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500-Million-Year-Old Chelicerate Pushes Back Spider Lineage by 20 Million Years

The fossil’s front claws point to an origin in grasping “great appendages.”

Genome Study Recasts Squid and Cuttlefish Evolution From Deep-Sea Origins to a Post-Extinction Boom

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Egyptian Ape Fossil Challenges East Africa as Cradle of Modern Apes

Egypt Jaw Fossil Recasts Great Ape Origins

Snorkel Survey of a Texas Water Cave Uncovers Ice Age Megafauna New to Central Texas

Micro‑CT Reveals New Korean Dinosaur Species, Doolysaurus, From Juvenile Skeleton

Elephant Tooth Isotopes Tie Neanderthal Hunting to Long-Range Prey at Neumark-Nord

New Species Crocodylus lucivenator, Likely Predator of 'Lucy,' Described From Ethiopia

New Mexico Shinbone Reveals Giant Tyrannosaur Predating T. Rex

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

Pharrell’s Joopiter to Auction Museum-Shown Triceratops ‘Trey’ March 17–31

Amber Time Capsules Hint at Ancient Ant Interactions

Tiny Argentine Dinosaur Fossil Reshapes Alvarezsaur Evolution and Global Spread

T. Rex Likely Ran Toe-First, Study Finds, Raising Speed Estimates by About 20%

Switzerland Formalizes Return of Araripe Fossils as Brazil Receives Lots From Argentina and Italy

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

Saltwick Bay Near Whitby Showcases Fossils, Shipwrecks and Sunrise Spectacle

Study Finds Tyrannosaur Tooth Embedded in Edmontosaurus Skull

Ice-Age Wolverine Jaw Unearthed in Yorkshire’s Stump Cross Caverns

Oldest Reptile Skin Impressions Reveal Earliest Amniote Cloaca