Thalassotitan teeth.
Nicholas Longrich
Fossils of a giant killer mosasaur have been discovered, alongside the fossilised remains of its prey.
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New evidence affirms that significant, long-standing inter-group cultural differences shaped the later stages of human evolution in Africa.
Darwin wondered: what if species change over time in response to their environment?
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In science, we look at the evidence and try to find the theory that best explains it. And that’s what happened when it came to figuring out evolution.
What goes in must come out.
Sugiura & Sato, Kobe University
Meet the brawny bug with a concoction so caustic it’ll make a toad vomit.
Professor Lee Berger from the University of the Witwatersrand holding the skull of Homo Naledi.
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The big question being asked is: where does Homo naledi fit in the evolutionary tree? Assessing the similarity or dissimilarity between fossil skulls has provided a possible clue to the answer.
The skull of Homo naledi is built like those of early Homo species but its brain was just more than half the size of the average ancestor from 2 million years ago.
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Despite claims about its age, puzzling combinations of features from Homo naledi gives it an uncanny resemblance to human beings.