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By examining fossilized bone tissue, a new study finds rapid growth was an asset for survivors of the Great Dying 250 million years ago, Earth’s largest mass extinction event.

This week, meet the first dinosaur ever discovered, prepare for 2024’s exciting space missions, see the “living skin” protecting the Great Wall of China, and more.

In a tribute to humankind's quest to explore the cosmos, two fossilized bones of ancient humans flew into space for the first time aboard Virgin Galactic's third commercial spaceflight on Sept. 8.

In consideration on the evolutionary selection's merciless tug-of-war regarding commodities, this one assumes that the giraffe's distinctive neck developed to grasp foliage that many competing plant-eaters cannot possibly grasp.

>> he was looking for skinny scientists. >> reporter: like many others, lindsey hunter answered bergers facebook ad. the dangerous job mostly filled with scientists who were able to crawl through the narrow passages. what they found was extraordinary. >> thats it. >> 1500 fossilized bones. coming up with the controversial conclusion that this is a burial ground. and that homo naledi could have used fire to light the way. >> we just encountered another species and took great risk and effort to di...

A fan of dinosaurs, the arlington resident said she cannot wait to be back when she is 14. >> the t-rex is five foot tall, about a foot taller than me. so this humongous sculpture. >> young and old, it lives in all of us. in northwest d.c., abc 7 news. >> dinosaurs are just the coolest. >> wow. >> total wow. >> listen to this. look how heavy this is. fossilized bones, seven tons. imagine when it was fleshed out how much it weighs. seven tons, the fossilized bones. >> this was discovered in monta...