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Bird-from-Dinosaur Theory of Evolution Challenged: Was It the Other Way Around?
February 10, 2010 — A new study provides yet more evidence that birds did not descend from ground-dwelling theropod dinosaurs, experts say, and continues to challenge decades of accepted theories about the evolution of ... > full story -
Why Did Mammals Survive the 'K/T Extinction'?
February 10, 2010 — Picture a dinosaur. Huge, menacing creatures, they ruled the Earth for nearly 200 million years, striking fear with every ground-shaking stride. Yet these great beasts were no match for a 6-mile wide ... > full story -
Dinosaur Had Vibrant Colors, Microscopic Fossil Clues Reveal
February 5, 2010 — Deciphering microscopic clues hidden within fossils, scientists have uncovered the vibrant colors that adorned a feathered dinosaur extinct for 150 million ... > full story -
Learning from Climate's Sedimental Journey
February 4, 2010 — By analyzing sediments up to 4,000 years old, an environmental scientist is hoping to provide a tool to help predict future climate change. Ancient records of what was happening with climate ... > full story -
Ancient Crocodile Relative Likely Food Source for Titanoboa, Largest Snake Ever Known
February 3, 2010 — A 60-million-year-old relative of crocodiles was likely a food source for Titanoboa, the largest snake the world has ever known. Paleontologists found fossils of the new species of ancient crocodile ... > full story -
Fossils Show Earliest Animal Trails
February 3, 2010 — Trails found in rocks dating back 565 million years are thought to be the earliest evidence of animal locomotion ever found. The newly-discovered fossils, from rocks in Newfoundland in Canada, were ... > full story -
Last Ancestor Humans Shared With Worms Had Sophisticated Brain, microRNAs Show
February 2, 2010 — The last ancestor we shared with worms, which roamed the seas around 600 million years ago, may already have had a sophisticated brain. Fossils cannot give us this information, but scientists have ... > full story -
Rotting Fish Heads: Novel Studies of Decomposition Shed New Light on Our Earliest Fossil Ancestry
February 1, 2010 — Decaying corpses are usually the domain of forensic scientists, but palaeontologists have discovered that studying rotting fish sheds new light on our earliest ... > full story -
New Species of Tyrannosaur Discovered in Southwestern U.S.
February 1, 2010 — A new species of tyrannosaur has been discovered in the Bisti/De-na-zin Wilderness of New Mexico. Bistahieversor was different from other tyrannosauroids in having an extra opening above its eye, a ... > full story -
Dinosaur Discovery Helps Solve Piece of Evolutionary Puzzle
January 29, 2010 — An expedition to the Gobi Desert has enabled researchers to solve the puzzle of how one group of dinosaurs came to look like birds independent of birds. Until now, there was no direct evidence that ... > full story -
Color of Dinosaur Feathers Identified
January 28, 2010 — The color of some feathers on dinosaurs and early birds has been identified for the first time. The research found that the theropod dinosaur Sinosauropteryx had simple bristles -- precursors of ... > full story -
Last Neanderthals in Europe Died out 37,000 Years Ago
January 27, 2010 — The last Neanderthals in Europe died out at least 37,000 years ago -- and both climate change and interaction with modern humans could be involved in their demise, according to new ... > full story
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