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Posted February 24, 2003:

• Rutgers' Tanzanian Fossil Reshuffles The Deck On Early Human Ancestry

Posted February 19, 2003:

• Methane And Mini-horses: Fossils Reveal Effects Of Global Warming

Posted January 27, 2003:

• Shell-Shock: Three University Of Arkansas Students Find World's Longest Nautiloid Fossil

Posted January 24, 2003:

• Prehistoric Tusks Point To Earliest Fossil Evidence Of Differences Between Sexes

Posted January 22, 2003:

• Prehistoric NW Indians Hunted Fur Seals Of Sustainable Basis

Posted January 17, 2003:

• New Study Suggests Missing Link That Explains How Dinosaurs Learned To Fly
• Early Mammals Used Pelvic Bones To Trot, Study Finds

Posted January 15, 2003:

• Dinosaurs Experienced Climate Changes Before K-T Collision

Posted January 8, 2003:

• Finding Life Away From Earth Will Be Tough Task, Says Noted Paleontologist

Posted December 11, 2002:

• Ancient Sea Creatures Serve As Natural Thermometers For Climate Prediction

Posted November 25, 2002:

• Molting Habits May Have Led To Extinction Of Trilobite

Posted October 31, 2002:

• USC Scientists Uncover Secrets Of Feather Formation; "Jurassic Chicken" Project May Help Studies Of Human Development And Evolution Of Dinosaurs

Posted September 30, 2002:

• Dating Our Ancestors: Study Suggests Macroscopic Bilaterian Animals Did Not Appear Until 555 Million Years Ago

Posted September 4, 2002:

• Dinosaur Ancestor's Vision Possibly Nocturnal; Researchers Recreate 240-Million Year Old Protein In Test Tube

Posted August 23, 2002:

• Scientists Confirm Age Of The Oldest Meteorite Collision On Earth

Posted August 15, 2002:

• Scientist Says Ostrich Study Confirms Bird "Hands" Unlike Those Of Dinosaurs

Posted June 25, 2002:

• College Students Find Dinosaurs In North Dakota

Posted June 7, 2002:

• Study Of Fossils Found In Arctic Shows Plants More Developed At Earlier Time

Posted May 20, 2002:

• Cosmic Impacts Implicated In Both The Rise And Fall Of Dinosaurs

Posted May 14, 2002:

• Ocean Ecosystems Only Altered Following Two Great Mass Extinctions; Unexpectedly Stable Over Hundreds Of Millions Of Years

Posted May 10, 2002:

• Researchers Discover Clues To Whale Evolution

Posted May 9, 2002:

• Origin Of Bipedalism Seems Most Closely Tied To Environmental Changes

Posted May 8, 2002:

• Recent Dinosaur Discoveries In Utah And Wyoming

Posted May 6, 2002:

• Ancient Flower Fossil Points To Underwater Origins

Posted April 18, 2002:

• Scientists Push Back Primate Origins From 65 Million To 85 Million Years Ago

Posted March 29, 2002:

• Alligator's Bite Could Lift A Small Truck

Posted March 28, 2002:

• University Of Alaska Biologist Tracking Extinct Bears
• New Method For Placing Loose Fossils Back Into The Strata , Uncovering "Fakes"

Posted March 27, 2002:

• Excavations In Eastern Europe Reveal Ancient Human Lifestyles

Posted March 26, 2002:

• Ethiopian Fossil Skull Indicates Homo Erectus Was Single, Widespread Species 1 Million Years Ago

Posted March 25, 2002:

• New Dinosaur Related To Triceratops

Posted March 22, 2002:

• Scientist Probes Fossil Oddity: Giant Redwoods Near North Pole

Posted March 21, 2002:

• Discovery Supports Theory Of A Single Species Of Human Ancestor

Posted March 14, 2002:

• UCLA Scientists, Colleagues Substantiate Biological Origin Of Earliest Fossils

Posted March 8, 2002:

• Evolutionary Leap From Sea To Dry Land: Undergrad Finds Clues To 400-Million-Year-Old Mystery

Posted March 4, 2002:

• Tyrannosaurus Rex Probably Could Not Run Fast, Scientists Say

Posted February 19, 2002:

• Scientists Look To Europe As Evolutionary Seat

Posted February 14, 2002:

• New Species Clarifies Bird-Dinosaur Link

Posted January 31, 2002:

• Water Lily May Provide A "Missing Link" In The Evolution Of Flowering Plants

Posted January 30, 2002:

• New Theory Of The Evolution Of Bird Flight Linked To Parental Care

Posted January 24, 2002:

• What Are Those Big Jellyfish Fossils Doing In Wisconsin?

Posted January 21, 2002:

• Gondwana Split Sorts Out Mammalian Evolution

Posted January 7, 2002:

• Evolutionary "Speed Limit" Governs How Quickly Life Bounces Back After Extinction; Biodiversity Recovers More Slowly Than Thought

Posted January 4, 2002:

• Inherent Speed Limit Governs How Quickly Life Bounces Back After Extinction, UC Berkeley Research Shows

Posted December 14, 2001:

• Researchers Find Closest Living Relative Of First Land Plants

Posted December 11, 2001:

• Droplets In Salt Crystals Confirm Historic Ocean Changes

Posted December 7, 2001:

• Fossil Teeth Reveal Recent Origin Of Human Growth Pattern

Posted November 21, 2001:

• Largest Fossil Cockroach Found; Site Preserves Incredible Detail

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