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Triple Fossil Find Puts Australia Back On The Dinosaur Map
Scientists have discovered
three new species of
Australian dinosaur
discovered in a prehistoric
billabong in Western
Queensland: two giant,
... > full story
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
Ferns Took To The Trees And Thrived
As flowering plants like
giant trees quickly rose to
dominate plant communities
during the Cretaceous
period, the ferns that had
preceded them hardly saw it
as a disappointment. ... > 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
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Biogenic Origin For Earth's Oldest Putative Microfossils
July 2, 2009 — Microbes and bacteria were the first living organisms on Earth, and they can be preserved in Archean silica-rich rocks. One such outcrop from western Australia, dated to 3.5 billion years ago, may ... > full story -
Discovery Of Elephants' Oldest Known Relative
June 26, 2009 — Paleontologists have discovered one of the oldest modern ungulates related to the elephant ... > full story -
54-million-year-old Skull Reveals Early Evolution Of Primate Brains
June 23, 2009 — Researchers have developed the first detailed images of a primitive primate brain, unexpectedly revealing that cousins of our earliest ancestors relied on smell more than ... > full story -
Sudden Collapse In Ancient Biodiversity: Was Global Warming The Culprit?
June 19, 2009 — Scientists have unearthed striking evidence for a sudden ancient collapse in plant biodiversity. A trove of 200 million-year-old fossil leaves collected in East Greenland tells the story, carrying ... > full story -
Size Did Matter: Evidence Of Giant Sperm Found In Microfossils
June 19, 2009 — The mystery of giant sperm present in some living animal groups today has now taken on a new dimension -- in one group of micro-crustaceans new evidence shows that it is a feature at least 100 ... > full story -
Humans More Related To Orangutans Than Chimps, Study Suggests
June 18, 2009 — New evidence underscores the theory of human origin that suggests humans most likely share a common ancestor with orangutans. The researchers reject as "problematic" the popular suggestion, based on ... > full story -
Ancient Ice Age, Once Regarded As Brief 'Blip' Found To Have Lasted For 30 Million Years
June 17, 2009 — Geologists have shown that an ancient ice age, once regarded as a brief "blip," in fact lasted for 30 million ... > full story -
Sands Of Gobi Desert Yield New Species Of Nut-cracking Dinosaur
June 17, 2009 — Plants or meat: that's about all that fossils ever tell paleontologists about a dinosaur's diet. But the skull characteristics of a new species of parrot-beaked dinosaur and its associated gizzard ... > full story -
Fossil Teeth Of Three-toed Browsing Horse Found In Panama Canal Earthworks
June 17, 2009 — Rushing to salvage fossils from the Panama Canal earthworks, a paleontology intern unearthed a set of fossil teeth. Experts identified the fossil as Anchitherium clarencei, a three-toed browsing ... > full story -
Sediment Yields Climate Record For Past Half-million Years
June 16, 2009 — Researchers here have used sediment from the deep ocean bottom to reconstruct a record of ancient climate that dates back more than the last half-million years. The record, trapped within the top 20 ... > full story
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