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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
Plants Save The Earth From An Icy Doom
When glaciers advanced over
much of the Earth's surface
during the last ice age,
what kept the planet from
freezing over entirely? This
has been a puzzle to climate
scientists because leading
... > 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
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Mid-Pliocene Asian Monsoon Intensification And The Onset Of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation
July 2, 2009 — The late Pliocene onset of major Northern Hemisphere glaciation is one of the most important steps in the Cenozoic global cooling. Although most attempts have been focused on high-latitude climate ... > full story -
New Fossil Primate Suggests Common Asian Ancestor, Challenges Primates Such As 'Ida'
July 1, 2009 — A new fossil primate from Myanmar (previously known as Burma) suggests that the common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from primates in Asia, not Africa as many researchers ... > full story -
Dino Tooth Sheds New Light On Ancient Riddle: Major Group Of Dinosaurs Had Unique Way Of Eating
June 30, 2009 — Microscopic analysis of scratches on dinosaur teeth has helped scientists unravel an ancient riddle of what a major group of dinosaurs ate -- and exactly how they did it! Now for the first time, a ... > 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 -
Ancient Climate Change: When Palm Trees Gave Way To Spruce Trees
June 25, 2009 — One long-standing climate puzzle relates to the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene. Profound changes were underway. Globally, carbon dioxide levels were falling and the hothouse warmth of the dinosaur ... > full story -
Latest In Technology Looks Into Some Old Bones
June 25, 2009 — Many of us have broken bones in our bodies at one time or another, and when this happens a healing process begins. The same was true of animals in the past, and has been well documented in all groups ... > full story -
How Big A Role Does Chance Play In The History Of Life?
June 23, 2009 — Researchers have discovered a group of closely related living species that independently repeated the different step-like changes that occurred in the major diversification of their kind during the ... > 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 -
Social Competition May Be Reason For Bigger Brain
June 23, 2009 — For the past 2 million years, the size of the human brain has tripled, growing much faster than other mammals. Examining the reasons for human brain expansion, researchers studied three common ... > full story -
Dinosaurs May Have Been Smaller Than Previously Thought
June 22, 2009 — The largest animals ever to have walked the face of the earth may not have been as big as previously thought, according to a new ... > full story
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