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Proteins Identify Denisovan Bones and Tools at Bianfu Cave

Dated to about 167,000–134,000 years ago, the finds tie Denisovan bones to tools plus butchered prey.

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

Million-Year-Old New Zealand Cave Yields First Early Pleistocene Fauna, New Parrot

Anacondas Have Stayed Giant for 12 Million Years, Fossil Study Finds

Ghost Sharks Grow True Forehead Teeth, Rewriting Rules of Tooth Development