Prehistoric Mammal News

Posted October 21, 2010:

• Evidence Is Weak for Tropical Rainforest 65 Million Years Ago in Africa's Low Latitudes, Paleobotanist Says

Posted October 15, 2010:

• What Did Tyrannosaurus Rex Eat? Each Other

Posted October 13, 2010:

• Giant Sperm Whale from the Miocene Period Discovered in Peru

Posted October 11, 2010:

• New Understanding of Bizarre Extinct Mammal: Shares Common Ancestor With Rodents, Primates

Posted September 29, 2010:

• First Genetic Evidence for Loss of Teeth in the Common Ancestor of Baleen Whales
• Species Accumulate on Earth at Slower Rates Than in the Past, Computational Biologists Say

Posted September 7, 2010:

• Woolly Mammoth, Woolly Rhinoceros and Reindeer Lived on Iberian Peninsula 150,000 Years Ago, Findings Show

Posted August 24, 2010:

• How Giant Tortoises, Alligators Thrived in High Arctic 50 Million Years Ago
• Carnivore Species Shrank During Global Warming Event

Posted August 17, 2010:

• Dwindling Green Pastures, Not Hunting, May Have Killed Off the Mammoth

Posted August 4, 2010:

• Mammal-Like Crocodile Fossil Found in East Africa, Scientists Report

Posted July 14, 2010:

• Fossil Find Puts a Face on Early Primates

Posted July 1, 2010:

• Extinction of Woolly Mammoth, Saber-Toothed Cat May Have Been Caused by Human Predators

Posted June 30, 2010:

• Human-Made Global Warming Started With Ancient Hunters

Posted June 16, 2010:

• Dinosaur-Chewing Mammals Leave Behind Oldest Known Tooth Marks

Posted June 14, 2010:

• Warm-Blooded Marine Reptiles at the Time of the Dinosaurs

Posted June 8, 2010:

• Some Like It Hot: Site of Human Evolution Was Scorching

Posted May 28, 2010:

• How Whales Have Changed Over 35 Million Years

Posted May 24, 2010:

• Were Dinosaurs Warm Or Cold-Blooded? First Method for Directly Measuring Body Temperatures of Extinct Vertebrates

Posted May 18, 2010:

• Climate Change Played Major Role in Mass Extinction of Mammals 50,000 Years Ago, Study Finds

Posted May 6, 2010:

• Lake-Bed Trails Tell Ancient Fish Story

Posted May 3, 2010:

• Resurrected Mammoth Blood Very Cool

Posted April 20, 2010:

• Bone-Eating Worms 30 Million Years Old

Posted March 16, 2010:

• Jaws -- 4 Million BC: How an Extinct Shark Attacked Its Prey

Posted March 10, 2010:

• Fossil Bird Eggshell Provides Source of Ancient DNA

Posted March 1, 2010:

• Ancient DNA from Rare Fossil Reveals That Polar Bears Evolved Recently and Adapted Quickly

Posted February 19, 2010:

• Link Between Marine Algae and Whale Diversity Over Last 30 Million Years, Study Finds

Posted February 12, 2010:

• Human Gait Adapted for Efficient Walking at the Cost of Efficient Running

Posted February 2, 2010:

• Ancient Crocodile Relative Likely Food Source for Titanoboa, Largest Snake Ever Known

Posted January 31, 2010:

• Why Did Mammals Survive the 'K/T Extinction'?

Posted December 22, 2009:

• Fossil Shelved for a Century Reworks Carnivore Family Tree: Limbs Changes Understanding of Early Carnivore Locomotion

Posted December 17, 2009:

• Ancient Pygmy Sea Cow Discovered
• Mammals May Be Nearly Half Way Toward Mass Extinction

Posted December 15, 2009:

• Ancient Origins of Modern Opossum Revealed
• Why Does a Human Baby Need a Full Year Before Starting to Walk?

Posted December 14, 2009:

• Previously Unknown Gene Is Unique to Placental Mammals
• Mammoths Hung on Longer? Late-Surviving Megafauna Exposed by Ancient DNA in Frozen Soil

Posted December 10, 2009:

• DNA Sheds New Light on Horse Evolution

Posted December 2, 2009:

• Antarctica Served as Climatic Refuge in Earth's Greatest Extinction Event

Posted November 27, 2009:

• Mass Extinction: Why Did Half of N. America's Large Mammals Disappear 40,000 to 10,000 Years Ago?

Posted November 10, 2009:

• Warm-Blooded Dinosaurs Worked Up A Sweat

Posted November 6, 2009:

• Discovery Of The Oldest European Marsupial In Southwest France

Posted November 2, 2009:

• New Clues To Extinct Falklands Wolf Mystery

Posted October 8, 2009:

• New Mesozoic Mammal: Discovery Illuminates Mammalian Ear Evolution While Dinosaurs Ruled

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Small Mammals Have A 'Celtic Fringe' Too

Posted September 27, 2009:

• HIV’s Ancestors May Have Plagued First Mammals

Posted September 24, 2009:

• Getting A Leg Up On Whale And Dolphin Evolution: New Comprehensive Analysis Sheds Light On The Origin Of Cetaceans

Posted September 4, 2009:

• Molecular Decay Of Enamel-Specific Gene In Toothless Mammals Supports Theory Of Evolution

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