Paleontology News

Posted December 18, 1998:

• Bones Of Crocodile-Like Beasts Tell Tale Of Arctic Warming

Posted December 14, 1998:

• Study Associates Asteroid Or Comet Impact With Extinctions In Argentina

Posted December 10, 1998:

• First Complete Fossil Of Fierce Prehistoric Predator Found In South Africa

Posted December 4, 1998:

• Oldest Ice Core From The Tropics Recovered, New Ice Age Evidence

Posted December 3, 1998:

• Discovery Of New Fossils In Gobi Desert Of Mongolia Provides Important Insight Into Early Mammal Evolution

Posted November 27, 1998:

• Chinese And U.S. Scientists Identify The World's Oldest Flowering Plant

Posted November 20, 1998:

• Scientist Finds Asteroid Fossil That May Have Caused Global Dinosaur Extinction

Posted November 18, 1998:

• First Dinosaur Embryo Skin Discovered -- Unhatched Embryos Are First Ever Found Of Giant-Plant Eating Dinosaurs

Posted November 13, 1998:

• Discovery Of New Large, Predatory Dinosaur Reported In Science

Posted November 2, 1998:

• Dinosaur Tooth Enamel: A Key To Investigating Ancient Climate On Land

Posted October 26, 1998:

• World's Oldest Known Fossil Reptile Nests Discovered In Arizona's Petrified Forest

Posted October 15, 1998:

• Life Flourished When Earth Was Warmer, Scientist Says

Posted October 2, 1998:

• New Studies Shed Light On Facial Features Of Popular Dinosaurs

Posted October 1, 1998:

• Fossil Evidence Of Worms Over One Billion Years Old Reported In Science

Posted September 29, 1998:

• Jurassic Beetle: CSIRO Entomologist Discovers Living Fossil

Posted September 21, 1998:

• Evidence For Earliest Maritime-Based Societies In The Americas Reported In Science Magazine

Posted September 12, 1998:

• New Evidence From Dinosaur Footsteps Show Massive Herds Once Roamed Northern Alaska

Posted August 24, 1998:

• Geologist Finds Evidence That Mass Extinctions Are Not Unique In Affecting Global Diversity Trends

Posted August 7, 1998:

• Human Ancestors Went Out Of Africa And Then Came Back: Researchers Propose Controversial New Model For Evolution Of Humans And Apes

Posted July 21, 1998:

• New Technique For Analyzing DNA In Fossil Dung Could Help Scientists Sort The Details Of Megafauna Extinction

Posted June 30, 1998:

• International Research Team Announces Discovery Of Two Species Of Feathered Dinosaurs

Posted June 18, 1998:

• Mr. Ples Throws Scientists Into A Tizzy

Posted June 10, 1998:

• Yale Scientists Recreate Molecular "Fossils," Now Extinct, That May Have Existed At The Beginning Of Life

Posted May 19, 1998:

• Scientists Unearth Well-Preserved Remains Of A Predatory Dinosaur In Madagascar

Posted May 12, 1998:

• New Fossil Discoveries Clinch Ancient Age Of Human Ancestor

Posted May 11, 1998:

• Interplanetary Dust May Cause Climate Change, Gradual Extinction

Posted May 6, 1998:

• Gene Study Shows Mammals Lived Before Extinction Of The Dinosaurs

Posted April 3, 1998:

• Anthropologist Uses Engineering, Mathematics To Show Short-Legged Human Ancestors Were Very Efficient Walkers

Posted April 2, 1998:

• Ancient Meteorite Collapsed Margin, Spawned Giant Submarine Avalanches

Posted March 31, 1998:

• Excavations In Prehistoric Chinese Cave Uncover Unusual Collections Of Large Mammals

Posted March 25, 1998:

• Significant Dinosaur Tracksite Discovered In Wyoming

Posted March 24, 1998:

• Researchers Announce Discovery Of Skulls Of Bizarre Animals Showing Advanced Stage In Transition Between Dinosaurs And Birds

Posted March 17, 1998:

• Crater Chain On Two Continents Points To Impact From Fragmented Comet

Posted March 16, 1998:

• New Sickle-Clawed Fossil From Madagascar Links Birds And Dinosaurs

Posted February 9, 1998:

• New Dinosaur Finds In Antarctica Paint Fuller Picture Of Past Ecosystem

Posted February 2, 1998:

• American Museum Of Natural History Researchers Announce Discovery Of Oldest Known Fossil Ants - 92-Million-Year-Old Fossils Found In New Jersey Amber

Posted January 7, 1998:

• New Study Shows Dinosaurs From Gobi Desert Site Killed In Sudden "Sand Slides" Falling From Dunes - Study Also Reports First Dinosaur Tracks From Gobi

Posted December 16, 1997:

• Skull Of Refrigerator-Size Ancient Armadillo Finds A Home At UF

Posted December 10, 1997:

• Sandia National Labs Scientists Use Digital Paleontology To Produce Voice Of Parasaurolophus Dinosaur

Posted October 27, 1997:

• Embryo Studies Show Dinosaurs Could Not Have Given Rise To Modern Birds

Posted October 21, 1997:

• Dinosaur Footprints Trek Across The Southwest

Posted October 15, 1997:

• Colorado State Anthropologist Finds Fossil Treasures In Africa

Posted October 10, 1997:

• Purdue Study Finds Prehistoric Couch Potato

Posted September 30, 1997:

• Notre Dame Paleontologist Finds Damage Done To T. Rex Skull

Posted September 17, 1997:

• Largest Tyrannosaur Fossil Unearthed In Montana

Posted August 15, 1997:

• Where Fossils Fear To Tread: Scientists Follow Genes To An Ancient Ancestor

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