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Unearthed, the 220 million-year-old ‘missing link’ in evolution

Named Funcusvermis gilmorei, it lived at the beginning of the age of the dinosaurs

The Independent UK

Stunned fishermen catch rare 'living fossil' beast - and it's older than dinosaurs

Father and son duo Keith Dees and Huntley, from the US, reeled in an alligator gar during their annual fishing trip to Alabama, admitting catching this record-breaking beast "never crossed" their minds

Daily Mirror

Remains of Britain’s ‘oldest northerner’ found, according to experts

The remains were dated at around 11,000 years old, just after the Ice Age

The Independent UK

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'Oldest northerner' unearthed after huge UK dig confirms Ice Age burial site in cave

Bone fragments from eight individuals were dated to around 4,000 years ago while others went back 5,500 years, with very earliest dating to the Mesolithic era just after the end of the last Ice Age

Daily Mirror

Report: An ‘Armageddon’ Asteroid Couldn’t Be Stopped By A Nuke

The good news is we can also use this information to our advantage, even Bruce Willis couldn’t save Earth from an asteroid.

Zenger

Remains of 11,000-year-old human uncovered

The remains were dated at around 11,000 years old, just after the Ice Age

The Independent UK

How the bones of ‘Irish giant’ Charles Byrne ended up on display in England – and the fight to lay him to rest

As Charles Byrne lay dying, he knew that a famous surgeon wanted his corpse.

Irish Independent

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Aussie dinosaur arrives in Canberra in time for Australia Day

Cooper the Australotitan Cooperensis is the latest addition to the National Dinosaur Museum at Gold Creek

The Canberra Times

New species of dinosaur with more than 400 teeth unearthed in Germany

The fossil was found in a limestone quarry in Bavaria during research led by Professor David Martill of the University of Portsmouth

The Independent UK

New pterosaur with more than 400 teeth unearthed in Germany

The fossil was found in a limestone quarry in Bavaria during research led by Professor David Martill of the University of Portsmouth.

The Independent UK

Expect dinosaurs and much, much more when Manchester Museum fully re-opens after £15m five-year revamp

The much-loved space is set to reopen to the public

Manchester Evening News

Researchers Uncover 92 Fossil Nests Belonging To Some Of India's Largest Dinosaurs

The discovery of more than 250 fossilized eggs reveals intimate details about the lives of titanosaurs in the Indian subcontinent. Read on for details:

Dynamite News

Velociraptor may not have used claws for slashing after all, says study

Contrary to depictions in popular media, ‘this claw is not built for slashing,’ say experts

The Independent UK

Ten crocodile mummies found by archaeologists in undisturbed Egyptian tomb

Archaeologists have found ten well preserved crocodile mummies dating back possibly more than 2,500 years at an undisturbed Egyptian tomb which were likely sacrificed to a fertility god

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Man arrested after fossils and dinosaur bones stolen in break-in

A 57-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of burglary, criminal damage and stalking

AFP

12-million-year-old whale fossil skull found in Maryland

Washington (AFP) - A whale skull fossil estimated to be some 12 million years old has been found on a beach in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, according to a local museum.

The Independent UK

Clutch of over 250 fossilised eggs unearthed in India suggests dinosaurs may have nested together like birds

‘Findings offer new insights into the conditions of nest preservation and reproductive strategies of titanosaur dinosaurs’

Inverse

Dinosaur fossils complicate our understanding of how they reproduced

A new paper on titanosaurus egg clutches found in India show an ovum-in-ova specimen, indicating that these dinosaurs may have reproduced like birds do.

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Giant five-inch megalodon tooth found by fossil hunter in 'once-in-a-lifetime' discovery

Molly discovered the tooth in shallow water as she and her sister Natalie, who are both keen fossil hunters, tested out their new waders which they received as gifts

The Conversation

Red Lady of Paviland: the story of a 33,000 year-old-skeleton – and the calls for it to return to Wales

When William Buckland from the University of Oxford grabbed his trusty collecting bag and headed for the Gower peninsula in south Wales in January 1823, he ended up discovering more than he had bargained for.

The Conversation

Fossil study brings us one step closer to revealing how 'flying dinosaurs' took flight

If you think of flying dinosaurs, you probably picture an animal with long, leathery wings, sharp claws and a big beak. The animal you are imagining is not a dinosaur, it’s from a group of flying reptiles called the pterosaurs.

Inverse

Research confirms a fact about the clitoris the Ancient Greeks understood

Recent research on the actual human clitoris has found it has more than 10,000 nerve fibers – 20 percent more than previously thought.

Irish Independent

Joe Rogan podcast sparks massive treasure hunt for prehistoric bones in New York’s East River

Treasure hunters are diving in New York City’s East River looking for mammoth bones after an Alaskan gold miner told Joe Rogan that the allegedly high-priced remains were sitting somewhere on the river bottom.

The Independent UK

Joe Rogan podcast sparks massive treasure hunt for prehistoric bones in NYC’s East River

The most mammoth remains have ever sold for was $645,000

Reuters

Scientists unearth megaraptors, feathered dinosaur fossils in Chile's Patagonia

Scientists in Chile's Patagonia region are unearthing the southernmost dinosaur fossils recorded outside Antarctica, including remains of megaraptors that would have dominated the area's food chain before their mass extinction.

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