The assumption that the lateral semicircular canal of the inner ear can be used to reconstruct head posture in extinct species has long remained unchallenged.
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The extinct Mukupirna - which translates to ‘big bones’ - is estimated to have been more than four times larger than any living wombat.
The skull of Oculudentavis, found encased in amber, provides new clues into the transition from dinosaurs to birds and may be smallest of either ever found.
Paleontologists created an evolutionary map of how croc body size changed over the last 200 million years – with some interesting implications for today’s species.
The hominin known as Lucy may not be the direct ancestor of humans.
This new research offers compelling proof that the naysayers were right. “Mrs” Ples was actually a “Mr”.
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Curator of Plio-Pleistocene palaeotology, Ditsong Museums of South Africa
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Senior Professor of Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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