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Reanalysis Overturns ‘Smoking Gun’ for Human Megafauna Hunting in Australia

New imaging and geochemical tests show a Mammoth Cave kangaroo bone was cut after fossilization, pointing to fossil collecting by First Peoples rather than butchery.

Iron Carbonate, Not Phosphate, Preserved Biomolecules in Ancient Coprolites

Field Museum Unveils 309-Million-Year-Old Temnospondyl Fossil and Opens Mazon Creek Exhibit

Study Confirms 450-Million-Year-Old Trilobite Was Roman Amulet