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9-million-year-old shark fossil found intact, has sword-like teeth and is an ancestor of the great white

It is striking that remains of sardines were found in its stomach area. The fossil was discovered about 235 kilometers south of Lima, in the Pisco Basin

In Megalopolis, Arcadia, the world’s oldest known wooden tools – see photos

“This area was very important for human evolution throughout Europe,” explains the head of the research, paleoanthropologist Katerina Harvati

Rare skull of an extinct, massive “thunder bird” discovered in Australia

The last of the mihirungs went extinct around 45,000 years ago

Triple test confirms age of oldest human footprints in North America

For decades it was believed that the first humans in North America were the Clovis culture, with ample evidence placing them on the continent as far back as 13,000 years ago

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