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Fossilised eyes of ancient super-predator found
Prehistoric killer had massive eyes with 16,000 lenses, say scientists.
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Fossil may be earliest human ancestor
Work by Australian scientists has found that fossils of one of our oldest human ancestors are two million years old.
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World’s oldest fossils found in the Pilbara
What may be 3.4-billion-year-old fossils of bacteria have been discovered near Port Hedland in Western Australia.
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Ancient whale sucked up prey vacuum cleaner-style
An early ancestor of the blue whale hoovered up its prey rather than using baleen plates to filter feed.
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Mystery bird fossil found in the Nullarbor
An expedition into the Nullarbor has uncovered a hoard of fossilised birds, including one that is 780,000 years old. But what is it?
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Archaeopteryx knocked off evolutionary perch
A new fossil find upends the theory that the famed Archaeopteryx is the origin of all bird species.
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Fossil of weird snail-eating marsupial found
An extinct snail-eating marsupial has been unearthed at the fossil-rich Riversleigh dig site in Queensland.
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Discovering the dinosaurs Down Under
From killers of the freezing Antarctic wastes to titanic herbivores, Australian dinos are being dug up in great numbers.
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Carnivorous bilby fossil unearthed
An ancient predatory bilby has been discovered by Australian scientists.
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Fearsome giant turtles found in Pacific cemetery
They may look like armoured dinosaurs, but these fossil turtles made easy prey.