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Unknown animals left birdlike footprints long before birds existed
Ancient footprints found in Lesotho resemble those left by birds, but they were made around 60 million years before the ancestors of birds split from other dinosaurs
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Fossil footprints are the oldest traces of birds in Australia
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Sun-blocking dust from asteroid impact drove the dinosaur extinction
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Fish adapted to the deep sea 80 million years earlier than we thought
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Exquisite spider fossils from Australia offer clues to their evolution
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The Naked Neanderthal review: Looking for the real Neanderthals
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Ancient mini koala may help solve mystery of early marsupial evolution
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These ancient sand drawings could be a fifth type of palaeoart
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Extreme fires caused by ancient humans wiped out Californian megafauna
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Cave of Bones review: Lee Berger on the discovery of Homo naledi
Following his discovery of the ancient hominin Homo naledi, Lee Berger was determined to enter the cave where the fossils were discovered, but a dreadful journey lay ahead
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Ancient whale might have been the heaviest animal that ever lived
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Amazing fossil hints mammals hunted dinosaurs three times their size
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Fossil of pregnant ground sloth discovered with fetus inside
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Bone disease in sabre-toothed tigers may be a sign of inbreeding
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