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Flecks of silver in poop of ancient Cambrian creature baffle scientists
By Harry Baker published
Researchers have discovered specks of silver in 500 million-year-old fossilized worm dung; the precious metal likely came from "mining" microbes.

Scientists find fossil of largest arthropod to ever live, a car-size millipede
By Harry Baker published
Researchers in the U.K. have discovered the fossilized exoskeleton of an 8.5-feet -long millipede from around 326 million years ago.

Fossils of 400-million-year-old 'Excalibur worm' discovered in Australia
By Brandon Specktor published
Researchers discovered the fossils of two previously unknown armored marine worms named Excalibur and Shuriken.

Exquisitely-preserved mammoth tusk found 10,000 feet underwater
By Joanna Thompson published
Researchers discovered the 100,000 year old tusk of a mammoth off the coast of California

4-legged 'snake' fossil is actually a different ancient animal, new study claims
By Laura Geggel published
A new study claims that a fossil previously believed to be the first known four-legged snake is actually more lizard-like than serpentine.

Human-size ammonites swam the Atlantic Ocean 80 million years ago
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Scientists uncovered more than 100 new fossils to learn more about the world's largest ammonites.

Ancient saber-toothed 'gorgons' bit each other in ritualized combat
By Laura Geggel published
"Gorgons" that lived during the Permian period bit each other on the face, the discovery of a bite mark on a skull reveals.

This trilobite was equipped with a 'hyper-eye' never seen before in the animal kingdom
By Joanna Thompson published
Trilobite with "hyper compound eyes" could see through hundreds of lenses, new X-ray study reveals.

These 125 million-year-old fossils may hold dinosaur DNA
By Stephanie Pappas published
The remnants of DNA may lurk in 125 million-year-old dinosaur fossils found in China.

Fossilized footprints in New Mexico are earliest 'unequivocal evidence' of people in the Americas
By Charles Q. Choi published
Fossilized human footprints found in New Mexico reveal that people dwelled in the Americas during the last ice age's peak — conclusive proof of early migration to the New World.
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