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Neanderthals Processed Bones on a large scale to Access Nutrients 125,000 Years Ago — Evidence of Advanced Resource Use

For nearly 100 million years, a 'zombifying' fungus has been infecting insects, researchers report

We finally know the recipe for 5,000-year-old Egyptian blue dye

For the first time, fossil stomach contents of a sauropod dinosaur reveal what they really ate, helping to shed light on the feeding habits of the largest land-living animals of all time.

A new genus and species of gnathosaurine pterosaur, Spathagnathus roeperi, has been described from a fossilised specimen found in the Late Kimmeridgian of Brunn, Germany.

First ever skull from ‘Denisovan’ is discovered

Long Shot Science Leads to Revised Age [346 million years] for Land-Animal Ancestor

Scientists Discover Gila Monster-Like Reptile That Roamed With Dinosaurs

Palaeontologists have identified a new genus and species of ichthyosaur, Fernatator prenticei, from a partial skeleton found in the Fernie Formation in British Columbia, Canada.

Manitoba Museum and ROM palaeontologists discover 506-million-year-old predator

Megalodon was the largest predatory fish in Earth’s history. Science widely assumed that megalodon’s main calorie intake was in the form of whales

A new eusauropod (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) from the Middle Jurassic of Gansu, China

Palaeontologists identify a new species of Elasmosaur, Traskasaura sandrae, from the Cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada, which possessed a mix of primitive and derived traits.

An ancient ‘terror crocodile’ became a dinosaur-eating giant. Scientists say they now know why

Sebecids, a crocodile-like beast, reached the Caribbean as recently as 4.5 million years ago — outlasting mainland kin

Fossil of a new mammal species from the Late Cretaceous (100–66 million-year-old) discovered in Mongolia's Gobi desert

Trapped in time: 16-million-year-old amber reveals dirt ants once ruled Caribbean

Ancient DNA from the green Sahara reveals ancestral North African lineage

Analysis of 30 year old humerus bone suggests Australian echidnas evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor, challenging the understanding that the monotreme descended from a land-bound ancestor

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs

Fossilised footprints from British Columbia, Canada, confirm the presence of ankylosaurid ankylosaurs in the mid-Cretaceous of North America.

The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception is all wrong

A Forgotten Boulder in a School Office Turned Out to Have Dinosaur Footprints from 200 Million Years Ago

Scientist-President Thomas Jefferson discovered large bones that were initially thought to be from a large cat-like predator, but it was later determined to be from a giant sloth

New insights into the structure of some of the oldest lineages for foraminifera may open the door to unlocking temperature records much further back in time.

In the aftermath of the extinction that killed the non-avian dinosaurs, coral reefs inhabited more protected muddy environments

A set of Stone Age artifacts have revealed evidence of advanced cognitive and symbolic behavior among prehistoric humans

The Rise of Algae promoted eukaryote predation in the Neoproterozoic benthos

Paleontologists Discover Nearly Complete 30-Million-Year-Old Skull of a Newly Identified Hypercarnivore in Modern Day Egypt

Research unveils fossils of the world's oldest known megaraptorid and the first evidence of carcharodontosaurs in Australia

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