- ... that fossil specimens of the extinct scorpionfly family Dinopanorpidae, which includes Dinopanorpa and Dinokanaga, sometimes have preserved dark with light to clear color patterning?
- ... that extinct diadectid reptiliomorphs (life restoration pictured) were the first large herbivorous land animals?
- ... that during the third kingdom of Ebla, Hadad and Ishtar became the city's most important deities?
- ...that the extinct marine reptile Kaganaias is the only ancient aquatic scaled reptile to be found in Asia?
- ... that the 45,000-year-old remains of Ust'-Ishim man are the oldest modern human genome to be fully sequenced to date?