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Posted June 7, 2006:

• 100,000 Year-Old DNA Sequence Allows New Look At Neandertal's Genetic Diversity

Posted June 6, 2006:

• Study Shows Our Ancestors Survived 'Snowball Earth'

Posted June 2, 2006:

• Where Climate Is Made In A Greenhouse World

Posted May 30, 2006:

• Swimming Robot Tests Theories About Locomotion In Existing And Extinct Animals

Posted May 18, 2006:

• Human And Chimp Genomes Reveal New Twist On Origin Of Species

Posted May 17, 2006:

• South Pacific Plant May Be Missing Link In Evolution Of Flowering Plants

Posted May 13, 2006:

• Massive Duplication Of Genes May Solve Darwin's 'Abominable Mystery' About Flowering Plants

Posted May 5, 2006:

• Man May Have Caused Pre-Historic Extinctions

Posted May 1, 2006:

• What Use Is Half a Wing in Evolution of Birds?

Posted April 27, 2006:

• 'Banana-Jawed' Fossil Mammal Linked To Rare Sound-Producing Skill

Posted April 25, 2006:

• The World's Deepest Dinosaur Finding -- 2256 Metres Below The Seabed

Posted April 20, 2006:

• Ancient And Modern Evidence Suggests Limits To Future Global Warming

Posted April 18, 2006:

• Carbon Cycle Was Already Disrupted Millions Of Years Ago
• Gigantic Meat-Eating Dinosaur Discovered

Posted April 13, 2006:

• Hominid Fossils From Ethiopia Link Ape-Men To More Distant Human Ancestors

Posted April 12, 2006:

• Findings Identify How Preservation Distorts History Of Life On Earth

Posted April 11, 2006:

• Brown University Geologists Create 5-Million-Year Climate Record

Posted April 7, 2006:

• Ancient Ants Arose 140-168 Million Years Ago; Insects Needed Flowering Plants To Flourish

Posted April 6, 2006:

• Newly Found Species Fills Evolutionary Gap Between Fish And Land Animals

Posted April 5, 2006:

• Lost Photos Confirm Fossil Find

Posted April 3, 2006:

• Embryos Tell Story Of Earth's Earliest Animals

Posted March 13, 2006:

• Mass Extinctions: A Threat From Outer Space Or Our Own Planet's Detox?

Posted March 9, 2006:

• Early Land Animals Could Walk And Run Like Mammals, New Study Finds

Posted March 7, 2006:

• Smallest Triceratops Skull Ever Found Provides Clues To Dinosaur's Growth

Posted March 1, 2006:

• Study Of Dinosaurs Part Of Pitt Medical School Plan To Graduate Better Doctors

Posted February 26, 2006:

• Secrets Of The Deep May Hold Clue To Ancient Global Warming

Posted February 24, 2006:

• Scientists Discover First Swimming Mammal From The Jurassic

Posted February 22, 2006:

• There's Something Fishy About Human Brain Evolution

Posted February 21, 2006:

• Early Americans Faced Rapid Late Pleistocene Climate Change And Chaotic Environments
• Oceans May Soon Be More Corrosive Than When The Dinosaurs Died
• New Fossil Find In New Mexico Named After Artist Georgia O'Keeffe

Posted February 20, 2006:

• Next Good Dinosaur News Likely To Come From Small Packages
• Early Human Ancestors Walked On The Wild Side
• Studies Of Ancient Climates Suggest Earth Is Now On A Fast Track To Global Warming

Posted February 19, 2006:

• Phytoplankton Bounce Back From Abrupt Climate Change

Posted February 10, 2006:

• New Analysis Shows Three Human Migrations Out Of Africa
• Medieval Diaries Aid Scientists Ascertain Increase In Hot Spots Due To Global Warming

Posted February 9, 2006:

• Scientists Discover Skeletons Of The Oldest Tyrannosaur

Posted February 2, 2006:

• Scientists See And Analyze 650-Million-Year-Old Fossils Inside Rocks In Three Dimensions

Posted January 31, 2006:

• Duck-Billed Dino Crests Not Linked To Sense Of Smell

Posted January 26, 2006:

• Pitt Professor's Theory Of Evolution Gets Boost From Cell Research

Posted January 24, 2006:

• UNC Charlotte Linguist Restores Lost Language, Culture For 'The New World'

Posted January 18, 2006:

• Study Finds Evolution Doesn't Always Favor Bigger Animals

Posted January 6, 2006:

• Redating Of The Latest Neandertals In Europe

Posted December 22, 2005:

• Scientists Narrow The Time Limits For The Human And Chimpanzee Split

Posted December 21, 2005:

• Scientists Sequence DNA Of Woolly Mammoth

Posted December 19, 2005:

• Unexpected Finding: Some Dinosaurs Grew Slower In Hard Times

Posted December 5, 2005:

• Why The Amazon Rainforest Is So Rich In Species

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