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Fossils of the structures they put together were discovered in a rock samples

The shell on this creature was near-perfectly round, scientists say

The human inner ear may help investigators reach this objective

The creature fills out one of the missing links between anthropoids and humans

The animal went extinct several millions of years ago

The continent has a lot more biological diversity than first thought

Its complexity also appears to be increasing constantly

The discovery may lead to a new explanation for our planet's climate history

This hypothesis was maintained by researchers for a long time

It roamed the plains of Africa at the same time as Australopithecus afarensis

The number is smaller than those of similar lakes on Earth

The discovery was made during a new scientific study

Experts reconstructed the creatures using two fossilized specimens

The fossilized forest bears an eerie similarity to the city of Pompeii

Researchers show it had only stubs for arms, and little control over them

The two traits evolved in tandem to give predators an edge

This conundrum puzzles scientists studying how insects developed