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Friday, May 9, 2008

Animal Interaction Behind Cambrian Explosion? 'Missing' Ancestors Of Today's Animals May Not Be Missing After All

An event as simple as the world's first bite may have sparked an ancient "explosion" of life 500 million years ago that led ...  > full story

Dinosaur Bones Reveal Ancient Bug Bites

Paleontologists have long been perplexed by dinosaur fossils with missing pieces -- sets of teeth without a jaw bone, bones that are pitted and grooved, even bones that are half gone. ...  > full story

Asteroid Impact 65 Million Years Ago Triggered A Global Hail Of Carbon Beads

The asteroid presumed to have wiped out the dinosaurs struck the Earth with such force that carbon deep in the Earth's crust liquefied, ...  > full story

Sun's Movement Through Milky Way Regularly Sends Comets Hurtling, Coinciding With Mass Life Extinctions

A new study suggests the solar system passes through the plane of the galaxy every 35 to 40 million years. The period coincides ...  > full story
 

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