Jurassic fleas discovered in Mongolian lake
The remains of giant Jurassic fleas that sucked the blood of ancient animals more than 100-million years ago have been discovered in Mongolia.
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Twenty-million-year-old ape skull found in Uganda
Ugandan and French scientists have discovered a fossil of a skull of a tree-climbing ape in Uganda's Karamoja region, the team said on Tuesday.
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Dinosaur find lends weight to asteroid theory
The ancient remains of a horned beast uncovered by fossil hunters in Montana belong to the last known dinosaur to walk the Earth.
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Skull of my country
Nechama Brodie discovers the strange
alchemy of bone, stone, paper, paint and dust.
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First dinosaur fossil discovered in Angola
Scientists say they have discovered the first fossil of a dinosaur in Angola, and that it's a new creature, heralding a research renaissance.
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New hominid skeleton named Karabo
A recently discovered juvenile hominid skeleton, of the new Australopithecus Sediba species, was given the name Karabo on Monday.
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Nine-year-old finds fossil of new hominid species
The nine-year-old son of a Wits scientist found a fossil of a new hominid species that lived 1,95m years ago, the scientist revealed on Thursday.
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The hurricane and the elephant teeth
An elephant expert whose house on the US Gulf Coast was destroyed by Hurricane Ike is putting his collection back together -- one tooth at a time.
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Neanderthal DNA reveals split from humans
Strands of DNA recovered from the fossilised leg bone of a Neanderthal have shed light on the fragility of this ancient hominid species.
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