(CNN) — Ancient plant fossils that puzzled scientists have turned out not to be plants after all, new research has revealed. Instead, the small round shapes bearing a leaflike pattern were once the ...

Turtle shell fragments, which date back up to 50,000 years ago, were discovered at an archaeological site in Germany, posing questions about their origins, officials said. Photo from the State Office ...

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Paleontologists discover possible DNA remains in fossil turtle that lived 6 million years ago in Panama, where continents collide Leila Nilipour Currently, only seven species of sea turtles exist.

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