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# Fossils

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# New Mexico
Fossil footprints suggest early humans walked in North America 23,000 years ago
The findings may shed light on a mystery that has long intrigued scientists on when people first arrived in the Americas.
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Sep 24th 2021, 8:53 AM
# Neoproterozoic era
‘890 million-year-old sponge fossils’ could be earliest animal life
If verified, the fossils may pre-date the next-oldest undisputed sponge fossils by around 350 million years.
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Jul 28th 2021, 7:14 PM
# tetrapod
325-million-year-old amphibian fossil discovered in Co Clare
The 10mm-long bones are believed to come from a small amphibian that would have been an ancestor to the first lizards.
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Oct 9th 2019, 10:21 PM
# LAND TO OCEAN
Fossil of prehistoric four-legged whale discovered in Peru
Scientists say the creature measured about 13 feet in length and could likely walk and swim.
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Apr 5th 2019, 8:12 AM
# Fossils
A team at NUI Galway reckon they've cracked 'Darwin's Dilemma'
The great naturalist could not explain an apparent gap in animal evolution.
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Dec 15th 2018, 9:30 AM
# Middle Jurassic
170 million-year-old dinosaur footprints discovered on Scotland's Isle of Skye
Discovery of fossils from this age, the Middle Jurassic, has been limited to a handful of sites around the world to date.
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Apr 3rd 2018, 6:31 PM
# falling down holes
Scientists have solved the mystery of why so many mammoth fossils are male
Young male Ice Age mammoths likely roamed alone and got themselves into risky situations.
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Nov 5th 2017, 7:10 AM
# giraffic park
Dublin Zoo's latest attraction is...dinosaurs
The new exhibit features ‘Stan’ a life-sized replica fossil skeleton of a male adult tyrannosaurus rex.
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Jul 6th 2017, 7:30 PM
# Fadó fadó
Clare geologist discovers 300 million year-old shark tooth
The shark once hunted in the ancient seas at a time when Ireland was located close to the equator.
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May 11th 2017, 4:02 PM
# Discovery
Fossils point to life on Earth four billion years ago
Earth is thought to be about 4.57 billion years old.
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Mar 2nd 2017, 3:02 PM
# Tyrannosaurus Wrecked
Man sentenced to jail for smuggling dinosaur fossils
The man was sentenced, despite his work in helping Mongolia open its first dinosaur museum.
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Jun 5th 2014, 7:15 AM
# going going gone
A real (not live) dinosaur is being sold in the UK today
The 17 metre Diplodocus skeleton named ‘Misty’ is expected to sell at auction for €720,000.
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Nov 27th 2013, 3:40 PM
# Discovery
Old bones found at site of Mater redevelopment
The bones were discovered by construction workers earlier today.
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Jul 16th 2013, 9:40 PM
# Ireland's Beasts
Ancient croc discovered in Dorset - and we had them here too
An unknown species was recently discovered in the UK, but Irish waters once had crocodiles and beasts of all sorts.
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Mar 23rd 2012, 5:01 PM
# Giant Penguin
Extinct 'giant penguin' species reconstructed from fossils
Bones of the ‘Kairuku’, extinct for about 26 million years, were discovered in New Zealand 35 years ago.
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Feb 29th 2012, 1:25 PM
# suits you sir
What does the discerning gentleman collect?
Glass eyes, 45-million-year-old fossils and Winston Churchill’s half-smoked cigar among the items sold at annual curios auction.
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Jan 22nd 2012, 9:15 AM
# India
Amber fossils shed light on India’s past
The discovery of perfectly preserved insects in India has challenged the assumption that the country was an isolated island continent about 52 million years ago.
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Oct 28th 2010, 8:00 PM
# Animal Life
The oldest sign of life, ever: a 650-million-year-old fossil
A glacial deposit found in Australia shows that life is at least 70 million years older than we thought.
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Aug 19th 2010, 8:57 PM