Prehistoric Mammal News

Posted December 4, 2003:

• New Fossils From Ethiopia Open A Window On Africa's "Missing Years"

Posted November 25, 2003:

• Book Offers Overview Of Cave Paleontology

Posted October 31, 2003:

• Ultra-Low Oxygen Could Have Triggered Die-Offs, Spurred Bird Breathing System

Posted September 23, 2003:

• Bones From French Cave Show Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon Hunted Same Prey

Posted February 25, 2003:

• Evidence Acquits Clovis People Of Ancient Killings, Archaeologists Say

Posted February 19, 2003:

• Methane And Mini-Horses: Fossils Reveal Effects Of Global Warming

Posted January 24, 2003:

• Prehistoric Tusks Point To Earliest Fossil Evidence Of Differences Between Sexes

Posted January 22, 2003:

• Prehistoric NW Indians Hunted Fur Seals Of Sustainable Basis

Posted January 17, 2003:

• Early Mammals Used Pelvic Bones To Trot, Study Finds

Posted May 9, 2002:

• Researchers Discover Clues To Whale Evolution

Posted April 18, 2002:

• Scientists Push Back Primate Origins From 65 Million To 85 Million Years Ago

Posted March 25, 2002:

• Excavations In Eastern Europe Reveal Ancient Human Lifestyles

Posted February 19, 2002:

• Scientists Look To Europe As Evolutionary Seat

Posted January 21, 2002:

• Gondwana Split Sorts Out Mammalian Evolution

Posted November 19, 2001:

• Alligators On A Treadmill Hint How Dinosaurs Breathed; Rotating Bone In Pelvis Helps Gators Walk And Breathe Simultaneously

Posted November 8, 2001:

• Why The Big Animals Went Down In The Pleistocene: Was It Just The Climate?

Posted October 25, 2001:

• Blame North America Megafauna Extinction On Climate Change, Not Human Ancestors

Posted September 24, 2001:

• Surprising Link Between Body Size And Extinction Risk

Posted September 20, 2001:

• New Fossils Suggest Whales And Hippos Are Close Kin

Posted July 30, 2001:

• Dinosaurs Grew Rapidly, Say Florida State University Researchers

Posted June 8, 2001:

• Earliest Efficient Chewing Herbivore Ever Found Spurred Animal Life On Land
• Humans Hunted Mammals To Extinction In North America

Posted May 25, 2001:

• Researchers Discover Fossil Of Tiny Mammal From Early Jurassic; Discovery Provides Important New Evidence On The Earliest Evolution Of Mammals

Posted January 11, 2001:

• New Fossil Study Rejects "Eve Theory" And Supports Diverse Ancestry Of Modern Humans

Posted November 20, 2000:

• Fossil Teeth Of Extinct North American Rhinos Reveal An Aquatic Lifestyle Similar To Modern Hippos

Posted November 2, 2000:

• Newly Found Bipedal Reptile Fossil Predates Dinosaurs By More Than 60 Million Years

Posted October 23, 2000:

• Dinosaurs: New Study Counters Age-Old Theory

Posted June 13, 2000:

• Meaty Discovery: Neandertal Bone Chemistry Provides Food For Thought

Posted May 16, 2000:

• Images Of Evolution: DNA Leaves Fossils In The Dust

Posted April 21, 2000:

• Scientists Discover 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur With A Heart

Posted February 28, 2000:

• Fossil Discovery Has Implications For Patterns Of Evolution

Posted October 22, 1999:

• Discovery Of Oldest Dinosaur Bones Reported In Science

Posted September 3, 1999:

• Jurassic Period Mammal Teeth Found -- Prevailing Theories Challenged

Posted June 7, 1999:

• Gone But Not Forgotten: Bring Back North American Elephants

Posted March 11, 1999:

• Important New Fossil Animal Discovered By South African Scientists

Posted March 1, 1999:

• Scientists Devise Method To Address Conflict Between Molecular Clock, Fossil Record Of Mammalian Evolution

Posted January 22, 1999:

• Rare Fossil Shows Theropod Dinosaurs Are Fast, Dangerous 'Turbocharged' Reptiles

Posted December 14, 1998:

• Study Associates Asteroid Or Comet Impact With Extinctions In Argentina

Posted December 10, 1998:

• First Complete Fossil Of Fierce Prehistoric Predator Found In South Africa

Posted December 3, 1998:

• Discovery Of New Fossils In Gobi Desert Of Mongolia Provides Important Insight Into Early Mammal Evolution

Posted October 2, 1998:

• New Studies Shed Light On Facial Features Of Popular Dinosaurs

Posted July 21, 1998:

• New Technique For Analyzing DNA In Fossil Dung Could Help Scientists Sort The Details Of Megafauna Extinction

Posted May 6, 1998:

• Gene Study Shows Mammals Lived Before Extinction Of The Dinosaurs

Posted February 9, 1998:

• New Dinosaur Finds In Antarctica Paint Fuller Picture Of Past Ecosystem

Posted December 16, 1997:

• Skull Of Refrigerator-Size Ancient Armadillo Finds A Home At UF

Posted October 15, 1997:

• Colorado State Anthropologist Finds Fossil Treasures In Africa

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