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Prehistoric ‘Pompeii’ discovered: Most pristine trilobite fossils ever found shake up scientific understanding of the long extinct group

Researchers have described some of the best-preserved three-dimensional trilobite fossils ever discovered. The fossils, which are more than 500 million…

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These giant, prehistoric salmon had tusk-like teeth

Oncorhynchus rastrosus, a giant species of salmon that lived in the North American Pacific Northwest a few million years ago,…

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Newly sequenced genome reveals coffee’s prehistoric origin story — and its future under climate change

The key to growing coffee plants that can better resist climate change in the decades to come may lie in…

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Study reveals ‘cozy domesticity’ of prehistoric stilt-house dwellers in England’s ancient marshland

A major report on the remains of a stilt village that was engulfed in flames almost 3,000 years ago reveals…

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Prehistoric peatland plants and bugs found in UK ‘time capsule’ | Environment

Archaeologists have uncovered a prehistoric woodland “time capsule” buried in Exmoor’s ancient peatlands. The finding, filled with beetles and plant…

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