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UK scientists find `lost` Darwin fossils

UK scientists find `lost` Darwin fossils


British scientists have found scores of fossils the great evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin and h...
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Rocks, minerals and fossils expo opens in Mumbai

Rocks, minerals and fossils expo opens in Mumbai


The 2nd edition of `Rocks, Minerals and Fossils Exhibition`, which began in Mumbai today, will concl...
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Ice Age cave painters were realists

Ice Age cave painters were realists


Cave painters during the Ice Age were more like da Vinci than Dali, sketching realistic depictions o...
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New look at fossils yields oldest modern Europeans

New look at fossils yields oldest modern Europeans


A fresh look at fossilized remains has turned up a surprise: the earliest modern people in Europe.
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Earliest forms of life began in Australia

Earliest forms of life began in Australia


Scientists have discovered microscopic fossils, about 3.43 billion years old, in the remote Pilbara ...
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Dog fossils `show early relationship with humans`

Dog fossils `show early relationship with humans`


Palaeontologists have unearthed the remains of three prehistoric dogs a finding they claim could be ...
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Life on Mars? Fossil find shows it`s possible

Life on Mars? Fossil find shows it`s possible


Microfossils found in Australia show that more than 3.4 billion years ago, bacteria thrived on an Ea...
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`Ancient sea monsters gave live birth`

`Ancient sea monsters gave live birth`


The fossilised plesiosaur, excavated from a site in Kansas, was found to be pregnant and carrying a ...
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Fungi behind extinction of forests 250mn-yrs-ago

Fungi behind extinction of forests 250mn-yrs-ago


The so-called Permian extinction likely was triggered by immense volcanic eruptions in what is now S...
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New Pre-Human Species Fossil Found

New Pre-Human Species Fossil Found


Fossil remains found in a cave in South Africa could represent an evolutionary link between apes and...
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Weird marsupial fossils `discovered`

Weird marsupial fossils `discovered`


Palaeontologists have discovered fossils of marsupials alike to the pink-tongued skink lizard.
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Ancient fossils hold clues to predicting climate change

Ancient fossils hold clues to predicting climate change


Geo-scientists and colleagues have been able to construct an ancient climate record from fossils.
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635 mn-yr-old seaweed fossils

635 mn-yr-old seaweed fossils


Scientists have discovered almost 600 million-year-old seaweed fossils in Lantian, China.
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190 mn-yr-old bird-hipped dino fossils found in Antarctic mountains

190 mn-yr-old bird-hipped dino fossils found in Antarctic mountains


The remains came from a site on Mt Kirkpatrick, which divides east and west Antarctica.
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Fossilized ancient rabbit skull

Fossilized ancient rabbit skull


The fossilized skull of an ancient rabbit is on display in Beijing.
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Oldest fossils discovered in western Mediterranean

Oldest fossils discovered in western Mediterranean


Spanish researchers have discovered fossils of Ordovician conodonts dating to between 446 and 444 mi...
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How snakes` syringe-like venom fangs evolved

How snakes` syringe-like venom fangs evolved


Scientists are analysing fossils to understand how syringe-like teeth evolved in snakes.
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Hepatitis B virus may be over 19-mn-year-old

Hepatitis B virus may be over 19-mn-year-old


Biologists found fragments of the modern Hepatitis B virus inside the genomes of songbirds.
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Fossil find indicates life existed 270m years ago

Fossil find indicates life existed 270m years ago


A discovery of fossils in Australia has revealed that life on Earth existed 270 mn years ago.
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Two-billion-year-old macrofossils discovered in West Africa

Two-billion-year-old macrofossils discovered in West Africa


The 2.1billion-year-old fossils discovered in Gabon represent ancient signs of multicultural life.
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Scientists find 635-million-year-old animal fossils

Scientists find 635-million-year-old animal fossils


Scientists may have discovered the oldest ever fossils of animal bodies.
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Scientists uncover oldest animal fossils in Australia

Scientists uncover oldest animal fossils in Australia


Scientists may have uncovered the oldest animal fossils in Australia.
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Cave of marsupial fossils discovered in Outback

Cave of marsupial fossils discovered in Outback


Scientists have discovered a cave filled with 15-mn-yr-old fossils of prehistoric marsupials.
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`Sea monster` was real; fossils unearthed

`Sea monster` was real; fossils unearthed


The new find in Peru`s Pisco basin leaves no doubt that Leviathan existed.
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Oldest soft-bodied fossils found

Oldest soft-bodied fossils found


Paleontologists have now found oldest fossils of Ordovician period.
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New light on `dino-bird`

New light on `dino-bird`


Researchers have located chemical remains of the oldest known bird, Archaeopteryx.
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Dinosaur fossils

Dinosaur fossils


Scientists have found the fossilised remains of a carnivorous dinosaur in Argentina, officials said.
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New fossils shed light on evolution of dinosaurs

New fossils shed light on evolution of dinosaurs


Newly described dinosaur fossils from New Mexico are helping scientists better understand the early ...
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Martian bugs` fossils

Martian bugs` fossils


The fossilised remains of Martian bugs have been found on a meteorite that crashed into the Antarc...
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New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles

New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles


New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a...
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So, it’s a Trex fossil!

So, it’s a Trex fossil!


Fossils of a dino were identified more than 100 yrs after it was found.
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Dinos fathered birds

Dinos fathered birds


Chinese scientists have confirmed that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
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Whales in Japan lake!

Whales in Japan lake!


A fisherman has collected fossils of whales of some 13 mn yrs old.
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