Subject: Discovering Monsters: A 40-foot-long prehistoric snake and other giants from the past
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Discovering Monsters: A 40-foot-long prehistoric snake
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Incredible Fossil Finds
March 2012
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Discovering a Monster Snake
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In Colombia, the fossil of a 40-foot-long snake has stunned scientists, forcing them to rethink the nature of prehistoric life
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The Prehistoric Giants Hall of Fame
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A Baby Brachiosaur?
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Brachiosaurus was once thought to be the ultimate prehistoric titan, but we know surprisingly little about this Jurassic dinosaur
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New Hominid Species Unearthed in Chinese Caves?
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Fossils discovered in China may belong to a new species of hominid or they may be evidence that modern humans were more diverse thousands of years ago
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Top Ten Hominid Fantasy Finds
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You can't predict what the next major hominid discovery will be, but you can daydream about it
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Sipping From a Skull
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Archaeologists may have found the earliest examples of human skull cups
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A: There sure are. So many areas have yet to be searched that we may not run out of finds for several lifetimes. Just think: We've found only about 2,000 species of dinosaurs for the 160 million years they were alive. Given that a species lasts only a few million years, we must be missing many thousands of dinosaur species. The most promising places are out West; it's drier and paleontologists can get access to fossil-bearing rocks.
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