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fossils

solar system

Earth

How two tiny dots defy the history of life and the solar system

Two specks of rock that formed when Earth was young suggest we've got to rethink everything from the story of the solar system to the origins of life

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White-headed Capuchin Monkey in Costa Rica

Life

21-million-year-old fossil is North America's first monkey

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Aquilonifer spinosus in false colour with several young tethered to either side of it

Life

Extinct animal flew underwater kites made of its own young

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fossil nervous system

Life

Exquisite fossils reveal oldest nervous system ever preserved

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A fossilised flower of Strychnos electri found in amber

Earth

Beautiful amber fossil flower reveals plant history of New World

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This may be the world's oldest Jurassic dinosaur fossil

Earth

This may be the world's oldest Jurassic dinosaur fossil

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Baboon bone found in famous Lucy skeleton

Life

Baboon bone found in famous Lucy skeleton

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Timeline: The evolution of life

Life

Timeline: The evolution of life

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