Hidden beneath farmland in the central tablelands of New South Wales lies one of Australia’s most extraordinary fossil …
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Science Unmasked
Scientists Could Be Accidentally Damaging Fossils With a Method We Thought Was Safe
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesFossils are invaluable archives of the past. They preserve details about living things from a few thousand to …
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Science Unmasked
For the First Time, Fossil Stomach Contents of a Sauropod Dinosaur Reveal What They Really Ate
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesSince the late 19th century, sauropod dinosaurs (long-necked, such as Brontosaurus and Brachiosaurus) have been almost universally regarded …
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Science Unmasked
Fossil Teeth Show Extinct Giant Kangaroos Spent Their Lives Close to Home — and Perished When the Climate Changed
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesLarge kangaroos today roam long distances across the outback, often surviving droughts by moving in mobs to find …
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Science Unmasked
A 380-Million-Year-Old Fossil ‘Fish’ From Scotland Has Been Discovered in Australia
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesQueensland is renowned for its fossils of Australia’s largest back-boned animals — dinosaurs, of course, like the Jurassic …
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Science
Exceptional New Fish Fossil Sparks Rethink of How Earth’s Geology Drives Evolution
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesCoelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can reach up …
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Science Unmasked
How Can I Become a Paleontologist? 5 Tips From a Professional Fossil Hunter
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesI’m a paleontologist. That means I study fossils and learn about the ancient history of life on Earth. …
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Archaeology
Tiny Fossil Arm Bone Sheds Light on Evolution of Ancient Indonesian ‘Hobbits’
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWe have discovered rare and very old human fossils on the Indonesian island of Flores, including an astonishingly …
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A tiny fossil penguin plays a huge role in the evolutionary history of penguins, an international study shows. …
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Archaeology
We Spent 2 Years to Bring This Extraordinary Fossil to Light
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesPitch-black darkness. Crushing squeezes, muddy passages, icy waterfalls. Bats and spiders. Abseiling over ledges into the unknown. How …