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Kid Who Casually Found a Woolly Mammoth Tooth on His Vacation Would Like to Get it Back

By Melissa Locker

Scientists Discovered a Giant Crocodile With T-Rex Teeth

By Mahita Gajanan

Humanity's Ancient Relative Younger Than We Thought

By Kate Samuelson

Skulls Found in China Are Part Human, Part Neanderthal

By Tessa Berenson
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Everyone Thought This Ancient Reptile Only Laid Eggs. They Were Wrong.

A 250 million-year-old dinocephalosaurus fossil showed an embryo inside a mother

By Kate Samuelson

Earth's Oldest Fossils Discovered in Greenland

The discovery indicates that life on other planets was possible

By Mahita Gajanan

How One of the World's Oldest Human Ancestors Died

New details behind Lucy's death provide insight into how she lived

By Justin Worland

13 Million-Year-Old Crocodile Offers Insight Into Evolution

A species that vanished long ago offers insights into how evolution works today

By Jeffrey Kluger

The Case Against Voting in Person

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

Fossil of Bizarre Pig-Snouted Turtle Found in Utah

The extinct turtle was about 2 feet long

By Tessa Berenson

Scientists Discover 4,500-Year-Old Human DNA in Africa

Discovery offers clues about history of human migration

By Victor Luckerson

New Species of Ancient Human Found in Africa

These ancient humans had small teeth

By Tessa Berenson

First Dinosaur Bone Found in Washington State

The bone was discovered in the San Juan Islands off the coast of Seattle

By Tessa Berenson

Newly Discovered Fossils Reveal Goofy-Looking Dinosaur

"This creature wasn’t built for speed. That’s pretty obvious”

By Helen Regan

Meet the Lumbering, Quarter-Ton, Extinct Kangaroo

Sometimes the most fascinating animals are the ones that are no longer with us. The oddly named sthenurine is no exception.

By Michael D. Lemonick

Bachelor Party Discovers 3-Million-Year-Old Fossil

A celebratory bro gathering casually stumbled upon the well-preserved bones of a beast that predates woolly mammoths

By Nolan Feeney
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