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Posted October 5, 2009:

• Bizarre New Horned Tyrannosaur From Asia: Carnivorous But Smaller T. Rex Relative 'Like Ballerina'

Posted October 3, 2009:

• Quick Rebound From Marine Mass Extinction Event, New Findings Show

Posted October 2, 2009:

• New Ancient Fungus Finding Suggests World's Forests Were Wiped Out In Global Catastrophe
• Algae And Pollen Grains Provide Evidence Of Remarkably Warm Period In Antarctica's History

Posted October 1, 2009:

• Ancient Rainforests Resilient To Climate Change
• Before 'Lucy,' There Was 'Ardi': First Major Analysis Of Early Hominid Published In Science
• Rediscovering The Dragon's Paradise Lost: Komodo Dragons Most Likely Evolved In Australia, Dispersed To Indonesia

Posted September 30, 2009:

• Was Mighty T. Rex 'Sue' Felled By A Lowly Parasite?

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Feathery Four-Winged Dinosaur Fossil Found In China Bridges Transition To Birds

Posted September 28, 2009:

• HIV’s Ancestors May Have Plagued First Mammals

Posted September 25, 2009:

• Getting A Leg Up On Whale And Dolphin Evolution: New Comprehensive Analysis Sheds Light On The Origin Of Cetaceans

Posted September 23, 2009:

• End Of An Era: New Ruling Decides The Boundaries Of Earth's History

Posted September 17, 2009:

• African Origin Of Anthropoid Primates Called Into Question With New Fossil Discovery
• Tiny Tyrannosaur: T. Rex Body Plan Debuted In Raptorex, But 100th The Size
• Live Birth Key To Much Marine Life Depends Upon Evolution Of Chromosomal Sex Determination

Posted September 14, 2009:

• What Do Dinosaurs And The Maya Have In Common?
• Flash Recovery Of Ammonoids After Most Massive Extinction Of All Time

Posted September 12, 2009:

• Fossils From Animals And Plants Are Not Necessary For Crude Oil And Natural Gas, Swedish Researchers Find

Posted September 10, 2009:

• Scientists Use MicroRNAs To Track Evolutionary History For First Time

Posted September 7, 2009:

• Molecular Decay Of Enamel-Specific Gene In Toothless Mammals Supports Theory Of Evolution

Posted September 5, 2009:

• Weeds That Reinvented Weediness: New Research Sheds Light On Origins And Success Of Flowering Plants

Posted August 31, 2009:

• Coralline Algae In The Mediterranean Lost Their Tropical Element Between 5 And 7 Million Years Ago

Posted August 25, 2009:

• Gaping Gila Monsters, Buzzing Insects, Clambering Ungulates: New Finds From Germany's Messel Pit

Posted August 24, 2009:

• Naming Evolution's Winners And Losers

Posted August 19, 2009:

• Stone Tools, Rare Animal Bones: Clues To Caribbean's Earliest Inhabitants Discovered

Posted August 14, 2009:

• Early Modern Humans Used Fire To Engineer Tools From Stone; Complex Cognition Older Than 72,000 Years?

Posted August 11, 2009:

• Bipedal Humans Came Down From The Trees, Not Up From The Ground

Posted August 10, 2009:

• Climate-Caused Biodiversity Booms And Busts In Ancient Plants And Mammals
• Extinction Runs In The Family: Efforts To Preserve Evolutionary History

Posted August 7, 2009:

• Chicken-Hearted Tyrants: Predatory Dinosaurs As Baby Killers

Posted August 6, 2009:

• Fossil Tooth Remains Of Extinct Rodent Species Discovered: Oldest Find Within This Genus

Posted August 5, 2009:

• Scary Ancient 'Spiders' Revealed In 3D Models, With New Imaging Technique

Posted August 4, 2009:

• Human Population Expanded During Late Stone Age, Genetic Evidence Shows

Posted July 31, 2009:

• Reexamination Of T. Rex Verifies Disputed Biochemical Remains

Posted July 30, 2009:

• Discovery Of Elephants' Oldest Known Relative

Posted July 29, 2009:

• After Dinosaurs, Mammals Rise But Their Genomes Get Smaller
• First Vertebrate To Live In Trees Described

Posted July 28, 2009:

• Earliest Animals Lived In A Lake Environment, Research Shows
• Major Arctic Sea-Ice Formed Earlier Than Thought

Posted July 23, 2009:

• New Discovery Suggests Trees Evolved Camouflage Defense Against Long Extinct Predator

Posted July 21, 2009:

• California's Channel Islands Hold Evidence Of Clovis-Age Comets

Posted July 20, 2009:

• Fossilized Dung Balls Reveal Secret Ecology Of Lost World

Posted July 19, 2009:

• Marine Microorganisms: Surviving Mass Extinction By Leading A Double Life

Posted July 16, 2009:

• Skull Of Crocodile 100 Million Years Old Unearthed

Posted July 14, 2009:

• Darwin’s Mystery Of Appearance Of Flowering Plants Explained
• Sharks: Missing Piece Of Fossil Puzzle Found

Posted July 13, 2009:

• First Direct Evidence Of Substantial Fish Consumption By Early Modern Humans In China 40,000 Years Ago

Posted July 11, 2009:

• Down Under Dinosaur Burrow Discovery Provides Climate Change Clues

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