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A century after its discovery, the Taung Child fossil continues to reshape understanding of human evolution with new research suggesting greater hominin diversity.
An eighteen-million-year-old ape fossil discovery brings new questions to the scientific study of human origins.
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The discovery of an ancient ape fossil in Egypt is challenging established timelines and geographic theories regarding the evolutionary roots of humanity.
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A newly detailed Jurassic fossil discovery from east China is challenging longstanding assumptions about early bird evolution and ecological diversity.
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A newly examined 165-million-year-old fossil from China reveals a semi-aquatic, otter-like creature with ancient mammalian traits.
Fossil discoveries from the Jurassic period reveal that mammal-like throat structures evolved far earlier than previously understood.
A 125-million-year-old fossil discovery in China reveals the earliest known swimming mammal with reptile-like teeth.
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An ancient animal fossil discovered in a Norwegian sheep field predates dinosaurs by millions of years, according to recent science coverage.
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A fossilized feather preserved inside dinosaur dung may explain how certain birds survived a mass extinction.
A 324-million-year-old fossil found in Texas reveals an amphibious stem-insect with 24 legs, challenging previous understandings of land colonization.
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An 80-million-year-old fossil discovery challenges decades of scientific assumptions regarding early snake evolution.
New fossil evidence suggests that a reliance on visual information, rather than the frontal lobe, drove the modular evolution of the primate neocortex.
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A 3.5-million-year-old fossil find in Japan reveals a previously unknown giant salamander species and lost evolutionary lineage.
Fossil Group is implementing a cost-cutting turnaround plan that may result in the closure of up to 15 additional stores in 2026.
A rare T. rex fossil nicknamed Gus has sold at auction for a record-breaking $50.1 million.
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The rediscovery of a long-lost fossil has reignited scientific debate and public interest regarding the maximum size of the prehistoric Megalodon shark.
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A long-overlooked fossil held in storage for four decades has been formally identified as the first dinosaur bone ever discovered in Antarctica.