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Cave diver explores a Mexican sinkhole in atmospheric photograph

This claustrophobia-inducing image is taken from photographer Martin Broen's new book Light in the Underworld, a collection of shots from the Yucatán’s cenotes, or sinkholes

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Cave diver explores a Mexican sinkhole in atmospheric photograph

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Genome of Neanderthal fossil reveals lost tribe cut off for millennia

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We now know that life began on Earth much earlier than we thought

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A colourised, microscopic image of a 4.4 billion-year-old zircon
Donald Johanson excavating Lucy

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Donald Johanson: Unearthing Lucy changed my life and the world

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Early humans began wiping out elephant relatives 1.8 million years ago

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Jurassic fossils show modern mammals grow faster than ancient ones

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Giant salamander-like predator roamed Namibia 280 million years ago

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An illustration of the newly identified species, called Haliskia peterseni

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Australian pterosaur had a huge tongue to help gulp down prey

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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

Six full-body fossils of Ptychodus sharks have been formally analysed for the first time, revealing that they were fast swimmers that preyed on shelled creatures

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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

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Artistic reconstruction of Pebanista yacuruna

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Extinct freshwater dolphin from the Amazon was largest of all time

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Mammoth carcass was scavenged by ancient humans and sabre-toothed cats

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