Fossils
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Why creationists are out of time with history and scienceCreationists fail to appreciate the history of science as well as science itself
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Taiwan's oldest human fossil: mother and baby from 4,800 years agoArchaeologists uncover extraordinary remains of mother looking down at infant in her arms
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Lab Girl: A Story of Trees, Science and Love by Hope Jahren – reviewHope Jahren’s remarkable memoir is both personal odyssey and the story of her profound affinity with the natural world
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From giant rats to dwarf elephants, island living changes mammalsIsland mammals evolve differently from those on the mainland - clearly seen in fossils such as the giant ‘terror shrew’ or Mediterranean dwarf hippopotami
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'Hobbit-like' hominins died out sooner than thought. Were humans to blame?Analysis shows that the diminutive Homo floresiensis, died out at least 50,000 years ago, making competition with modern humans a likely cause
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Getting under a fossil's skin: how CT scans have changed palaeontologyScanning is leading to huge breakthroughs. For example, we’ve now found the world’s oldest chameleons and know why giant wombats were air-heads
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Spiders' closest relative reveals silky secret of evolutionary successScans of spider-like fossil Idmonarachne brasieri point to the idea that the ability to spin silk has given spiders a leg up in evolutionary terms
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Extinct 'Siberian unicorn' may have lived alongside humans, fossil suggestsScientists said that creature, which looked more like a rhino than a horse, went extinct 29,000 years ago instead of 350,000 after finding skull in Kazakhstan
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520m-year-old nervous system among oldest and most detailed ever foundRare discovery of fossilised nerve tissue from the shrimp-like Chengjiangocaris kunmingensis offers ‘unique insight’ into arthropod evolution
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Who killed off Australia's big birds?New evidence suggests 50 000 years ago humans were cooking large eggs
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Scotland holds the key to understanding how life first walked on landA major gap in the fossil record is slowly being filled
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The extinction of the Lost Worlds… and a new beginningThe blog is ending, but the Lost Worlds Revisited is alive and well
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George Monbiot meets David Attenborough: ‘You feel apprehensive for the future, of course you do’He will be 90 in May, but David Attenborough has no intention of retiring – his latest film, about the world’s biggest dinosaurs, is broadcast this weekend, and his excitement and concern about the natural world remain undimmed
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Welsh dinosaur bones confirmed as new Jurassic speciesNamed Dracoraptor hanigani, meaning ‘dragon robber’, the dog-sized meat-eating predator is ‘the best dinosaur fossil Wales has ever had’
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Giant dinosaur unveiled at American Museum of Natural History – videoThe American Museum of Natural History in New York unveiled a new gigantic dinosaur exhibit on Friday, squeezing in a 37 metre long skeleton
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Titanosaurs: the largest animals ever to walk the EarthA new species of titanosaur discovered in Argentina is the largest animal ever to walk the Earth
Hey, Jude: Montana welcomes new dinosaur 'Judith' found by amateur