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'Race scientists' took human skulls from villages in Palau. Now, Indigenous Pacific Islanders want their ancestors back

Thousands of human remains are stored in Germany's University of Göttingen, many from Indigenous Pacific communities. But returning the bodies isn't an easy task.

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Dinosaurs were in their prime, not in decline, when fateful asteroid hit

Paleontologists agree that a massive asteroid strike triggered the end of the dinosaurs, but a debate has persisted over the reptiles’ overall state at the time of the fateful collision.

Los Angeles Times

A Fossil Proves Dinosaurs Ate Mammals Suddenly I’m Glad Jurassic Park Isn’t A Documentary

Sorry to those Cretaceous mammals I guess.

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Study documents early instance of ‘dinosaur eating a mammal’

Findings suggest these flying dinosaurs likely had a diverse diet and was not a specialist

The Independent UK

Scientists claim first discovery of mammal eaten by dinosaur

Paleontologists say they have identified foot of mouse-sized mammal in fossilised rib cage of predatory microraptor

The Guardian - UK

Scientists uncover ‘first record of a dinosaur eating a mammal’

Palaeontologists analysed fossil remains showing a small, feathered dinosaur – known as Microraptor – with the foot of an animal inside its ribcage.

The Independent UK

New fossil foot analysis reveals the surprising and varied lifestyles of dinosaur bird ancestors

Have you ever eaten chicken feet? If you haven’t, you might be surprised to learn there’s actually quite a bit of flesh down there. And scales too! They’re wonderful – and informative – pieces of engineering.

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Five options for restoring global biodiversity after the UN agreement

To slow and reverse the fastest loss of Earth’s living things since the dinosaurs, almost 200 countries have signed an agreement in Montreal, Canada, promising to live in harmony with nature by 2050. The Kunming-Montreal agreement is not legally binding but it will require signatories to report their progress towards…

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All we want for Christmas is our fossil

Amid a call to “string ’em up” and a possible $300,000 fine, cooler West Coast heads just want a pair of fossil fossickers to hand back their ill-gotten gains

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Picture Chicago: 11 photos from this week’s local stories

A crowded mayor’s race sees candidates starting to field the public’s questions and a long-time Little Village mall’s fate remains unknown.

Chicago Sun-Times

Teeth suggest ancestors of diplodocus may have eaten meat

Analysis shows ‘earliest members of two main veggie dinosaur lineages were not exclusively herbivorous’

The Guardian - UK

Computer modelling predicts climate change causing cascading animal 'co-extinctions'

The variety of animal species found in locations across the globe could be cut by more than quarter by the end of the century, a new study finds.

ABC News

Story time at Field Museum lets youngsters explore the world of dinosaurs

A partnership between the Chicago Public Library and the Field Museum allows a group of kids to experience an up-close look at the history of dinosaurs and fossils.

Chicago Sun-Times

Glaciers have existed on Earth for at least 60 million years – far longer than previously thought

Glaciers have been present somewhere on Earth for at least 60 million years, a period stretching back almost to the time of the dinosaurs. That’s the key finding of our new research, which pushes the date when the planet was last glacier-free back by at least 26 million years.

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Dinosaur show from Britain's Got Talent semi-finalist is coming to Thornbury

The show caught the attention of the judges on Britain's Got Talent

The Conversation

For the first time ever, we have a complete skull description of a true fossil giant wombat

The place we call Australia today was in many ways vastly different 80,000 years ago.

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Researchers discover 'true giant wombat' megafauna species fossil in central Queensland

Researchers discover "true giant wombats" weighing up to 130 kilograms that lived in central Queensland about 80,000 years ago.

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Are we in the Anthropocene? Scientists vote on sites that may mark the beginning of an epoch

We've been discussing the "Anthropocene" for more than two decades, but it's not an official geological term. A group of scientists are voting this week to try and change that.

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Family trio of fossil hunters behind rare discovery in outback Queensland

In remote outback Queensland, new fossils are being unearthed "every day", but it's not always palaeontologists who are making the most astonishing discoveries.

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Looking back at a time when Tasmania's ancient reptiles and dinosaurs packed a bite

Meet Tasmaniosaurus, the ancient reptile fossil found in West Hobart.

Newsroom.co.nz

The sixth mass extinction is happening now, and it doesn’t look good for us

Species are going extinct at an unusually high rate. Our efforts now will prevent a future too ghastly to contemplate, says Corey Bradshaw

The Guardian - UK

What archaeologists discovered about climate change in prehistoric England

Gradual changes to landscape and vegetation are not what future generations can expect

The Independent UK

Dinosaurs were thriving before asteroid wiped them out, landmark study reveals

This stability may have actually hindered their survival in face of the cataclysm

Evening Standard

Dinosaurs were in their prime before asteroid downfall, study finds

Scientists have long debated why non-bird dinosaurs became extinct, while some mammals survived

The Independent UK

Dinosaurs were in their prime before asteroid downfall, study finds - OLD

Scientists have long debated why non-bird dinosaurs became extinct, while some mammals survived.

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