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A 10-year-old Oxford schoolboy has discovered an extremely rare fossil of footprints of a pair of mating horseshoe crabs, dating back to more than 300 million years.
Last Updated: Sunday, February 10, 2013, 21:46
A new look at a fossilized bone fragment found buried deep in the soil of a Serbian cave is causing scientists to reconsider what happened during a critical period in human development.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 2, 2013, 19:01
In a new study, researchers have discovered traces of bacteria that lived a record-breaking 3.49 billion years ago, a mere billion years after Earth formed.
Last Updated: Monday, December 17, 2012, 20:40
A pair of fossils believed to be that of a saber-toothed cat has been discovered in the hills north of Las Vegas.
Last Updated: Friday, December 14, 2012, 10:35
A study suggesting that life may have first emerged on land about 100 million years earlier than previously thought, has sparks anger among scientists.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 20:17
Scientists believe two fossils discovered in Spain may be of the oldest known ancestors of Asian giant panda.
Last Updated: Friday, October 26, 2012, 14:14
In a `monstrous` discovery, scientists in Canada have unearthed the first fossils of a feathered dinosaur ever found in the Americas.
Last Updated: Monday, October 8, 2012, 12:34
Duck-billed dinosaurs, described as `walking pulp mills`, had an amazing capacity to chew tough and abrasive plants with grinding teeth more complex than those of cows, horses and other grazers.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 13:08
Scientists analysing the abdominal contents of two dinosaur fossil specimens have revealed new information about their hunting and eating behaviour.
Last Updated: Friday, August 17, 2012, 14:25
Dinosaur-like creatures may have scarred themselves during leisurely deep-sea diving and not from resurfacing too quickly, as previously believed.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 09:33
Researchers have found what they believe to be the jawbone of an ancient “monster” crocodile at a remote station in northwest Queensland.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 14:35
Scientists have long speculated that their vulnerability to the disease may have roots in the evolutionary past.
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