Fossils & Ruins News

Posted June 10, 1998:

• Yale Scientists Recreate Molecular "Fossils," Now Extinct, That May Have Existed At The Beginning Of Life

Posted May 29, 1998:

• Tests Reveal True Age Of Controversial Jinmium Aboriginal Rock Shelter

Posted May 20, 1998:

• Indonesian New Guinea Inhabited For More Than Ten Thousand Years

Posted May 19, 1998:

• Scientists Unearth Well-Preserved Remains Of A Predatory Dinosaur In Madagascar

Posted May 15, 1998:

• Biochemists Gain Crystal-Clear Insight Into 'Ancient' Enzyme

Posted May 12, 1998:

• New Fossil Discoveries Clinch Ancient Age Of Human Ancestor

Posted May 11, 1998:

• Interplanetary Dust May Cause Climate Change, Gradual Extinction

Posted May 6, 1998:

• Gene Study Shows Mammals Lived Before Extinction Of The Dinosaurs

Posted April 28, 1998:

• Extreme Droughts Played Major Role In Tragedies At Jamestown, "Lost Colony"

Posted April 10, 1998:

• Buried Site Created To Show Students How To Do Non-Invasive Research

Posted April 3, 1998:

• Oldest Astronomical Megalith Alignment Discovered In Egypt By Science Team
• Anthropologist Uses Engineering, Mathematics To Show Short-Legged Human Ancestors Were Very Efficient Walkers

Posted April 2, 1998:

• Ancient Meteorite Collapsed Margin, Spawned Giant Submarine Avalanches
• How Did Life Begin? Biochemical Evolution On Mineral Surfaces

Posted March 31, 1998:

• Nova/PBS Online Adventures Travels To Easter Island
• Excavations In Prehistoric Chinese Cave Uncover Unusual Collections Of Large Mammals

Posted March 26, 1998:

• Stone 'Jigsaw Puzzles' Yield Clues About Mysterious Saharan Nomads

Posted March 25, 1998:

• Significant Dinosaur Tracksite Discovered In Wyoming

Posted March 24, 1998:

• Researchers Announce Discovery Of Skulls Of Bizarre Animals Showing Advanced Stage In Transition Between Dinosaurs And Birds

Posted March 17, 1998:

• Crater Chain On Two Continents Points To Impact From Fragmented Comet

Posted March 16, 1998:

• New Sickle-Clawed Fossil From Madagascar Links Birds And Dinosaurs

Posted March 13, 1998:

• More Evidence Points To Impact As Dinosaur Killer

Posted February 27, 1998:

• Recovery From Mass Extinction Is Unexpectedly Diverse

Posted February 16, 1998:

• NASA Radar Reveals Hidden Remains At Ancient Angkor

Posted February 9, 1998:

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

Posted February 2, 1998:

• American Museum Of Natural History Researchers Announce Discovery Of Oldest Known Fossil Ants - 92-Million-Year-Old Fossils Found In New Jersey Amber

Posted January 28, 1998:

• Archaeological CD-ROM Breaks New Ground

Posted January 7, 1998:

• Mummy Dearest -- “Mysterious Mummies of China” On NOVA
• New Study Shows Dinosaurs From Gobi Desert Site Killed In Sudden "Sand Slides" Falling From Dunes - Study Also Reports First Dinosaur Tracks From Gobi

Posted December 27, 1997:

• Testing Shows Titanic Steel Was Brittle

Posted December 16, 1997:

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

Posted December 10, 1997:

• Sandia National Labs Scientists Use Digital Paleontology To Produce Voice Of Parasaurolophus Dinosaur

Posted October 27, 1997:

• Embryo Studies Show Dinosaurs Could Not Have Given Rise To Modern Birds

Posted October 21, 1997:

• Dinosaur Footprints Trek Across The Southwest

Posted October 20, 1997:

• Clues To Horse Extinction Point To Gritty Grass, Climate Change

Posted October 19, 1997:

• Clues To Horse Extinctions Point To Gritty Grass, Climate Change

Posted October 16, 1997:

• Yaba-Daba-Glue! Stone-Age Use Of Collagen Discovered

Posted October 15, 1997:

• Colorado State Anthropologist Finds Fossil Treasures In Africa

Posted October 10, 1997:

• Purdue Study Finds Prehistoric Couch Potato

Posted September 30, 1997:

• Notre Dame Paleontologist Finds Damage Done To T. Rex Skull

Posted September 23, 1997:

• Archaeologists Identify Oldest Existing Mound Complex In New World

Posted September 22, 1997:

• University Of Cincinnati Archaeologists Uncover Statue Of Roman Emperor Augustus

Posted September 17, 1997:

• Largest Tyrannosaur Fossil Unearthed In Montana

Posted August 15, 1997:

• Where Fossils Fear To Tread: Scientists Follow Genes To An Ancient Ancestor

Posted June 12, 1997:

• Speedy Land Travelers Or Seagoing Sailors? Temple Archaeologist Investigates Earliest Americans

Posted March 24, 1997:

• The Rustless Wonder: A Study Of The Iron Pillar In Delhi

Posted March 14, 1997:

• New Study Boosts Idea Of Past Life On Mars

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