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Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

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Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

A pair of mass extinctions struck in quick succession just before the dinosaur era, and the birth of a mountain range in South Africa may have been partly to blame

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Dinobird Archaeopteryx only flew in short bursts like a pheasant

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Dinobird Archaeopteryx only flew in short bursts like a pheasant

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Reconstruction of Cheddar Man's head and shoulders

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Ancient 'dark-skinned' Briton Cheddar Man find may not be true

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Young 'dinosauromorphs' may have begged for food like baby birds

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Young 'dinosauromorphs' may have begged for food like baby birds

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Ella Al-Shamahi

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The fossil finder who can't wait to return to war-torn Yemen

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Odd fossils hint first complex life hung on long after its time

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Odd fossils hint first complex life hung on long after its time

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This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era

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This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era

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Dimetrodon

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

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Berger 1

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The fossil finder extraordinaire who's rewriting human evolution

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Fossilised worm holes

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Tiny worm burrows may reveal when first complex animals evolved

Microscopic fossil burrows found in ancient rocks reveal that small worm-like animals existed more than half a billion years ago

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What the first flower on Earth might have looked like

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Our common ancestor with chimps may be from Europe, not Africa

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