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How the hidden lives of dinosaurs are being revealed by new technology

From migrating sauropods and semi-aquatic predators to doting parents, palaeontologists are finally uncovering the mysteries of the lifestyles of dinosaurs

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GJTN0G Spinosaurus hunting an Onchopristis. Image shot 02/2015. Exact date unknown.

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Stunningly preserved pterosaur fossils reveal how they soared

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Early humans began wiping out elephant relatives 1.8 million years ago

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Legs of a juvenile female woolly mammoth named Yuka

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Woolly mammoth DNA exceptionally preserved in freeze-dried 'jerky'

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Tiny great ape fossils identified as new species from Europe

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Ancient geese stood 3 metres tall and weighed as much as a cow

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Fossil trove reveals three new species of ancient egg-laying mammals

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Exquisite fossils of Cretaceous shark solve mystery of how it hunted

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Fossil snake discovered in India may have been the largest ever

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Ancient marine reptile found on UK beach may be the largest ever

The jawbone of an ichthyosaur uncovered in south-west England has been identified as a new species, and researchers estimate that the whole animal was 20 to 25 metres long

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Flightless terror birds stalked Antarctica after the dinosaurs' demise

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Dinosaurs evolved feathers to scare prey, suggests robot experiment

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Exquisite Jurassic fossils reveal cannibalism in ancient fish

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Traces of ancient life reveal a 3.4-billion-year-old ecosystem

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