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giant rhino

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

A 26.5-million-year-old mammal unearthed in China looked like a horse, fed like a giraffe but was actually a rhino – and it was one of the 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

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artists image of cell differentiation

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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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Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs gave birth to the Amazon rainforest

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kangaroo hand bones

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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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Bizarre 'manta shark' slowly cruised the oceans 93 million years ago

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caterpillar

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Ancient caterpillar had armoured spikes to protect it from early birds

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flowers

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Flowering plants may be 100 million years older than we thought

The oldest fossil flowers we have found are about 135 million years old, but a statistical analysis suggests flowering plants evolved as early as 250 million years ago

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Strange fossil is the first to show an ammonite without its shell

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Megalodon sharks grew 2 metres long in the uterus by eating eggs

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Scat scans: How lasers are teasing secrets from ancient poo

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Ancient reptile looked like a cross between a dolphin and a shark

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