Dated gene duplications elucidate the evolutionary assembly of eukaryotes
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‘Teenage T. rex’ fossil is actually a different species
This artistic interpretation shows a pack of Nanotyrannus attacking a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex (front left).Credit: Anthony Hutchings A…
A Carnian theropod with unexpectedly derived features during the first dinosaur radiation
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Million-year-old skull reconstruction hints at a new chapter in human evolution
Scientists have reconstructed a million-year-old skull found in central China, and say they’ve identified which group of early…
A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia
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The oldest known lepidosaur and origins of lepidosaur feeding adaptations
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New discoveries of Australopithecus and Homo from Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia
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