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Paleontologists have uncovered a 444-million-year-old fossil with remarkably intact soft tissues, such as muscles, ...

During the construction of a pipeline in the Gobi Desert of southern Mongolia, a very old fossil was found that has allowed ...

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A Fossil First: Scientists Find 1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints of Two Different Species of Human Ancestors at Same Spot Nov. 28, 2024 — More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming ...

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