Fossils

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• Mick Jagger has 19-million-year-old species of 'long-legged pig' named after him

  11 Sep 2014: The extinct anthracotheres, discovered in remote Egypt, was dubbed Jaggermeryx naida — Jagger’s water nymph

• Tourists to gain access to excavations for hominid bones in South Africa

  5 Sep 2014: Viewing platform and webcams at Cradle of Humankind site will allow visitors to look into pit during digs for early human fossils

• Why do we love dinosaurs so much?

  5 Sep 2014: Brian Switek: The discovery of a new dinosaur is always a cause for joy. To contemplate these mysterious creatures is to contemplate the mystery of life on Earth

• Battleship beast: colossal dinosaur skeleton found in southern Patagonia

  4 Sep 2014: Dreadnoughtus schrani unearthed in Argentina is most complete skeleton of plant-eating titanosaur recovered anywhere in world

• Homo floresiensis: scientists clash over claims 'hobbit man' was modern human with Down's syndrome

  17 Aug 2014:

  Tiny skeleton from Indonesia's Flores island is unique ancient species, insist researchers

• Giant penguin fossil shows bird was taller than most humans

  4 Aug 2014: Analysis of 37m-year-old fossil unearthed in Antarctica shows species would have dwarfed today’s biggest living penguins

• Dinosaurs shrank to evolve into birds over 50m years

  1 Aug 2014:

  Theropods underwent 12 stages of miniaturisation – from 163kg beasts to becoming the first birds on Earth, study finds

• Siberian dinosaur spreads feathers around the dinosaur tree

  24 Jul 2014: Dr Dave Hone: New dinosaur discovery from Siberia opens up the possibility of many more dinosaurs having been coated in feather-like structures

• Siberian fossil discovery builds case for an age of feathered dinosaurs

  24 Jul 2014:

  Scientists say remains of creature that looks like giant chicken provide fresh evidence that herbivores as well as carnivores were once feathered

• Researchers find first sign that tyrannosaurs hunted in packs

  23 Jul 2014:

  Discovery of three sets of dinosaur trackways in Canada reveals that predators were running together

• Giant ancient prawn had tiny brain, new fossil shows

  16 Jul 2014:

  520 million year-old fossil reveals early predator had a brain simpler than that of a velvet worm

• Four-winged flying dinosaur unearthed in China

  15 Jul 2014: Newly discovered Changyuraptor yangi lived 125m years ago and was like 'a big turkey with a really long tail'

• Man accused of stealing fossil dinosaur footprint 'made a mistake', attorney says

  9 Jul 2014: Prosecutors say Jared Ehlers removed a 190-million-year-old footprint from a Utah trail and dumped it into the Colorado river

• Fossils dug up at airport may be largest flying bird ever found

  7 Jul 2014:

  Prehistoric creature flew 25m years ago and had a wingspan twice that of the royal albatross, the largest bird alive

• Triceratops horns evolved over time

  7 Jul 2014: Dr Dave Hone: A new study reveals that small-scale evolutionary changes can be tracked in dinosaur fossils

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