Paleontology News

Posted January 26, 2006:

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

Posted January 23, 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

Posted November 30, 2005:

• Alleged 40,000-Year-Old Human Footprints In Mexico Much, Much Older Than Thought

Posted November 24, 2005:

• Earliest Animals Had Human-Like Genes

Posted November 22, 2005:

• Genealogy Of Scaly Reptiles Rewritten By New Research

Posted November 17, 2005:

• Early Earth Likely Had Continents, Was Habitable, According To New Study

Posted November 16, 2005:

• Missing Fossil Link 'Dallasaurus' Found

Posted November 11, 2005:

• Students Discover 11,000-Year-Old Remains Of Irish Elk
• Rapid Warming Caused Vegetation Changes

Posted November 10, 2005:

• Fossil Find: 'Godzilla' Crocodile Had Head Of A Dinosaur, Fins Like A Fish
• Taking A Bite Out Of The Problem: Researchers Devise Dinosaur Classification Method

Posted October 31, 2005:

• Microfossils Show Promise In Prospecting Climate History

Posted October 18, 2005:

• Wright Brothers Upstaged! Dinos Invented Biplanes
• U. Of Colorado Researcher Identifies Tracks Of Swimming Dinosaur In Wyoming

Posted October 13, 2005:

• Ancient Anthropoid Origins Discovered In Africa
• Newly Discovered Birdlike Dinosaur Is Oldest Raptor Ever Found In South America
• Prehistoric Global Warming May Have Contributed To Fossil Preservation

Posted October 10, 2005:

• NASA Scientists Confirm Toxic Seas During Earth's Evolution
• Scientists Say No Evidence Exists That Therapod Dinosaurs Evolved Into Birds

Posted October 6, 2005:

• Muskox Suffered Loss Of Genetic Diversity At Pleistocene/Holocene Transition

Posted October 3, 2005:

• Oxygen Increase Caused Mammals To Triumph, Researchers Say

Posted September 30, 2005:

• Spider Blood Found In 20 Million Year Old Fossil

Posted September 28, 2005:

• How A Zebra Lost Its Stripes: Rapid Evolution Of The Quagga

Posted September 20, 2005:

• Neanderthal Teeth Grew No Faster Than Comparable Modern Humans'

Posted September 19, 2005:

• Morphology Of Fossil Salamanders Reflects Climate Change

Posted September 16, 2005:

• Skull Study Sheds Light On Dinosaur Diversity

Posted September 8, 2005:

• Can Ancient Rocks Yield Clues About Catastrophes Like Hurricane Katrina?

Posted August 10, 2005:

• India's Smoking Gun: Dino-Killing Eruptions

Posted August 5, 2005:

• New Technology Shows Our Ancestors Ate ... Everything!

Posted August 3, 2005:

• Study Shows Big Game Hunters, Not Climate Change, Killed Off Sloths

Posted July 30, 2005:

• Earliest Embryos Ever Discovered Provide Clues to Dinosaur Evolution

Posted July 27, 2005:

• Multi-Species Genome Comparison Sheds New Light On Evolutionary Processes, Cancer Mutations

Posted July 25, 2005:

• Virtual Trip To The Heart Of 400 Million Years Old Microfossils

Posted July 19, 2005:

• Predatory Dinosaurs Had Bird-Like Pulmonary System

Posted July 18, 2005:

• Ancient Diets Of Australian Birds Point To Big Ecosystem Changes

Posted July 12, 2005:

• Native Lore Tells The Tale: There's Been A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

Posted July 9, 2005:

• Ancient Diets Of Australian Birds Point To Big Ecosystem Changes

Posted June 21, 2005:

• K-State Professor Studies How Landscape Dynamics Affect Extinction Risk For Migratory Songbirds

Posted June 16, 2005:

• Fossil Patagonian Plants Show High Insect Feeding Diversity 52 Million Years Ago

Posted June 7, 2005:

• Ancient DNA Confirms Single Origin Of Malagasy Primates
• World-First Technology Enables Study Of Ancient Bacteria; Sustainable Energy Source Could Solve Bermuda Triangle Riddle

Posted June 2, 2005:

• Joint Genome Institute Sequences DNA Of Prehistoric Cave Bears

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