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Complex animals living millions of years before the Cambrian Explosion revealed by seabed tracks
The Cambrian Explosion is a landmark moment in the history of life on Earth when many of the major groups of animals first ...
Arizona fossils reveal an ecosystem in flux early in the age of dinosaurs
Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying ...
North America's oldest known pterosaur, a flying reptile the size of a "small seagull," discovered in Arizona, researchers say
Researchers were able to date the fossil of the flying reptile, a close cousin of dinosaurs, back to more than 209 million ...
New analysis of the Skhūl I skull: One of the oldest human burials in the world
In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.
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A Bone Bed From the Dawn of the Dinosaurs Has Revealed the Oldest Known Pterosaur Found in North America
Paleontologists know the bone bed as PFV 393. The late fossil preparator Bill Amaral found the site in 2011 on a field trip ...