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An assistant compares a fossilised tooth of a giant whale called Leviathan against the whale's fossilised jaw at the Natural History Museum in Lima June 30, 2010. The fossil of a giant whale called Leviathan for having teeth bigger than a grown man's forearms has been found in Peru by paleontologis

Gigantic marine reptile's fossils found by British girl and father

Tridentinosaurus antiquus was discovered in the Italian Alps in 1931 and was thought to be an important specimen for understanding early reptile evolution

Mystery solved: Oldest fossil reptile found in the Alps is historical forgery

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Life reconstruction of Tutcetus rayanensis: A scene depicting two extinct basilosaurid whales, with the foreground individual preying on a nautilid cephalopod and another swimming in the background

Ancient fossil sheds light on how whales made move to water

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A honey bee

Mummified bees from time of King Solomon found off coast of Portugal

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Arenaerpeton supinatus

240-million-year-old giant amphibian fossil receives new recognition

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Jellyfish 370

Scientists find oldest fossilized jellyfish - study

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Perucetus colossus, an early whale from Peru that lived about 38-40 million years ago, a marine mammal built somewhat like a manatee that may have exceeded the mass of the blue whale, long considered the heftiest animal on record, is seen in an undated artist's rendition.

Ancient whale from Peru may be most massive animal ever on Earth

By REUTERS

Tuf Kerem Maharal Reserve

Experience the beauty and history of the Tuf Kerem Maharal Reserve

By ITSIK MAROM

Cretaceous carnivorous mammal Repenomamus robustus attacking the plant-eating dinosaur Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis

Dramatic fossil shows pugnacious mammal attacking a dinosaur

By REUTERS

Photograph of the whole specimen of Petrodacyle wellnhoferi.

The king takes flight: New pterosaur 'Elvis' receives scientific name

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Illustrative depiction of the Australopithecus Afarensis

Step this way: When did humans learn how to walk upright? - study

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3D reconstruction of the cranium and lower jaws of Crassigyrinus scoticus in articulation.

After nearly 100 years, scientists solve puzzle of ancient predator's skull

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A 67-million-year-old T-Rex skeleton named "TRX-293 TRINITY Tyrannosaurus" and measuring 11.6m long and 3.9m high, is seen during a preview at Koller auction house in Zurich, Switzerland March 29, 2023.

T-Rex skeleton sells for more than $6 million at Swiss auction

By REUTERS

Fruit Bat in daytime.

Researchers have discovered the oldest known bat skeletons

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

‘TO WHAT IS our generation enslaved? Oil and gas.’

Passover in the shadow of the climate crisis

By YOSEF ISRAEL ABRAMOWITZ

Mineralized fossils of Protomelission gatehousei from Wirrealpa, Australia.

Prehistoric ‘moss animals’ are millions of years younger than previously thought

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Replica of theropod footprints attributed to Megalosaurus

Record-breaking dinosaur footprint appears on the coast of England - study

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Fossil hippo skeleton and associated Oldowan artifacts at the Nyayanga site in July 2016

Ancient stone tools improve scientists' understanding of early hominins -study

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