Fossils & Ruins News

Posted January 2, 2008:

• Fresh Fossil Evidence Of Eye Forerunner Uncovered
• Riddle Of The Jade Jewels Reveals Vast Trade Arena

Posted December 27, 2007:

• Climatic Chain Reaction Caused Runaway Greenhouse Effect 55 Million Years Ago

Posted December 26, 2007:

• Will Beetles Inherit The Earth? Evolutionary Study Reveals Their Long-Term Success
• Where And Why Humans Made Skates Out Of Animal Bones

Posted December 25, 2007:

• Unknown Monumental Building Of Herod The Great (73-4 BC) Unearthed

Posted December 22, 2007:

• Geologists Say 'Wall Of Africa' Allowed Humanity To Emerge

Posted December 21, 2007:

• Ancient Egyptian Glassmaking Recreated
• Whales Descended From Tiny Deer-Like Ancestors
• Stunning Survey Unveils New Secrets Of Caistor Roman Town
• Arctic Impact Crater Lake Reveals Interglacial Cycles In Sediments

Posted December 20, 2007:

• Monkeys Can Perform Mental Addition

Posted December 18, 2007:

• Ancient Fish Bones Reveal Impacts Of Global Warming Beneath The Sea
• Evolution With A Restricted Number Of Genes

Posted December 17, 2007:

• Ape To Human: Walking Upright May Have Protected Heavy Human Babies
• Student Identifies Enormous New Dinosaur
• Ancient Flood Disrupted Ocean Circulation And Triggered Climate Cooling

Posted December 16, 2007:

• Analysis Of Documentary Photos Revises History

Posted December 15, 2007:

• Losses Of Long-Established Genes Contribute To Human Evolution

Posted December 14, 2007:

• Captain Kidd's Shipwreck Of 1699 Discovered
• Andean Highlands In Chile Yield Ancient South American Armored Mammal Fossil
• Primitive Early Relative Of Armadillos Helps Rewrite Evolutionary Family Tree
• Present-Day Species Of Piranha Resulted From Marine Incursion Into Amazon Basin

Posted December 13, 2007:

• Adapting To Pregnancy Played Key Role In Human Evolution, Study Shows

Posted December 12, 2007:

• Massive Dinosaur Discovered In Antarctica Sheds Light On Life, Distribution Of Sauropodomorphs

Posted December 11, 2007:

• Are Humans Evolving Faster? Findings Suggest We Are Becoming More Different, Not Alike
• Ice Ages And Rivers May Have Affected Gorilla Diversification
• Genome Study Places Modern Humans In Evolutionary Fast Lane

Posted December 10, 2007:

• Ancient Maya Marketplace Located, Challenges Views On Goods Distribution

Posted December 8, 2007:

• Ancient Blood Found On Sculptures From Kingdom Of Mali
• Most Ancient Case Of Tuberculosis Found In 500,000-Year-Old Human; Points To Modern Health Issues

Posted December 6, 2007:

• Did Early Southwestern Indians Ferment Corn And Make Beer?

Posted December 5, 2007:

• Neanderthal Children Grew Up Fast
• Cosmopolitan Microbes: Hitchhikers On Darwin's Dust
• Life On Earth May Have Originated As The Organic Filling In A Multilayer Sandwich Of Mica Sheets

Posted December 4, 2007:

• Fossils Excavated From Bahamian Blue Hole May Give Clues Of Early Life

Posted December 3, 2007:

• Rodent Fossils Provide Data On Climate Six Million Years Ago
• Dinosaur Mummy Found With Fossilized Skin And Soft Tissues

Posted December 1, 2007:

• Prehistoric Forest Emerges From Farmer's Pond

Posted November 30, 2007:

• How Our Ancestors Were Like Gorillas

Posted November 29, 2007:

• Group Selection, A Theory Whose Time Has Come ... Again

Posted November 28, 2007:

• Gene Study Supports Single Main Migration Across Bering Strait

Posted November 27, 2007:

• Remains Of Ancient Synagogue With Unique Mosaic Floor Found In Galilee
• Flowering Plants Evolved Very Quickly Into Five Groups

Posted November 26, 2007:

• Petrified Velvet Worms From 425 Million Years Ago Reveal True Ecology Of Distant Past

Posted November 24, 2007:

• Is The Beauty Of A Sculpture In The Brain Of The Beholder?

Posted November 23, 2007:

• Tiny DNA Molecules Show Liquid Crystal Phases, Pointing Up New Scenario For First Life On Earth

Posted November 21, 2007:

• Giant Fossil Sea Scorpion Bigger Than Man

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