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Researchers discovered two canid remains, dating back roughly 3,000 to 5,000 years, with grey wolf ancestry on the Swedish island Stora Karlsö. This prompted them to pose the question: were wolves ...

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A set of giant Megalodon vertebrae that vanished for decades has been rediscovered in Denmark, confirming that this prehistoric shark may have reached at least 79 feet in length.

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A fossilized Homo naledi skull Hawks et al. via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Deep within South Africa’s Rising Star cave system is an open space called the Dinaledi Chamber. It’s accessible ...