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Friday, July 3, 2009

Giant Moa Rebuilt Using Ancient DNA From Prehistoric Feathers

Scientists have performed the first DNA-based reconstruction of the giant extinct moa bird, using prehistoric feathers recovered from caves and ...  > full story

New Fossil Primate Suggests Common Asian Ancestor, Challenges Primates Such As 'Ida'

A new fossil primate from Myanmar (previously known as Burma) suggests that the common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes evolved ...  > full story

Darwin Killed Off The Werewolf

It was Darwinian theory that did away with the werewolf. The publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species exactly 150 years ago focused minds on a different kind of monster ...  > full story

Paleolithic Bone Flute Discovered: Earliest Musical Tradition Documented In Southwestern Germany

Researchers in Germany have unearthed new evidence for Paleolithic music in the form of the remains of one nearly complete bone flute ...  > full story
 

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