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  • Paleontologists have found the oldest fossil evidence of parasites in Yunnan, China. (Ping An Chang, Wikimedia Commons)
    Earth's First Parasite
    Walker Rhea
    In 2020 paleontologists found the oldest fossil evidence of a parasite ever, in 540 million-year-old rocks in Yunnan Province, China.
  • Some hominins were named Denisovans after the cave in Russsia where their fossils were originally found. (Deminalex, Wikimedia Commons)
    The "Ghost" Hominin
    Walker Rhea
    It's interesting that modern anthropologists can do more than just study fossil bones and teeth. Ancient remains sometimes contain surviving DNA, and this has let scientists study the genomes of both the Neanderthals and the Denisovans.
  • Can You Dig It? Meet Martinsville's Amateur Paleontologist
    Steve Bodi spends his vacations hunting for fossils out West. You just might lose your head over his latest find.