Fossil News

Posted May 20, 2011:

• Peculiar Feeding Mechanism of the First Vertebrates

Posted May 19, 2011:

• China Fossil Shows Bird, Crocodile Family Trees Split Earlier Than Thought

Posted May 18, 2011:

• Imaging Technology Reveals Intricate Details of 49-Million-Year-Old Spider
• New Evidence Shows Mobile Animals Could Have Evolved Much Earlier Than Previously Thought

Posted May 17, 2011:

• Anthropologist Discovers New Fossil Primate Species in West Texas
• Genomic Archeology Reveals Early Evolution of Sex Chromosomes

Posted May 11, 2011:

• Neanderthals Died out Earlier Than Previously Thought, New Evidence Suggests

Posted May 5, 2011:

• Reptile 'Cousins' Shed New Light on End-Permian Extinction
• Horsetail Plant Developed Successful Set of Tools for Extreme Environments -- For Millions of Years

Posted May 4, 2011:

• Battle Scars Found on an Ancient Sea Monster
• First Rainforests Arose When Plants Solved Plumbing Problem

Posted May 3, 2011:

• No Nuts for 'Nutcracker Man': Early Human Relative Apparently Chewed Grass Instead
• Winners of Mass Extinction: With Predators Gone, Prey Thrive

Posted May 2, 2011:

• Endogenous Proteins Found in a 70-Million-Year-Old Giant Marine Lizard

Posted April 26, 2011:

• Plankton Fossils Tell Tale of Evolution and Extinction

Posted April 24, 2011:

• Fossil Sirenians, Related to Today's Manatees, Give Scientists New Look at Ancient Climate

Posted April 22, 2011:

• Jurassic Spider from China Is Largest Fossil Specimen Discovered

Posted April 20, 2011:

• Evolution of Human 'Super-Brain' Tied to Development of Bipedalism, Tool-Making
• Right-Handedness Prevailed 500,000 Years Ago

Posted April 19, 2011:

• Using Leaves' Characteristics Improves Accuracy Measuring Past Climates

Posted April 18, 2011:

• Oldest Known Toothache? Infection in Jaw of Ancient Reptilian Fossil Revealed
• Paleontologists Audition Modern Examples of Ancient Behavior

Posted April 17, 2011:

• Long-Sought Fossil Mammal With Transitional Middle Ear

Posted April 15, 2011:

• The Eyes Have It: Dinosaurs Hunted by Night

Posted April 14, 2011:

• Loch Fossils Show Life Harnessed Sun and Sex Early on

Posted April 13, 2011:

• Birds Inherited Strong Sense of Smell from Dinosaurs
• New Species of Dinosaur Bridges Gap in Dinosaur Family Tree

Posted April 11, 2011:

• New Genetic Study Helps Solve Darwin's Mystery About Ancient Evolution of Flowering Plants

Posted April 10, 2011:

• Ancient Fossils Hold Clues for Predicting Future Climate Change

Posted April 6, 2011:

• Did Dinosaurs Have Lice? Researchers Say It's Possible

Posted April 5, 2011:

• Ancient Enzymes: Protein Adaptation Shows That Life on Early Earth Lived in a Hot, Acidic Environment

Posted April 1, 2011:

• Green Toad Inhabited Iberian Peninsula One Million Years Ago
• Long Lost Cousin of T. Rex Identified by Scientists

Posted March 31, 2011:

• Fossil Is Best Look Yet at an Ancestor of Buttercups

Posted March 28, 2011:

• Remarkable Fossil Sea Creature -- 525 Million Years Old -- Shows Soft Parts of Body Including Tentacles

Posted March 23, 2011:

• Tree Resin Captures Key Evidence of Current and Ancient Insect Invasions
• First Image of Protein Residue in 50-Million-Year-Old Reptile Skin

Posted March 18, 2011:

• A New Evolutionary History of Primates

Posted March 17, 2011:

• Fossils Record Reveals Ancient Migrations, Trilobite Mass Matings

Posted March 16, 2011:

• Ancient 'Hyperthermals' Serve as Guide to Anticipated Climate Changes; Sudden Global Warming Events More Frequent?

Posted March 9, 2011:

• Fossil Bird Study Describes Ripple Effect of Extinction in Animal Kingdom

Posted March 4, 2011:

• Fossils of Horse Teeth Indicate 'You Are What You Eat'

Posted March 3, 2011:

• 'David and Goliath' Viruses Shed Light on the Origin of Jumping Genes

Posted March 1, 2011:

• Rare 89-Million-Year-Old Flying Reptile Fossil from Texas May Be World's Oldest Pteranodon

Posted February 28, 2011:

• Powerful Microscope Reveals Chemical Structure of Fossils

Posted February 19, 2011:

• Oldest Fossils of Large Seaweeds, Possible Animals Tell Story About Oxygen in an Ancient Ocean

Posted February 15, 2011:

• Earliest Humans Not So Different from Us, Research Suggests

Posted February 12, 2011:

• 3-D Digital Dinosaur Track Download: A Roadmap for Saving at-Risk Natural History Resources

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