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New fossils reveal Paranthropus robustus walked upright like modern humans

Researcher Cazenave emphasizes, "these fossils show that this species, comparable to modern humans, walked upright but was extremely small in size."

Meet 'Pink': The 1.4-million-year-old face changing Europe's human story

Researchers say the fossil suggests a previously unknown human species lived in Europe over one million years ago.

Discovering the leaf-eating, tree-clinging mammal of the Paleocene

Skeleton shows Mixodectes pungens lived in trees and primarily ate leaves during the Paleocene epoch, highlighting its unique ecological niche after the dinosaurs.

Meet Chadititan calvoi: The Graceful Titanosaur Newly Unveiled in Patagonia

Paleontologists uncovered fossils of a new species of long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur named Chadititan calvoi in northern Patagonia.

Scotland's most complete dinosaur fossil extracted from Isle of Skye cliff

Bone analysis reveals the Elgol dinosaur is a 166-million-year-old ornithopod.

Scientists discover six new fossil eggshell types in Utah's Mussentuchit Member

Study provides earliest evidence of multiple oviraptorosaurs co-existing in North America.

125-million-year-old, palm-sized scorpion fossil discovered in China

The fossil has been named Jeholia longchengi after its discovery site in the Jehol Biota of Longcheng District in Liaoning Province.

Zealandia’s bee: 14.6-million-year bee fossil found in New Zealand's Hindon Maar

Paleontologists believe that Leioproctus barrydonovani inhabited broadleaf forests surrounding a Miocene maar lake—a crater formed by a volcanic explosion.

778,000-year-old animal tracks found on Isla de las Palomas

Over 600 fossilized footprints of species like elephants and giraffes suggest Tarifa was a transit corridor in the Early Pleistocene.

The contraband found by French customs–dynosaur teeth

The seized fossils include teeth from extinct marine reptiles like mosasaurus and zarafasaura oceanis.

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