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Hyoid-Bone Study Confirms Nanotyrannus Was Its Own Tyrannosaur Species

By reading growth rings in a throat bone, researchers show the holotype had stopped growing, resolving a decades-long identification question.

Study Recasts Ardi’s 4.4-Million-Year-Old Ankle, Blending Ape-Like Climbing With Early Bipedal Traits