Hobbit-size skull holds surprises
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Fans of The Lord of the Rings may be interested to know that a remote Indonesian island has yielded the remains of pint-size people - a surprising new human species â-hat paleontologists say lived just 18,000 years ago.
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THE DISCOVERY: The bones of a human dwarf species marooned on the remote Indonesian island of Flores between 95,000 and 12,000 years ago while modern humans rapidly developed elsewhere.
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Stuff your giant-size brain with these big finds about the true size of "un-huggy" thunder lizards, prehistoric crime dramas set in Minnesota and other obviously indisputable scientific theories. Commentary by Lore Sj&#246;berg.
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The fossilized neck bones of a 230-million-year-old sea creature have features suggesting that the animal&#39;s snakelike throat could flare open and create suction that would pull in prey.
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Description: Researchers report this week that they have found the remains of a group of small hominids that may be a new species of human -- one that may have existed on an island near Indonesia as late as 14,000 years ago.
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A four-inch core sample is a chapter of ancient history in which a Neanderthal amoeba or a worm can thicken the plot for researchers.
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New analysis of bones from an infamous dinosaur long believed to have eaten its own young show that the animal may have been given an undeserved reputation.
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Scientists in Spain say that they have found a tooth from a human ancestor more than one million years old.
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A rare fossil from the age of the dinosaurs is shedding light on when the modern crocodile first evolved a skull strong enough to keep hold of its prey during the dismembering &#39;death roll&#39;.
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An almost complete human skull dating back 80,000 to 100,000 years was unearthed in central China, state media reported Wednesday.
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The discovery of a nearly intact child's skeleton belonging to the earliest-known human ancestor suggests a creature that walked upright like a man but could swing through the trees like an ape.
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A fossil resembling the Loch Ness monster has been found on a remote Arctic island. The well-preserved bones belonged to a plesiosaur, a giant marine reptile with a long neck and tail, plump body and legs which evolved into flippers.
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Science & environment: Â· Scientists shed new light on disputed skeleton findÂ· Bone analysis supports distinct species theory
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A mythical and ghostly creature has appeared in the wilds of the Scottish Highlands.
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The bizarre-looking, 78-million-year-old dino had horns as large as human arms, and its skull was frilled with spikes the size of sharks' teeth.
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A 3ft tall &#39;hobbit&#39; discovered on a remote Indonesian island has raised the extraordinary possibility that our human species might not be alone on Earth.
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One of the most startling discoveries in the study of human origins -- the uncovering of a vanished species of dwarf proto-humans who inhabited a Pacific island just 18,000 years ago -- is being reported in today&#39;s issue of the journal Nature.