Fossil News

Posted May 6, 2010:

• Neandertal Genome Sequence Published in Science
• Lake-Bed Trails Tell Ancient Fish Story

Posted May 3, 2010:

• Resurrected Mammoth Blood Very Cool

Posted May 1, 2010:

• How Important Is Geographical Isolation in Speciation?

Posted April 28, 2010:

• Rare 95 Million-Year-Old Flying Reptile Aetodactylus Halli Is New Pterosaur Genus, Species

Posted April 27, 2010:

• Fossil of Newly Discovered Species Found in Spain

Posted April 22, 2010:

• Retracing the Tracks of Dinosaurs Reveals Ecosystem the Size of a Continent

Posted April 20, 2010:

• How Ancient Flowering Plants Grew: Early Angiosperms Were Weedy, Fast-Growing
• Bone-Eating Worms 30 Million Years Old
• New Bony-Skulled Dinosaur Species Discovered in Texas
• Chinese Pigs 'Direct Descendants' of First Domesticated Breeds

Posted April 17, 2010:

• Urged on by Urchins: How Sea Lilies Got Their Get-Up-and-Go

Posted April 14, 2010:

• Creepy Crawly Cockroach Ancestor Revealed in New 3-D Model

Posted April 12, 2010:

• First Studies of Fossil of New Human Ancestor Take Place at the European Synchrotron

Posted April 8, 2010:

• New Hominid Shares Traits With Homo Species: Fossil Find Sheds Light on the Transition to Homo Genus from Earlier Hominids
• Thick-Shelled Turtle Species Lived With World's Biggest Snake, Reveals Fossil Found in Colombian Coal Mine

Posted April 6, 2010:

• Scientists to Unearth Ice Age Secrets from Preserved Tree Rings

Posted April 5, 2010:

• New Insects, Bacteria Uncovered in Dinosaur-Era Amber Deposit

Posted April 2, 2010:

• Ecologists Receive Mixed News from Fossil Record

Posted April 1, 2010:

• Dinosaur Skull Changed Shape During Growth

Posted March 31, 2010:

• Ancient Snakes Living on Madagascar
• Ancient Fossil Flea-Like Creature: Rare Body Parts Find Provides Vital Clues to Identity

Posted March 26, 2010:

• First Ever Southern Tyrannosaur Dinosaur Discovered

Posted March 25, 2010:

• New Bird Fossil Hints at More Undiscovered Chinese Treasures
• New Human Species Discovered: Mitochondrial Genome of Previously Unknown Hominins from Siberia Decoded

Posted March 24, 2010:

• New Dinosaur from Utah's Red Rocks

Posted March 23, 2010:

• How Dinosaurs Rose to Prominence

Posted March 22, 2010:

• Fossilized Feces Research Produces New Evidence Related to Giant Crocodile

Posted March 18, 2010:

• Fossil of Rare Armor-Plated Worm-Like Creature Discovered in Canada's Capital

Posted March 17, 2010:

• Jaws -- 4 Million BC: How an Extinct Shark Attacked Its Prey
• Flowering Plants May Be Considerably Older Than Previously Thought

Posted March 15, 2010:

• Fossil of Early Terrestrial Amphibian Discovered

Posted March 12, 2010:

• Fossil Bird Eggshell Provides Source of Ancient DNA
• Scientists Discover 600 Million-Year-Old Origins of Vision

Posted March 8, 2010:

• Archaeologists Amend Written History of China's First Emperor

Posted March 4, 2010:

• Oldest Known Dinosaur Relative Discovered

Posted March 3, 2010:

• 'Missing Link' Fossil Was Not Human Ancestor as Claimed, Anthropologists Say
• Strategic Research Program Needed to Determine Whether, How Past Climate Influenced Human Evolution

Posted March 2, 2010:

• 'Anaconda' Meets 'Jurassic Park': Fossil Snake from India Fed on Hatchling Dinosaurs

Posted March 1, 2010:

• Ancient DNA from Rare Fossil Reveals That Polar Bears Evolved Recently and Adapted Quickly
• DNA Sequence of Extinct Ancient Cattle Uncovered

Posted February 28, 2010:

• Giant Plankton-Eating Fishes Roamed Prehistoric Seas, Fossil Evidence Shows

Posted February 26, 2010:

• Ancient DNA Reveals Caribou History Linked to Volcanic Eruption

Posted February 24, 2010:

• New Dinosaur Discovered Head First, for a Change

Posted February 22, 2010:

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

Posted February 17, 2010:

• Putative Skull of St. Bridget Probably Not Authentic

Posted February 13, 2010:

• New Picture of Ancient Ocean Chemistry Argues for Chemically Layered Water

Posted February 12, 2010:

• Environmental Disaster in Southern Spain Compared With Cretaceous Mass Extinction

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