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New Fossils and Geochemistry Redraw Origins of Complex Life

The studies recast when and where complex cells and early animals arose by linking early mitochondrial energy gains to oxygenated seafloors, locating animal movement and sex in deep marine settings.

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Study Links Tiny T. Rex Arms to Evolution of Massive Robust Skulls

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Skull Strength, Not Body Size, Best Explains T. rex’s Tiny Arms

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Chicago Archaeopteryx Reveals Oldest Oral Papillae, Illuminating Early Bird Feeding

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Archaeopteryx Fossil Reveals Bird-Like Mouth Features Linked to Flight Demands

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Helium-3 Dating Reveals Rapid Post-Impact Evolution in Ocean Plankton

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Fossil Endocasts Show Pterosaurs Evolved Flight-Ready Brains Independently of Birds

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67-Million-Year-Old Alberta Fossil Recasts Otophysan Fish Origins

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New Chemical Fossils Strengthen Case That Sponges Were Earth’s Earliest Animals

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Rare Fossil Points to Flight in Ancestors of Ostriches and Emus

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310-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Earliest Tongue-Bite in Ray-Finned Fish

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2.8-Million-Year-Old Ethiopian Teeth Reveal Early Homo and Australopithecus Coexistence

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First Soft-Bodied Cambrian Fossils Found in Grand Canyon Reveal Evolutionary ‘Goldilocks Zone’

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Mirasaura Grauvogeli Shows Feather-Like Crest Evolved Separately in Triassic Reptiles

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Triassic Reptile’s Fern-Like Crest Predates Feathers by 100 Million Years

Paleontology

New Fossils and Geochemistry Redraw Origins of Complex Life

Study Links Tiny T. Rex Arms to Evolution of Massive Robust Skulls

Skull Strength, Not Body Size, Best Explains T. rex’s Tiny Arms

First Confirmed Egg From a Mammal Ancestor Found in 250-Million-Year-Old Fossil

First Mammal-Ancestor Egg Found Confirms Lystrosaurus Laid Eggs

Oldest Chelicerate Fossil Dates to 500 Million Years Ago

Egyptian Ape Fossil Challenges East Africa as Cradle of Modern Apes

307-Million-Year-Old Skull Pushes Back the Origin of Plant-Eating on Land

Chicago Archaeopteryx Reveals Oldest Oral Papillae, Illuminating Early Bird Feeding

Archaeopteryx Fossil Reveals Bird-Like Mouth Features Linked to Flight Demands

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Helium-3 Dating Reveals Rapid Post-Impact Evolution in Ocean Plankton

Fossil Endocasts Show Pterosaurs Evolved Flight-Ready Brains Independently of Birds

67-Million-Year-Old Alberta Fossil Recasts Otophysan Fish Origins

New Chemical Fossils Strengthen Case That Sponges Were Earth’s Earliest Animals

Rare Fossil Points to Flight in Ancestors of Ostriches and Emus

310-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Earliest Tongue-Bite in Ray-Finned Fish

2.8-Million-Year-Old Ethiopian Teeth Reveal Early Homo and Australopithecus Coexistence

First Soft-Bodied Cambrian Fossils Found in Grand Canyon Reveal Evolutionary ‘Goldilocks Zone’

Mirasaura Grauvogeli Shows Feather-Like Crest Evolved Separately in Triassic Reptiles

Triassic Reptile’s Fern-Like Crest Predates Feathers by 100 Million Years

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