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Giant Tooth Of Ancient Marine Reptile Discovered In Alps
The fossils of three ichthyosaurs -- giant marine reptiles that patrolled primordial oceans -- have been discovered high up in the Swiss Alps, and include the largest ever tooth found for the species, a study said Thursday.
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Humanity's Strange New Cousin Is Shockingly Young - And Shaking Up Our Family Tree
Homo naledi, a strange new species of human cousin found in South Africa two years ago, was unlike anything scientists had ever seen.
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Dinosaurs Took Months To Hatch Out Of Their Eggs. That May Have Doomed Them.
Close examination of embryos found fossilized inside their eggs suggests that dinosaurs took as many as six months to hatch - far longer than their closest modern descendants, today's birds.
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Giant Tooth Of Ancient Marine Reptile Discovered In Alps
The fossils of three ichthyosaurs -- giant marine reptiles that patrolled primordial oceans -- have been discovered high up in the Swiss Alps, and include the largest ever tooth found for the species, a study said Thursday.
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Humanity's Strange New Cousin Is Shockingly Young - And Shaking Up Our Family Tree
Homo naledi, a strange new species of human cousin found in South Africa two years ago, was unlike anything scientists had ever seen.
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Dinosaurs Took Months To Hatch Out Of Their Eggs. That May Have Doomed Them.
Close examination of embryos found fossilized inside their eggs suggests that dinosaurs took as many as six months to hatch - far longer than their closest modern descendants, today's birds.
