Palaeontology

Soft tissue preserved in trilobite fossil reveal its last meal

Trapdoor spider terrorised Australia’s forests 15 million years ago

South America’s largest predator before the dinosaurs

Long-legged Chinese dinosaur was probably a wader

Fossil suggests tropicbirds originated in Zealandia just after dino extinction

Ancient koala fossils fill gap in Australian marsupial history

Fossils in China show “Peking Man” lived alongside ravens

Bottleneck nearly saw human ancestors die out 900,000 years ago

Fossil of ancient three-eyed insect relative fills gap in animal evolution

T. rex cousins discovered in Morocco shed light on last dinosaurs in Africa

Auckland pipeline upgrade unearths fossil treasure trove

New fossil ape found in Turkey challenges understanding of human evolution

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