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Fossil Footprints Give Land Vertebrates a Much Longer History
January 8, 2010 — The discovery of fossil footprints from early backboned land animals in Poland leads to the sensational conclusion that our ancestors left the water at least 18 million years earlier than previously ... > full story -
Earliest Tyrannosauroid Rediscovered in Museum Collection
January 6, 2010 — A long forgotten fossil skull in the collections of the Natural History Museum in London has now provided crucial clues to the early stages of the lengthy evolutionary history of Tyrannosaurus rex ... > full story -
Using Modern Sequencing Techniques to Study Ancient Humans
January 4, 2010 — DNA that is left in the remains of long-dead plants, animals or humans allows a direct look into the history of ... > full story -
Australian Fossil Unlocks Secrets to the Origin of Whales
December 23, 2009 — A palaeobiologist has made groundbreaking discoveries into the origin of baleen whales, based on a 25-million-year-old fossil found near Torquay in Victoria, ... > full story -
Fossil Shelved for a Century Reworks Carnivore Family Tree: Limbs Changes Understanding of Early Carnivore Locomotion
December 23, 2009 — Now that an early carnivore fossil has been fully removed from its matrix (this after spending over a century on a shelf because of the associated crushed teeth), scientists are able to re-interpret ... > full story -
Story of 4.5-Million-Year-Old Whale Found in Spain
December 22, 2009 — In 2006, researchers found the fossil remains of a whale, 4.5 million years old, in Spain. Now they have published, for the first time, the results of the decay and fossilization process that started ... > full story -
Poisonous Prehistoric 'Raptor' Discovered in China
December 22, 2009 — Researchers have discovered a venomous, birdlike raptor that thrived some 128 million years ago in China. This is the first report of venom in the lineage that leads to modern ... > full story -
Ancient Koalas May Have Been Loud and Lazy but They Didn't Chew Gum
December 21, 2009 — Skull fragments of prehistoric koalas from the Riversleigh rainforests of millions of year ago suggest they shared the modern koala's "lazy" lifestyle and ability to produce loud "bellowing" calls to ... > full story -
Tropical Birds Waited for Land Crossing Between North and South America, Study Finds
December 20, 2009 — Despite their ability to fly, tropical birds waited until the formation of the land bridge between North and South America to move northward, according to a new ... > full story -
Ancient Pygmy Sea Cow Discovered
December 18, 2009 — A near-complete skull of a primitive "dugong" has been discovered, illuminating a virtually unknown period in Madagascar fossil ... > full story -
Mammals May Be Nearly Half Way Toward Mass Extinction
December 18, 2009 — Many biologists warn that the planet's plants and animals are headed toward a mass extinction as a result of human-caused environmental damage, including global warming. Researchers have now analyzed ... > full story -
Ancient Origins of Modern Opossum Revealed
December 17, 2009 — Scientists have traced the evolution of the modern opossum back to the extinction of the dinosaurs and found evidence to support North America as the center of origin for all living ... > full story
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