2018 preview: Get ready to meet your newest long-lost ancestor
19 December 2017
Fossils from our ancient relatives have been turning up at an increasing rate, and rumours are rife that the next new species is about to drop
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Busy doing nothing: How sloths mastered life in the slow lane
19 December 2017
Once defamed as slow and stupid, sloths are now recognised as masterworks of evolution – and we could all learn from their energy-saving tricks
This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era
13 December 2017
A nearly complete skeleton of an early long-necked plesiosaur has been found in a clay pit in Germany, and reveals they survived a mass extinction
