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10 Breakthrough Discoveries That Shaped Modern Paleontology

Modern paleontology didn’t arrive with a single eureka moment – it grew out of a string of bold bets, lucky finds, and clever tools that turned stone into story. For decades, fossils were treated like cabinet curiosities; today, they are data-rich time capsules read with lasers, isotopes, and genomes. The field’s biggest advances now come ...