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It's one of the most spectacular findings in recent history.
A unique find that sheds new light on the reproductive abilities of ancient birds.
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Archaeopteryx remains a key link in dinosaur-bird evolution, but maybe it wasn't all that unique.
"[Its] teeth are the size of a sand grain. Without a microscope you'd just throw them away," says one of its discoverers.
It's like Disneyworld for paleontologists.
The Jurassic had flesh-eating fish... of course it did.
IT'S. SO. TINY!
Hey, grandpa!
Well, talk about a big catch.
What do you get when you cross a reptile and a mammal? We don't know, but it certainly evolved from a synapsid.
Poor baby snake!
An unusual creature form a long, long time ago.
Talk about a surprising find!
What's with the long face?
Most birds could fly by that time -- but it was the ones that couldn't that survived.
Talk about a groundbreaking discovery.
Ignorance at its finest.
It's a mix of surprisingly old and surprisingly modern.
An amazing and dangerous encounter between humans and an ice age species was trapped in fossilized mud.
It's an extremely well-preserved fossil, but for now, it raises more questions than it answers.
It's impressive that we can learn so much about something so fragile, from so long ago.
These proto-birds may have evolved just like their modern relatives.
Too often we take our heads for granted.
They say don't put your eggs in one basket, but what about putting your eggs in the same bedrock?
In a way, we're all the descendants of these rats.
An incredible find.
Capital H.
A huge elephant used to roam the Middle East up to 300,000 years ago.
It's an exciting and intriguing find.
Not bad for such a small thing.
He was probably a gentle giant. Accent on giant.
Charles Darwin called it "abominable mystery."
We don't even know if they were plants or animals.
New research restores the 'traditional' image of the T-Rex, concluding that the dinosaur was, at least mostly, covered in scales.
It's the first mineralized mushroom fossil we've ever found.
Not your everyday find.
The case for dinosaur warm bloodedness keeps getting stronger.
A new study sheds new light on one of the last living African dinosaurs, from 66 million years ago.
Sir Attenborough really liked the name.
It's Romeo and Juliet on steroids, with geology.
CT scanning shark fossil reveals their origins.
We might have to recalibrate the tree of life.
They changed surprisingly little.
Four billion years. Let that sink in for a moment.
Finding fossilized remains of dinosaurs is one thing, but now, paleontologists have discovered proteins dating back to 195 million years ago.
It was adorable, but also terrifying.
It was a brachiopode after all - who would have guessed?
Geoscientists working in South America have uncovered an ancient berry.
They named it the Mud Dragon.
