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  Cambrian

  The Cambrian is a major division of the geologic timescale that begins about 542 Ma (million years ago) at the end of the Proterozoic eon and ended about 488.3 Ma with the beginning of the Ordovician ... > more
• Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Anthropology
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  Origin of Life
  Evolution
   
  

  Homo antecessor

  Homo antecessor is an extinct hominin species that was discovered by E. Carbonell, J.L. Arsuaga and J.M. Bermudez de Castro. They are one of the earliest known hominins in Europe, with those from the ... > more
• Early Mammals
  Dinosaurs
  Paleontology
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  Origin of Life
  Early Climate
   
  

  Mastodon

  Mastodons or Mastodonts are members of an extinct genus Mammut of the order Proboscidea; they resembled, but were distinct from, the woolly mammoth. While mastodons were furry like woolly mammoths, ... > more
• Dinosaurs
  New Species
  Tyrannosaurus Rex
  Paleontology
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  Triceratops

  Triceratops, meaning "three-horned face", because it had three horns was a ceratopsid herbivorous dinosaur genus from the Latest Cretaceous period of what is now North America. It lived at around the ... > more
• Dinosaurs
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  Tyrannosaurus Rex
  Early Birds
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  Dinosaur

  Dinosaurs were vertebrate animals that dominated terrestrial ecosystems for over 160 million years, first appearing approximately 230 million years ago. At the end of the Cretaceous Period, 65 ... > more
• Tyrannosaurus Rex
  Dinosaurs
  Nature
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  Tyrannosaurus

  Tyrannosaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex, commonly abbreviated to T.rex was one of the largest land carnivores of all time. It hails from what is now ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Archaeology
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  Amarna letters

  The designation Amarna letters (sometimes "Amarna correspondence") denotes an archive of correspondence, mostly diplomatic, between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and ... > more
• Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Anthropology
  Cultures
  Fossils
  Evolution
   
  

  Homo floresiensis

  Homo floresiensis ("Man of Flores") is a species in the genus Homo, remarkable for its small body, small brain, and survival until relatively recent times. It is thought to have been contemporaneous ... > more
• Extinction
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  Extinction

  In biology and ecology, extinction is the cessation of existence of a species or group of taxa, reducing biodiversity. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Fossils
  Origin of Life
  Cultures
   
  

  Homo erectus

  Homo erectus ("upright man") is a hominin species that is believed to be an ancestor of modern humans (with Homo heidelbergensis usually treated as an intermediary step). The species is found from ... > more

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