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Study Names 'Lucy’s Hunter,' A Pliocene Crocodile From Ethiopia

Researchers used 121 fossils from Hadar to characterize a large, odd-snouted ambush predator.

Science Study Shows Rapid Evolution Helped Wildflower Survive California Megadrought

New Triassic Croc-Line Reptile Grew From Four-Legged Juvenile to Bipedal Adult

Tiny Teeth Found in Colorado Extend Range of Earliest Primate Relative

Digital Reconstruction Reveals ‘Little Foot’ Face with East African Traits

Nearly Complete Patagonian Fossil Recasts the Origins of Alvarezsaurids

Tiny Argentine Dinosaur Fossil Reshapes Alvarezsaur Evolution and Global Spread

Reanalysis of Lost WA Fossils Splits Iconic Triassic Amphibian Into Two Species

Horses Whinny by Combining Vocal-Fold Vibration With a Laryngeal Whistle

Scientists Describe Spinosaurus mirabilis, a Blade-Crested Predator From the Sahara

Scimitar-Crested Spinosaurus Mirabilis Discovered in Niger Reframes Predator as Wading Hunter

New Spinosaurus From Niger Recasts Predator as Shallow-Water Wader

Yunxian Homo Erectus Skulls Re-Dated to About 1.77 Million Years

Oxygen-Tolerant Asgard Archaea Bolster Mitochondrial-Origin Theory in Nature Study

Reanalysis of 1969 UK Fossil Reveals New Triassic Crocodylomorph, Galahadosuchus Jonesi

New Study Finds Human Chin Is an Evolutionary Byproduct

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

SORS Laser Scans Reveal Contents of Darwin’s Sealed Specimen Jars

Haolong dongi Fossil Reveals Cellular-Level Skin and Unique Cornified Spikes

Chicago Archaeopteryx Reveals Oldest Oral Papillae, Illuminating Early Bird Feeding