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Giant sloths lived alongside humans in South America for millennia

South American megafauna, from giant sloths to camel-like creatures, survived thousands of years longer than we thought, challenging the idea that they were hunted to extinction by humans

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Fossil claimed to be new species of mosasaur is suspected forgery

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Punk ferox and Emo vorticaudum Credit: Sutton et al. Nature (2025)

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Punk and Emo fossils rock our ideas of how ancient molluscs looked

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Fossilised droppings tell the story of dinosaurs' rise to power

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Worm-like fossil is the oldest ancestor of spiders and crustaceans

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Worm-like fossil is the oldest ancestor of spiders and crustaceans

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A fossil of the extinct tadpole species Notobatrachus degiustoi in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

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Oldest tadpole fossil known to science dates back 161 million years

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Cave diver explores a Mexican sinkhole in atmospheric photograph

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Cave diver explores a Mexican sinkhole in atmospheric photograph

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Genome of Neanderthal fossil reveals lost tribe cut off for millennia

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A colourised, microscopic image of a 4.4 billion-year-old zircon

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We now know that life began on Earth much earlier than we thought

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Donald Johanson excavating Lucy

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Donald Johanson: Unearthing Lucy changed my life and the world

This year marks half a century since the discovery of Lucy, a hominid fossil that would go on to drastically alter our understanding of human evolution. The man who unearthed her, Donald Johanson, shares more about the momentous excavation and the legacy it has left.

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Early humans began wiping out elephant relatives 1.8 million years ago

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Jurassic fossils show modern mammals grow faster than ancient ones

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Giant salamander-like predator roamed Namibia 280 million years ago

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Australian pterosaur had a huge tongue to help gulp down prey

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