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How to clean apples, Jupiter's deep winds, primeval tall trees, and more

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What the controversial ‘human’ teeth fossils really tell us

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What the controversial ‘human’ teeth fossils really tell us

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Geese-like birds seem to have survived the dinosaur extinction

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Geese-like birds seem to have survived the dinosaur extinction

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The mass extinction that might never have happened

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The mass extinction that might never have happened

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Dimetrodon

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We’ve drawn iconic sail-wearing Dimetrodon wrong for 100 years

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Perfectly preserved fossil salamander even has last meal in gut

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Perfectly preserved fossil salamander even has last meal in gut

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Life may have begun millions of years earlier than we thought

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Life may have begun millions of years earlier than we thought

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Ancient ‘sea woodlice’ had surprisingly complicated guts

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Ancient ‘sea woodlice’ had surprisingly complicated guts

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Bare bones: Five human ancestors known only from a few fossils

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Bare bones: Five human ancestors known only from a few fossils

You’d be amazed how little evidence supports many of our ancient human ancestors. Here are the five species with the fewest fossils

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The fossil finder extraordinaire who's rewriting human evolution

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Dinosaurs that seemed veggie also ate the odd bit of shellfish

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Tiny worm burrows may reveal when first complex animals evolved

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Controversial footprints suggest we evolved in Europe not Africa

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