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There was a lot of luck as to which Cretaceous creatures made it through, but some features were definitely an advantage.

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Witch bottles are part of a folk tradition from the 18th and 19th centuries that involves placing glass bottles in a house to ...

Such longevity makes H. erectus by far the most successful human of all time. To put this extraordinary shift into context, ...

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Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, ...