Fossils of bone-crushing and meat-slashing Tasmanian tiger ancestors discovered in Australia

Three newfound thylacine relatives recently unearthed in Australia suggest that marsupial predators were more widespread in ancient Australia than previously thought. Scientists have identified a “bone-crushing” ancestor of the Tasmanian …

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1st tardigrade fossils ever discovered hint at how they survived Earth’s biggest mass extinction

Detailed 3D images of the first tardigrade fossils ever discovered help scientists predict when tardigrades evolved their near-indestructibility — a trait that might have helped them survive multiple mass extinctions. …

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