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Researchers name prehistoric amphibian ancestor discovered in Smithsonian collection after Kermit the Frog

Scientists have uncovered the fossilized skull of a 270-million-year-old ancient amphibian ancestor in the collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum…

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Tanks of the Triassic: New crocodile ancestor identified

Dinosaurs get all the glory. But aetosaurs, a heavily armored cousin of modern crocodiles, ruled the world before dinosaurs did.…

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A lost 22-page transcript discovered at the National Archives reveals the secret history of how Abraham Lincoln pardoned Joe Biden’s ancestor

Abraham Lincoln pardoned President Joe Biden’s great-great-grandfather, Moses J. Robinette, in 1864. Robinette was convicted after a fight with an…

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50 years ago, evidence showed that an extinct human ancestor walked upright

Fossils show man walked 3 million years ago — Science News, February 16, 1974 Anthropologist D. Carl Johanson … has…

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