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Niger museum is eclectic national ‘mirror’

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It has displays covering art, history, dinosaurs, nuclear energy, craftwork and music as well as live animals, for it is also a zoo
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Easter eggs from the most South African dinosaur

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After years of data processing at the Wits laboratory, one evolutionary scientist has constructed a 3D model of a baby Massospondylus
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Jurassic parkour in SA lava fields

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After stumbling on mention of tracks in a dissertation from the 1960s, scientists are shedding new light on the dinosaurs that hotfooted it through SA’s prehistoric past
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NLC funds breathe life into the West Coast Fossil Park

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Funds from the NLC contributed towards the design and construction of of museum and visitors centre and the creation of many visitor experiences
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Tyrannosaurus rex, a sexy softie

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You’d be forgiven for thinking that T rex was all bad. And Hollywood doesn’t help their image.
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Climate shift killed off dinosaurs

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Volcanos and an asteroid released sulphates and carbon, which caused temperature change.
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Global freeze helped kill off dinosaurs

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While warm-blooded animals could adapt to changing temperatures because they regulate their own temperature, cold-blooded dinosaurs could not.
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How to unscramble Jurassic eggs

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Scientists have been cracking the secrets of eggs laid by dinosaurs in the Free State 200-million years ago.
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South African dinosaur eggs get ready to hatch their secrets

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Hatched 200 million years ago, studied for over 40 years across several continents, James Kitching's discoveries are yielding scientific dividends.
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Giant dinosaurs and super galaxies

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Scientists turned to digital modelling to study the Dreadnoughtus dinosaur and have finally defined where our galaxy is in the universe.
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Winged changyuraptor adds feather to SA scientist’s cap

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A Capetonian is among the team that has discovered a 125-million-year-old microraptor in China that sheds more light on how dinosaurs ruled the sky.
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Fossilised Europasaurus bones discovered in Germany

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Paleontologists have uncovered over 28 fossilised bones of a Europasaurus, a dinosaur named in honour of Europe, found in the Harz region of Germany.
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Palaeontologists discover ‘new’ dinosaur tracks

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Researchers are studying a new field of fossilised dinosaur tracks discovered in Arkansas, including those of a large three-toed predator.
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FedEx fossil arrives 300m years late

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Fossil hunters have named a 300m-year-old amphibian in honour of FedEx, after unearthing the creature on land owned by the company.
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Earth Claw dinosaur rises again

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Scientists have unearthed a new species called Aardonyx on a farm in the Free State, writes Christina Scott.
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