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Conjuring fossils, keepsakes, toys and relics, these nostalgic, tactile miniatures suggest that Duchamp, the consummate iconoclast, may have believed in the aesthetic, transformational power of art after all.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Researchers had previously found shuvosaur fossils from older and younger rock layers in the region, suggesting that additional species likely existed in between.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

In contrast, southern Patagonia had yielded only scattered fossils that could not confidently be assigned to a specific species.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Most T. proriger fossils have been found in Kansas and date to roughly 84 million years ago, while the new species primarily lived in what is now Texas about 80 million years ago.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Once they got down near the layer of fossils that Louis and Mary wanted to work on, Mary insisted on doing the last of the heavy work herself.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall



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