Paleontologists around the world published some incredible new finds and research in 2017. We count down the year’s most amazing, surprising, thought-provoking, and important stories.
In reverse chronological order, from a 130,000-year-old butchered mastodon from suburban San Diego, to many billion-year-old possible eukaryote fossils, here are the top paleontology stories of 2017.
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San Diego mastodon
Image by Holen et al.