Tyrannosaurus rex was a relentless predator who lived during the Cretaceous Period more than 65 million years ago.
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Good science isn’t rooted in chance. It’s based on people with expertise being in the right place at the right time, equipped with enough knowledge to know what they’re looking at.
A 3D model of the long-lost Scalopocynodon gracilis skull.
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An old technique to explore the inside of fossils unfortunately ended up destroying some unique specimens. New technology has been used to reconstruct one such fossil.
Artistic reconstruction of two Tiarajudens males during combat in the Permian of southern Brazil.
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New evidence shows marked similarities between two fossils – one from Brazil, the other South Africa. This confirms compelling geological findings that continents were once one giant land mass.