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Blood amber: The exquisite trove of fossils fuelling war in Myanmar

1 May 2019

A huge number of finds in newly mined amber are rewriting what we know about the age of the dinosaurs. But getting hold of them may come at a terrible human price
Bare bones: Five human ancestors known only from a few fossils

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

27 September 2017

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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