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‘Platypus-like’ fossil in China is oldest-known semiaquatic mammal-like animal

Ace History Desk – In short: A fossil of an ancient mammal relative with platypus-like appendages has been found in China. Megacauda sungei appears to be an early example of a semiaquatic mammal-like creature according to ABC Science News By environment reporter Peter de Kruijff Published: Thu 8 Oct 2026 at 1:58am The ancient animal lived about […]

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History is being rewritten at an archaeological site in Morocco. What the discovery of an ancient wall tells us

Ace History Desk – In the hills of north-west Morocco, overlooking the river that gives the site its name, research at Oued Beht is bringing to light a previously unknown chapter of the region’s past. The discovery of a substantial built structure suggests that, during the second millennium BC, communities in north-west Africa were actively […]