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Study Confirms Burtele Foot Belongs to Australopithecus deyiremeda, Revealing Coexistence With Lucy’s Species

Fresh isotope results with CT scans strengthen the species link.

Study Traces Primate Kissing to a Common Ape Ancestor 16–21 Million Years Ago

Study Traces Kissing to Ape Ancestors 21 Million Years Ago, With Neanderthals Likely Kissers

Parasitic Ant Queens Trigger Worker Matricide to Seize Colonies, Study Finds

Oldest RNA Ever Sequenced Recovered From 40,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth

Dog Diversity Dates to 11,000 Years Ago, Science Studies Find

New Model Recasts Neanderthal 'Extinction' as Genetic Absorption Into Modern Humans

New Filter-Feeding Pterosaur, Bakiribu Waridza, Described From Fossilized Vomit

New Middle Triassic Crocodile-Line Predator, Tainrakuasuchus bellator, Described From Brazil

Australia’s Oldest Crocodilian Eggshells Identified as Mekosuchine, Hinting at ‘Drop Croc’ Lifestyles

Breakup of Ancient Supercontinent Tied to Rise of Complex Life, New Study Finds

Study Finds 106-Square-Meter Cave Web on Albania–Greece Border Hosting About 110,000 Spiders

Study Reveals Coiled Optic Nerves Behind Chameleons’ Independent Eye Control

Scientists Document 100-Square-Metre Cave Web Housing About 110,000 Spiders

Adult Nanotyrannus Identified in 'Dueling Dinosaurs' Fossil, Forcing Rethink of T. Rex Growth

Nature Study Confirms Adult Nanotyrannus in 'Dueling Dinosaurs,' Upending T. rex Growth Models

Hornless ‘Arctic Rhino’ Identified in Canada’s High Arctic Challenges Long-Held Dispersal Timeline

Wyoming 'Mummy' Fossils Show Duck-Billed Dinosaur Had Hooves, Not Preserved Skin

New Model Ties Nuna’s Breakup to Conditions for Complex Life

Egypt Fossils Identify Oldest Dyrosaurid, Point to African Origins