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The lost fossil meteorites carrying the secrets of Earth’s past

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The lost fossil meteorites carrying the secrets of Earth’s past

Fossil meteorites are one of the hardest geological treasures to discover – but now a spate of finds is revealing surprises about Earth’s ancient atmosphere

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Comb jelly

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Ancient comb jelly had more complex nerves than its modern relatives

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fossil skeleton

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Waves of animals died at an ancient Spanish lake and now we know why

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Microscopic calcite structures reveal the protein skeleton of an ancient sponge

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Sponge fossils suggest animals already existed 890 million years ago

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pterosaurs flying

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Baby pterosaurs could fly within minutes of hatching from their eggs

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trilobite

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Trilobite fossil shows it was attacked by a human-sized sea scorpion

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Ancient beetle species discovered in 230-million-year-old reptile dung

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Ancient beetle species discovered in 230-million-year-old reptile dung

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giant rhino

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Giant rhino unearthed in China was one of largest mammals ever to live

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ancient amphibian

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Some early land-dwelling amphibians evolved back into aquatic species

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fossil plant

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Fossils of extinct plants reveal origins of today’s flowering species

Newly discovered plant fossils from China, dating back more than 125 million years, may help to establish which seed plants evolved into modern flowering plants

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58-million-year-old footprints show when mammals began paddling in sea

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Billion-year-old microbe had taken first step towards internal organs

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Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs gave birth to the Amazon rainforest

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Large extinct Australian kangaroo spent half its life in trees

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