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Humans might have lived at this coastal site 120,000 years ago — the trick lies in proving it
Scientists examining an ancient Aboriginal site are split over whether charred rocks and weather-worn shells are 120,000-year-old evidence of Indigenous life.
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Ancient Earth
Earth looked very different long ago. Search for addresses upto 750 million years ago in Earth history
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Fossil Reveals ‘One of the Cutest Dinosaurs’ Ever Found
While many fossils have been flattened by time and the elements, a titanosaur found in an egg was preserved in three dimensions.
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New dinosaur related to T. rex discovered
Four bones found at Shanklin belonged to a new species of theropod dinosaur, a study finds.
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Fossil footprints show some crocodile ancestors walked on two legs
The 106-million-year-old tracks suggest that other puzzling nearby fossils were also likely made by a bipedal croc ancestor, not a giant pterosaur.
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An ancient crocodile that 'ran like an ostrich'
Scientists are stunned to find that some ancient crocodiles may have moved around on two feet.
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Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs struck Earth at 'deadliest possible angle'
'The worst-case scenario is exactly what happened,' researchers reveal
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Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia
When people first arrived in what is now Queensland, they would have found the land inhabited by massive animals including goannas six metres long and kangaroos twice as tall as a human. We have studied fossil bones of these animals for the past decade. Our findings, published today in Nature Communications, shed new light on the mystery of what drove these ancient megafauna to extinction.
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Stone Tools Show How Humans Survived a Supervolcano Eruption 74,000 Years Ago
Of all the volcanic eruptions to shake our planet in the last 2 million years, the Toba super-eruption in Sumatra, Indonesia, was one of the most colossal. But it may not have been the global catastrophe we once thought it was.
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'Crazy beast' lived among last of dinosaurs
The discovery that the badger-like animal lived alongside dinosaurs challenges ideas about mammals.
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Possible Dinosaur DNA Has Been Found
New discoveries have raised the possibility of exploring dino genetics, but controversy surrounds the results
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'Dueling dinos' set off a long legal battle and a scientific debate
In 2006, an amateur fossil hunter made an unprecedented find: two dinosaurs fossilized while apparently locked in battle. A court case followed over mineral versus surface rights, bringing into question the future of fossil discovery in the US.
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Gigantic dinosaur footprints are found on the roof of a cave
Prints show the tracks of three ‘titanosaurs’ that took a seaside stroll more than 165 million years ago.
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The 'eye tooth bird' is a completely new dinosaur species
The tiny skull of what is thought to be the smallest known dinosaur that lived during the age of the dinosaurs has been discovered in 99-million-year-old amber from Myanmar.
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World's smallest dinosaur discovered entombed in amber
Someone call Steven Spielberg
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Study dates Victorian volcano that buried a human-made axe 34,000 years ago
Fresh evidence shows two prominent south-west Victorian volcanoes, Budj Bim and Tower Hill, erupted at least 34,000 years ago and that people were in the area before those eruptions.
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Did Neanderthals bury their dead with flowers? New skeleton find suggests so
Half a century after archaeologists found pollen around the skeleton of a Neanderthal, the discovery of new remains could reveal more about ancient death practices among these human cousins.
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The T. Rex may be the King of Lizards, but its new cousin is the "Reaper of Death"
The "Reaper of Death" is Canada's first new tyrannosaurus species in 50 years.
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New 'reaper of death' tyrannosaur is the oldest found in Canada
A new species of tyrannosaur — the oldest ever found in Canada — has been discovered in Alberta. Thanatotheristes degrootorum was as long as two cars lined up bumper to bumper and would have towered over an adult human. It stood about 2.4 metres tall at the hips, said Jared Voris, a University of Calgary PhD candidate who led the research identifying it as a new species.
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Head of giant 330-million-year-old shark found in wall of Kentucky cave
The shark was likely similar in size to great whites, which grow to an average of around 15 feet.
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