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Posted September 3, 2007:

• A Genetic Trigger For The Cambrian Explosion Unraveled?

Posted August 31, 2007:

• Ethiopian Plateau Formation Coincided With Climate Change That May Have Spurred Human Evolution

Posted August 30, 2007:

• Migration of Early Humans From Africa Aided By Wet Weather
• First Orchid Fossil Puts Showy Blooms At Some 80 Million Years Old
• Amber Specimen Captures Ancient Chemical Battle

Posted August 23, 2007:

• T. Rex Quicker Than Professional Athlete, Say Scientists

Posted August 22, 2007:

• Ancient Organisms Discovered In Canadian Gold Mine

Posted August 17, 2007:

• Fossil Fish Jaws Give Information On Our Own Remote Ancestors

Posted August 15, 2007:

• Facial Attraction: Choice Of Sexual Partner Shaped The Human Face

Posted August 13, 2007:

• Locked In Glaciers, Ancient Ice May Return To Life As Glaciers Melt
• New Kenyan Fossils Challenge Established Views On Early Evolution Of Our Genus Homo
• Plants From Ancient Gondwanaland Spread By Continental Drift And Transoceanic Dispersal

Posted August 10, 2007:

• Early Modern Human Skull Includes Surprising Neanderthal Feature
• What We Can Learn From The Biggest Extinction In The History Of Earth

Posted August 3, 2007:

• Waters Off Washington State Only Second Place In World Where Glass Sponge Reefs Found

Posted August 1, 2007:

• Coelacanth Fossil Sheds Light On Fin-to-Limb Evolution

Posted July 31, 2007:

• Discovery Provides Key Evidence Of Life's Beginnings

Posted July 30, 2007:

• Society Of Vertebrate Paleontology Speaks Out On Creation Museum
• Back To The Future: Mastodon Extends The Time Limit On DNA Sequencing

Posted July 25, 2007:

• Feeding Habits Of Flying Reptiles Uncovered

Posted July 24, 2007:

• Paleontologists Study A Remarkably Well-Preserved Baby Siberian Mammoth

Posted July 20, 2007:

• Why Humans Walk On Two Legs
• Rise Of Dinosaurs In Late Triassic More Gradual Than Once Thought

Posted July 17, 2007:

• Study Identifies Energy Efficiency As Reason For Evolution Of Upright Walking

Posted July 11, 2007:

• Fossilized Midges Provide Clues To Future Climate Change

Posted July 10, 2007:

• Climate Change Reduces Bat Population In Queensland, Australia

Posted July 5, 2007:

• Wolves Of Alaska Became Extinct 12,000 Years Ago, Scientists Report

Posted July 3, 2007:

• City Site Was Dinosaur Dining Room

Posted June 25, 2007:

• March Of The Giant Penguins: Prehistoric Equatorial Penguins Reached 5 Feet In Height

Posted June 22, 2007:

• Ice Age Extinction Claimed Highly Carnivorous Alaskan Wolves

Posted June 21, 2007:

• Placental Mammals Originated On Earth 65 Million Years Ago, Researchers Assert

Posted June 19, 2007:

• Remains Of Earliest Giant Panda Discovered

Posted June 13, 2007:

• CT Scan Reveals Ancient Long-Necked Gliding Reptile

Posted June 11, 2007:

• Agonized Death Throes Probable Cause Of Open-Mouthed, Head-Back Pose Of Many Dinosaur Fossils

Posted June 10, 2007:

• Ancient DNA Traces Woolly Mammoth's Disappearance

Posted June 5, 2007:

• What Did Dinosaurs Hear?

Posted June 1, 2007:

• Lessons From The Orangutans: Upright Walking May Have Begun In The Trees
• West African Ocean Sediment Core Links Monsoons To Global Climate Evolution

Posted May 30, 2007:

• Recently Excavated Headless Skeleton Expands Understanding Of Ancient Andean Rituals

Posted May 27, 2007:

• El Nino And African Monsoon Have Strongly Influenced Intense Hurricane Frequency In The Past

Posted May 25, 2007:

• Rare Footprints Of Infant Dinosaur Discovered

Posted May 24, 2007:

• Definitive Evidence Found Of A Swimming Dinosaur

Posted May 20, 2007:

• Fused Nasal Bones Helped Tyrannosaurids Dismember Prey

Posted May 15, 2007:

• New Fossil Tying Humans, Apes And Monkeys Is Full Of Surprises

Posted May 10, 2007:

• New Research Confirms 'Out Of Africa' Theory Of Human Evolution
• Diminishing Dinosaur Steps Saved By Laser And Laptop

Posted May 8, 2007:

• An Ancient Bathtub Ring Of Mammoth Fossils

Posted May 6, 2007:

• Largest Dinosaur Bones In Australia Discovered

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