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Waves of animals died at an ancient Spanish lake and now we know why
Fossil forensics and artificial intelligence have shed light on how multiple groups of large mammals died by a lake in what is now Spain 9 million years ago
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Sponge fossils suggest animals already existed 890 million years ago
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Baby pterosaurs could fly within minutes of hatching from their eggs
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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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Giant rhino unearthed in China was one of largest mammals ever to live
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Some early land-dwelling amphibians evolved back into aquatic species
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Fossils of extinct plants reveal origins of today鈥檚 flowering species
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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
Multicellular organisms were developing bodies with different kinds of cell much earlier than thought 鈥� a key step towards animals with complex bodies and multiple 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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Bizarre ‘manta shark’ slowly cruised the oceans 93 million years ago
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Ancient caterpillar had armoured spikes to protect it from early birds
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