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Fossil of pregnant ground sloth discovered with fetus inside
Found in a Brazilian cave, the remarkable specimen of a ground sloth fetus inside its mother offers a rare insight into the developmental biology of the extinct mammal
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Ancient alligator had a stubby snout and may have chomped on snails
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Ancient reptiles’ long necks made them vulnerable to decapitation
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Extinct lizard was a bizarrely supersized version of modern skinks
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Fossils in Laos cave imply modern humans were in Asia 86,000 years ago
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Ancient mass extinction may have driven millipedes to eat meat
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Broad-nosed ancient shark was one of earliest fish to smell in stereo
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Oldest ichthyosaur fossil hints they evolved before mass extinction
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Fossil thought to be earliest bryozoan animal may actually be seaweed
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Sea life recovered from Permian mass extinction faster than we thought
A diverse set of fossils from China shows that a complex marine ecosystem existed 251 million years ago, shortly after a mass extinction wiped out most complex life on Earth
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Trilobites used trident-like horns to fight over mates like stags
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Largest flower found in amber was frozen in time millions of years ago
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Remnants of Ancient Life review: Explore the palaeobiology revolution
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Largest ever animal may have been Triassic ichthyosaur super-predator
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