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fossils

Footprints clearly imprinted in ancient rock

Humans

Oldest early human footprints suggest males had several ‘wives’

New fossil footprints in Tanzania have spawned a theory that australopiths like Lucy may lived in family groups with a single male and several females

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T. rex cousin’s 99-million-year old tail feathers found in amber

Life

T. rex cousin’s 99-million-year old tail feathers found in amber

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Model of how Lucy might have looked

Humans

Early hominin Lucy had powerful arms from years of tree-climbing

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Massive sea lizards once hunted plesiosaurs in Antarctica

Life

Massive sea lizards once hunted plesiosaurs in Antarctica

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Brown pebble turns out to be first ever pickled dinosaur brain

Earth

Brown pebble turns out to be first ever pickled dinosaur brain

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Giant antler bones

Life

The deer whose antlers spanned three-and-a-half metres

Regulars

Taung Child

Humans

Ancient bee fossil reveals secrets of human ancestor’s habitat

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Thylacoleo carnifex skeleton

Life

Marsupial lion’s primate-like forearms made it a unique predator

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First diagnosis of dinosaur arthritis shows it lived in pain

Earth

First diagnosis of dinosaur arthritis shows it lived in pain

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A fossil foot bone showing signs of a malignant tumour

Health

Fossil tumour is oldest evidence of human cancer discovered yet

A 1.7 million year-old ancient human foot bone found in South Africa shows signs of osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer

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Life

T. rex lookalike suggests that tiny arms developed for a purpose

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Life

Gigantopithecus: The story of the greatest of the great apes

Features

Earth

Petrified rocks sent back by visitors who stole them from park

Regulars

Humans

First Americans hunted big game in Florida 14,500 years ago

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