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A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art might portray an ancient species preserved as fossils in the same region, according to a new study.

A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art might portray an ancient species preserved as fossils in the ...

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sign up for Science Friday's newsletters. September 12, 2024 • Samples of 2.5 billion-year-old mantle rocks found at spreading ocean ridges could put bounds on models of how the planet formed.

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Ancient human genomic data from Oakhurst Rockshelter in South Africa push back the earliest reported ancient DNA from the continent to the start of the Holocene, revealing surprising genetic ...