The fossil was first discovered in 2001 and passed around between museums before experts were finally able to analyze it this year.

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For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their ...

At 11 feet (3.4m) tall and nearly 27 feet (8.2m) long, Cooper’s pointy-backed herbivore – affectionately known as Apex – is ...

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A newly described fossil reveals that leeches are at least 200 million years older than scientists previously thought, and ...

Step aside, carbon dating. Paleontologists date fossils based on the clues in the rocks surrounding them. When paleontologists dig up a fossil from the ground, how do they figure out the age of the ...