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The Leader podcast: ‘World’s biggest dinosaur’ roars into London

Titanosaur cast at Natural History Museum bigger than Dippy Diplodocus

Evening Standard

Biggest dinosaur to ever walk the Earth is coming to UK - and barely fits inside museum

The spectacular titanosaur cast, which is four times heavier than Dippy the Diplodocus and 12 metres longer than Hope the blue whale, will be on show at The Natural History Museum next year

Daily Mirror

Largest ever dinosaur to be shown at South Kensington’s Natural History Museum - if it will fit

The skeleton will arrive on loan from Argentina‘s Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio

Evening Standard

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Named Whatcheeria, it had huge razor sharp teeth and bone crushing jaws that snapped animals in half

The Independent UK

What if the dinosaurs hadn't gone extinct? Why our world might look very different

Picture highly evolved raptors planting their flag on the moon

Wales Online

Boy, 5, dies after swallowing pin as heartbroken family pay tribute to ‘cheeky’ lad

Dinosaur-loving Kyle Lewis, five, from South Yorkshire, died in the arms of his parents days after he choked on a notice board pin an was rushed to hospita

Daily Mirror

‘The sheer scale is extraordinary’: meet the titanosaur that dwarfs Dippy the diplodocus

One of the largest creatures to have walked the Earth is to become the Natural History Museum’s new star attraction

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Humans v nature: our long and destructive journey to the age of extinction

The story of the damage done to the world’s biodiversity is a tale of decline spanning thousands of years. Can the world seize its chance to change the narrative?

The Guardian - UK

What if the dinosaurs hadn't gone extinct? Why our world might look very different

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of evolution. The skies darkened and plants stopped photosynthesising. The plants died, then the animals that fed on them. The food chain collapsed. Over 90% of all species vanished.…

The Conversation

Historic auction of T-rex bones set to net £21million pulled at the last minute

A £21million auction of a T-rex skeleton has been called off after doubts were raised over its authenticity, with one expert claiming the specimen had been mixed with replica bones

Daily Mirror

The real paleo diet: researchers find traces of world’s oldest meal in 550m-year-old fossil

Remains of slug-like Ediacaran animal Kimberella contain compounds suggesting it had a gut and ate bacteria and algae from the ocean floor

The Guardian - AU

Exquisite new fossils from South Africa offer a glimpse into a thriving ecosystem 266 million years ago

South Africa is famous for its amazingly rich and diverse fossil record. The country’s rocks document more than 3.5 billion years of life on Earth: ancient forms of bacterial life, the emergence of life onto land, the evolution of seed-producing plants, reptiles, dinosaurs and mammals – and humanity.

The Conversation

New bird-like dinosaur fossil discovered in China with frog remains in its stomach

‘Specimen shows first case of intestinal preservation in a lineage very close to bird ancestry’

The Independent UK

Is Earth a self-regulating organism?

Earth can correct its climate over eons, scientists say; sadly, it doesn't work fast enough to stop climate change

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NZ's prehistoric past at risk of crumbling away

A dwindling workforce and tricky legal territory is putting the world of fossil hunting on shaky ground.

The Conversation

People don't mate randomly – but the flawed assumption that they do is an essential part of many studies linking genes to diseases and traits

The idea that correlation does not imply causation is a fundamental caveat in epidemiological research. A classic example involves a hypothetical link between ice cream sales and drownings – instead of increased ice cream consumption causing more people to drown, it’s plausible that a third variable, summer weather, is driving…

Daily Mirror

Bronze Age village discovered by shocked builders, complete with pottery and four houses

Developers were working on the site of a former residential unit on Church Bay Road, which is being demolished to make way for new homes when they discovered a bronze age village

Evening Standard

Fossil of ancient 12-foot turtle thought to be one of biggest ever discovered

Fossilised remains of the turtle were discovered in the Cal Torrades locality

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Reuters

Fossils of car-sized dinosaur-era sea turtle unearthed in Spain

Plying the subtropical seas that washed the coasts of the archipelago that made up Europe 83 million years ago was one of the largest turtles on record, a reptile the size of a small car - a Mini Cooper to be precise - that braved dangerous waters.

The Independent UK

72-million-year-old turtle ‘is one of the largest to have ever lived’

Measuring nearly four metres in length, the species is thought to be the largest in Europe.

Daily Record

Skull of an extinct horned beast discovered on UK beach

Aurochs were wiped out in the 17th century, but a skull has now been found on Blyth Beach in Northumberland.

Zenger

Jeholornis, A Creature From 120 Million Years Ago Was A Bird & Dinosaur Combo

New research revealed a creature millions of years ago was among the earliest examples of dinosaurs evolving into birds

The Guardian - UK

The plot thickens: new study reveals complex identity of ancient Britons

Do bones and teeth found in Sussex share characteristics with Neanderthal fossils from northern Spain?

The Conversation

Bones of contention: the West Coast whale fossil and the ethics of private collecting

The past can inform the present in more ways than one.

The Guardian - UK

Shrew-like creature was placental mammals’ last common ancestor

Group’s earliest primogenitor was probably a diminutive creature with a long snout, researchers suggest

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