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The Sciences

<em>Homo Ergaster:&nbsp;</em>The Early Human Who Looked Almost Like Us

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The Oldest Dinosaur Was<em>&nbsp;Nyasasaurus</em>, Which Lived During the Middle Triassic and Stood 3 Feet Tall

A microscopic image of an insect with wings trapped in amber. 

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A collection of small or medium-sized amber pieces, in shades of brown or orange.

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An assortment of insects trapped in amber.

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Fossilized Resin Reveals a Wet Forest Full of Insects and Spiders 112 Million Years Ago

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Unknown Early Hominins Ate Elephants and Then Used Their Bones to Make Tools

An illustration of ichthyosaurs hunting for fish.

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A skeleton and a skull of a fossilized ichthyosaur.

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Meet the Dolphin-Sized &lsquo;Sword Dragon&rsquo; That Might Explain the Evolution of the Ichthyosaurs

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Mummified Dogs Reveal Pre-Incan People Honored This Shepherd 1,000 Years Ago

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Leeches Didn&#39;t Always Suck Blood &mdash; Ancient Fossils Reveal They Swallowed Prey Whole

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541-Million-Year-Old Sea Sponge Confirmed As One of Earth&rsquo;s First Animals

Illustration of Joaquinraptor with crocodile arm in its mouth.

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New Species of Carnivorous Dinosaur Discovered with Crocodile in Its Teeth

An ancient human stands in a forest, holding a stone and a stone point. 

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A Crushed Cranium From One Million Years Ago Could Transform Our Timeline of Human Origins

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Early Human Ancestor Found to be More Leopard Prey than Predator Thanks to AI

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Boasting an Unusual Set of Teeth, This Extinct Crocodilian Ate Dinosaurs and Plants

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匠人：早期人类，外貌几乎与我们相同

最古老的恐龙是尼亚萨龙，生活在中三叠纪，高3英尺

1.12亿年前的化石树脂揭示了一个充满昆虫和蜘蛛的潮湿森林

不知名的早期人属吃大象，然后用它们的骨头制作工具

揭秘海豚大小的“剑龙”：或能解释鱼龙的进化之谜

木乃伊化犬揭示前印加人千年前曾尊崇这位牧羊人

水蛭并非一直吸血——古代化石揭示它们曾整只吞噬猎物

5.41亿年前的海绵被证实是地球上第一批动物之一

发现新食肉恐龙物种，嘴里叼着鳄鱼

一百万年前的破碎头骨可能会改变我们人类起源的时间线

早期人类祖先被发现更像豹子的猎物而非捕食者，这得益于人工智能

这种已灭绝的鳄鱼拥有异常的牙齿，曾以恐龙和植物为食

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