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Scientists open a million-year-old time capsule hidden beneath New Zealand

A remarkable fossil discovery inside a cave near Waitomo on New Zealand's North Island is giving scientists an unprecedented look…

3 hours ago

This 100 million-year-old snake had hind legs and a lost bone that changes evolution

A remarkably preserved fossil from Argentina is helping scientists sharpen the picture of how snakes evolved. The specimen belongs to…

2 months ago

Soft tissue from a 183 million-year-old Jurassic plesiosaur analyzed

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have analysed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The…

1 year ago