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Study Finds Possible 236-Million-Year-Old Evidence of Live Birth in Mammal Ancestor

If confirmed, the bone microstructure and size estimates in a Chiniquodon specimen could move the origin of mammalian-style live birth tens of millions of years earlier pending more fossil proof.

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Mexico and Central America Served as a 10‑Million‑Year Holding Pen for Northern Mammals

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Early Cambrian Fossil Pushes Cephalopod Siphuncle Back 30 Million Years

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Near-Complete Triassic Austronaga Fossil Preserves Internal Organs

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Cretaceous Skull Reveals Earliest Head‑First Burrowing Snake

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Ediacaran Fossils Show Population-Level Turning Bias, Researchers Say

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550-Million-Year-Old Worm Shows Population Bias for Rightward Turns

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2mo ago

Fossil Hatchlings Show Early Tetrapods Grew Up Without Tadpole Metamorphosis

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2mo ago

Pterosaur Wing Yields Steroid Biomarkers and Shows Microbe-Driven Mineral Sealing

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2mo ago

Museum Reassessment Identifies Praearcturus gigas as a One‑Metre Scorpion

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2mo ago

New Giant Paracrocodylomorph Shakajlura Riojanensis Described From La Rioja

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2mo ago

Early Asexuality Slowed Animal Evolution, Study Finds

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3mo ago

New Four‑Winged Microraptorine Jian changmaensis Described From China’s Changma Basin

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3mo ago

UNAM Names 4‑Million‑Year‑Old Ajolote Fossil Ambystoma quetzalcoatli

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3mo ago

Metre-Long Scorpion Praearcturus Gigas Confirmed From Devonian Fossils

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New Québec Fossil Narrows Late‑Cambrian Furongian Gap

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3mo ago

Museum ‘Mammoth’ Bones Reidentified as Ancient Whales

Fossils

Study Finds Possible 236-Million-Year-Old Evidence of Live Birth in Mammal Ancestor

Study Finds Dinosaurs Were Barred From Evolving into Very Small Body Sizes

New Ice Age Toad, Spea labreae, Described From La Brea Tar Pits

Review Links Cambrian 'Faecal Revolution' to Rise of Animal Life

Mexico and Central America Served as a 10‑Million‑Year Holding Pen for Northern Mammals

Early Cambrian Fossil Pushes Cephalopod Siphuncle Back 30 Million Years

Near-Complete Triassic Austronaga Fossil Preserves Internal Organs

Cretaceous Skull Reveals Earliest Head‑First Burrowing Snake

Ediacaran Fossils Show Population-Level Turning Bias, Researchers Say

550-Million-Year-Old Worm Shows Population Bias for Rightward Turns

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Fossil Hatchlings Show Early Tetrapods Grew Up Without Tadpole Metamorphosis

Pterosaur Wing Yields Steroid Biomarkers and Shows Microbe-Driven Mineral Sealing

Museum Reassessment Identifies Praearcturus gigas as a One‑Metre Scorpion

New Giant Paracrocodylomorph Shakajlura Riojanensis Described From La Rioja

Early Asexuality Slowed Animal Evolution, Study Finds

New Four‑Winged Microraptorine Jian changmaensis Described From China’s Changma Basin

UNAM Names 4‑Million‑Year‑Old Ajolote Fossil Ambystoma quetzalcoatli

Metre-Long Scorpion Praearcturus Gigas Confirmed From Devonian Fossils

New Québec Fossil Narrows Late‑Cambrian Furongian Gap

Museum ‘Mammoth’ Bones Reidentified as Ancient Whales

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