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Paleontology

Inside the Brain of a 319-Million-Year-Old Fossil Fish

It paves the way for understanding how ray-finned fishes came to dominate Earth’s oceans

June 29, 2026

What Do You Do When You Lose Gigantic Megalodon Shark Vertebrae?

Megalodons were the apex predators of the Miocene seas

June 28, 2026

Some Neanderthals Were Genetically Healthy Right Up Until the End

Not all populations of the ancient human species were struggling prior to their mysterious demise

June 25, 2026

Archaic Hominin Species Buried Only Their Women

Ancient proteins recovered from the teeth of Homo naledi fossils tell the tale

June 25, 2026

Everyone’s Been Drawing Pterosaur Wings Wrong

Theoretical reconstructions hint at versatile approaches to prehistoric flight

June 24, 2026

These Ancient Millipedes Paved the Way for Terrestrial Life

They preceded vertebrates on land by about 80 million years

June 15, 2026

Ice Age CSI: Mammoth Cold Case Files

Mysterious bones bear the marks of human butchering

June 5, 2026

Hell Heron: An Illustrated Story

A new dinosaur discovered in the sands of the Sahara upends an old model

Nightmarish Heron-like Dinosaur Unearthed in Patagonia

Pretty tough to be a fish 70 million years ago

May 29, 2026