Prehistoric Mammal News

Posted September 5, 2008:

• DNA Shows That Last Woolly Mammoths Had North American Roots

Posted September 4, 2008:

• Molecular Evolution Is Echoed In Bat Ears

Posted July 16, 2008:

• Big Predatory Mammals Such As Felines Need Between 5 And 7 Different Types Of Prey To Meet Their Dietary Needs

Posted July 9, 2008:

• Big Brains Arose Twice In Higher Primates
• Fossil Feathers Preserve Evidence Of Color, Say Scientists

Posted July 2, 2008:

• Newcomer In Early Eurafrican Population?

Posted June 12, 2008:

• Woolly Mammoth Gene Study Changes Extinction Theory

Posted June 3, 2008:

• Evolution Of An Imprinted Domain In Mammals

Posted May 20, 2008:

• World First Discovery: Genes From Extinct Tasmanian Tiger Function In A Mouse

Posted May 7, 2008:

• Platypus Genome Explains Animal's Peculiar Features; Holds Clues To Evolution Of Mammals

Posted April 27, 2008:

• Dinosaurs Probably Lacked Tissue To Generate Heat

Posted March 26, 2008:

• Primitive Mouse-Like Creature May Be Ancestral Mother Of Australia's Unusual Pouched Mammals

Posted March 20, 2008:

• Cause Of Death Of Russian Baby Mammoth Discovered

Posted March 5, 2008:

• Giant Fossil Bats Out Of Africa, 35 Million Years Old

Posted January 15, 2008:

• Rapid Growth, Early Maturity Meant Teen Pregnancy For Dinosaurs

Posted December 21, 2007:

• Whales Descended From Tiny Deer-like Ancestors

Posted December 14, 2007:

• Andean Highlands In Chile Yield Ancient South American Armored Mammal Fossil
• Primitive Early Relative Of Armadillos Helps Rewrite Evolutionary Family Tree

Posted November 8, 2007:

• When Animals Evolve On Islands, Size Doesn't Matter

Posted November 4, 2007:

• Burrowing Mammals Dig For A Living, But How Do They Do That?

Posted October 26, 2007:

• Ancient DNA Reveals That Some Neanderthals Were Redheads

Posted October 10, 2007:

• Early Apes Walked Upright 15 Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, Evolutionary Biologist Argues

Posted September 27, 2007:

• DNA Extracted From Woolly Mammoth Hair

Posted September 20, 2007:

• Increased Bering Sea Ice Explains Prehistoric Fur Seal Rookeries

Posted July 30, 2007:

• Back To The Future: Mastodon Extends The Time Limit On DNA Sequencing

Posted July 24, 2007:

• Paleontologists Study A Remarkably Well-preserved Baby Siberian Mammoth

Posted July 10, 2007:

• Climate Change Reduces Bat Population In Queensland, Australia

Posted July 5, 2007:

• Wolves Of Alaska Became Extinct 12,000 Years Ago, Scientists Report

Posted June 22, 2007:

• Ice Age Extinction Claimed Highly Carnivorous Alaskan Wolves

Posted June 21, 2007:

• Placental Mammals Originated On Earth 65 Million Years Ago, Researchers Assert

Posted June 10, 2007:

• Ancient DNA Traces Woolly Mammoth's Disappearance

Posted May 23, 2007:

• Prehistoric Behavior And Ecology Of Northern Fur Seals Reconstructed

Posted May 8, 2007:

• An Ancient Bathtub Ring Of Mammoth Fossils

Posted April 18, 2007:

• Placental Mammals Newer Than Previously Thought

Posted April 4, 2007:

• Why Are There So Many More Species Of Insects? Because Insects Have Been Here Longer

Posted March 29, 2007:

• Dinosaur Extinction Didn't Cause The Rise Of Present-day Mammals, Claim Researchers

Posted March 15, 2007:

• Paleontologists Discover New Mammal From Mesozoic Era

Posted March 8, 2007:

• Human Pubic Lice Acquired From Gorillas Gives Evolutionary Clues

Posted February 28, 2007:

• Birth Rate, Competition Are Major Players In Hominid Extinctions

Posted February 8, 2007:

• Largest North America Climate Change In 65 Million Years, Study Shows

Posted January 23, 2007:

• Paleontologists Discover Most Primitive Primate Skeleton

Posted January 16, 2007:

• Big Vegetarian Mammals Can Play A Critical Role In Maintaining Healthy Ecosystems, Study Finds
• Why Are Lions Not As Big As Elephants?

Posted December 19, 2006:

• Fossil Discovery Turns Scientific Theory On Its Head

Posted December 18, 2006:

• Small Furry Mammal Was Capable Of Gliding Flight Possibly Before Birds

Posted December 14, 2006:

• Tiny Bones Rewrite Textbooks: First New Zealand Land Mammal Fossil

Posted October 23, 2006:

• New Dwarf Buffalo Discovered By Chance In The Philippines
• Researchers Give Name To Ancient Mystery Creature

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