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58-million-year-old footprints show when mammals began paddling in sea
A set of 58-million-year-old footprints suggest hippo-like mammals were living by the sea millions of years before one group of mammals became whales
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Billion-year-old microbe had taken first step towards internal organs
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Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs gave birth to the Amazon rainforest
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Large extinct Australian kangaroo spent half its life in trees
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Bizarre ‘manta shark’ slowly cruised the oceans 93 million years ago
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Ancient caterpillar had armoured spikes to protect it from early birds
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Flowering plants may be 100 million years older than we thought
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Strange fossil is the first to show an ammonite without its shell
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Megalodon sharks grew 2 metres long in the uterus by eating eggs
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Scat scans: How lasers are teasing secrets from ancient poo
Coprolites, or fossilised faeces, have always been slippery customers. But now we can use X-rays to see inside them, they are yielding fresh insights into ancient ecosystems
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Ancient reptile looked like a cross between a dolphin and a shark
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Giant seal fossil found in New Zealand hints they evolved in the south
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Ammonite review: Here’s the true story of palaeontologist Mary Anning
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Extraordinary fossil shows ancient marine reptile swallowing huge prey
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