovered in New Mexico
An artist impression of a group of G. blacki within a forest in southern China
Garcia/Joannes-Boyau/Southern Cross University
A King Kong-like ape once roamed southern China. Scientists say they now know why and when it disappeared
A reconstruction of the pelagic ecosystem and the organisms fossilised in Sirius Passet, revealing how Timorebestia was one of the largest predators in the water column more than 518 million years ago. CREDIT: Artwork by Bob Nicholls/@BobNichollsArt
Artwork by Bob Nicholls/@BobNichollsArt
Newly discovered large predator worms ruled the seas as Earth’s earliest carnivores, study finds
Picture Shows: Sir David Attenborough with the restored Pliosaur skull in the workshop of the Etches Collection Museum, Kimmeridge, Dorset, UK.
BBC Studios
Gigantic skull of prehistoric sea monster found on England’s ‘Jurassic Coast’