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Oldest tadpole fossil known to science dates back 161 million years
A fossil of a tadpole from Argentina is 161 million years old - and isn't that different from some modern species
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Cave diver explores a Mexican sinkhole in atmospheric photograph
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Genome of Neanderthal fossil reveals lost tribe cut off for millennia
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We now know that life began on Earth much earlier than we thought
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Donald Johanson: Unearthing Lucy changed my life and the world
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Early humans began wiping out elephant relatives 1.8 million years ago
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Jurassic fossils show modern mammals grow faster than ancient ones
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Giant salamander-like predator roamed Namibia 280 million years ago
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Australian pterosaur had a huge tongue to help gulp down prey
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Fossil trove reveals three new species of ancient egg-laying mammals
A set of Australian fossils offers a rare glimpse of the ancient relatives of platypuses and echidnas that lived alongside the dinosaurs 100 million years ago
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Exquisite fossils of Cretaceous shark solve mystery of how it hunted
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Fossil snake discovered in India may have been the largest ever
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Ancient marine reptile found on UK beach may be the largest ever
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Extinct freshwater dolphin from the Amazon was largest of all time
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