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Comb jelly

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Ancient comb jelly had more complex nerves than its modern relatives

A 500-million-year-old comb jelly is so well-preserved that it’s possible to see it had a nervous system more complex than that of modern comb jellies

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fossil skeleton

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Waves of animals died at an ancient Spanish lake and now we know why

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Microscopic calcite structures reveal the protein skeleton of an ancient sponge

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Sponge fossils suggest animals already existed 890 million years ago

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pterosaurs flying

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Baby pterosaurs could fly within minutes of hatching from their eggs

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trilobite

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Trilobite fossil shows it was attacked by a human-sized sea scorpion

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Ancient beetle species discovered in 230-million-year-old reptile dung

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Ancient beetle species discovered in 230-million-year-old reptile dung

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giant rhino

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Giant rhino unearthed in China was one of largest mammals ever to live

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ancient amphibian

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Some early land-dwelling amphibians evolved back into aquatic species

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fossil plant

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Fossils of extinct plants reveal origins of today’s flowering species

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ancient mammal

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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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