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Scientists discovered a beautifully preserved ancient sea creature in Canada that's rewriting what we thought we knew about a mysterious gap in Earth's evolutionary history. The find suggests life was thriving when researchers believed it had nearly vanished.
A forgotten fossil in the Smithsonian's collection just revealed a missing chapter in animal evolution. Scientists rediscovered a thumb-sized creature that bridges a mysterious 12-million-year gap in Earth's history.
A forgotten fossil stored in a museum drawer since 1962 just solved a 500-million-year mystery about life on Earth. Scientists say the discovery proves ancient oceans teemed with life during a period once thought nearly empty.
A forgotten museum fossil sat in storage for 64 years before revealing secrets about a mysterious gap in Earth's animal evolution. Scientists now believe an entire era of ancient life was simply waiting to be rediscovered.
A spiky fossil that sat unnoticed in a museum drawer for 60 years is rewriting what scientists thought was a dark chapter in Earth's history. The discovery suggests ancient oceans teemed with life during a period once believed to be nearly barren.
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A preteen on a 4-H youth program excursion discovered an ancient fossil dating back to the age of dinosaurs. He plans to share his incredible find with his community at the county fair. ---
A Kansas seventh grader on a 4-H field trip spotted giant vertebrae sticking out of the ground and unearthed a 15-foot tylosaurus fossil. After 30 hours of careful cleaning, he'll share his prehistoric discovery with the community this summer.
Scientists just discovered a bizarre two-legged, toothless crocodile relative that looks exactly like a dinosaur but isn't. The 200-million-year-old fossil from New Mexico fills a gap researchers knew had to exist.
A first-year college student on her very first fossil hunt in New Mexico discovered a mammal species unknown to science. The find proved that even well-studied sites can still reveal ancient secrets.
A massive ocean predator named Tylosaurus rex has been hiding in plain sight for decades, misidentified in museum drawers. Paleontologists discovered the 43-foot sea giant by taking a second look at fossils labeled as a different species.
Scientists in Canada's Northwest Territories discovered fossils that are 567 million years old, making them the oldest evidence of animal movement and sexual reproduction ever found. The discovery suggests complex life may have begun in deep ocean waters, not shallow coastlines as scientists long believed.
Scientists in France have discovered a tiny jawbone that rewrites the history of an ancient lizard family whose only living relative is on the brink of extinction. The 83-million-year-old fossil pushes back the European presence of these rare reptiles by 30 million years.
Paleontologists have uncovered fossils of a massive marine predator that ruled the oceans over 80 million years ago, dwarfing today's great white sharks. The discovery sheds new light on prehistoric ocean ecosystems and the giants that once dominated them.
A family boat trip turned into a paleontology breakthrough when restless kids discovered the bones of a massive ancient sea predator on a Texas lakeshore. Forty-five years later, scientists officially named it Tylosaurus rex.
Advanced scanning technology just cracked a puzzle that stumped paleontologists for generations: how ancient reptiles evolved their protective bone armor. The answer reveals evolution works in surprising and flexible ways.
Scientists hiking in Denali National Park discovered the largest dinosaur track site ever found in Alaska when the evening sun revealed thousands of 70-million-year-old footprints hidden on a massive cliff face. The site offers an unprecedented window into an ancient ecosystem that once thrived where brown bears now roam.
Scientists in Thailand just identified a 90-foot dinosaur that roamed the region 120 million years ago, making it the largest long-necked giant ever discovered in Southeast Asia. The find helps complete our picture of these massive creatures' global reach.
Construction workers building a Georgia nuclear facility discovered a nearly complete 13-foot whale fossil that helps scientists understand how whales left land for the ocean. The 40-million-year-old creature bridges the gap between ancient walking whales and modern ocean giants.
Scientists in Ethiopia discovered that two different human ancestor species shared the same landscape nearly 3 million years ago, proving evolution wasn't a straight line from ape to human. The finding reveals our family tree looked more like a crowded neighborhood than a neat progression.
Scientists discovered fossils showing two different human ancestor species shared the same landscape in Ethiopia nearly 3 million years ago. The find proves human evolution wasn't a simple progression but a complex family tree with multiple relatives living side by side.
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