Paleontology News

Posted August 17, 2011:

• Most Primitive Living Eel Discovered: Creating a New Species, Genus and Family of Animal

Posted August 16, 2011:

• Nature Reaches for the High-Hanging Fruit: Tools of Paleontology Shed New Light on Diversity of Natural Plant Chemicals
• Breathing New Life Into Earth: Evidence of Early Oxygen in the Oceans of Our Planet

Posted August 11, 2011:

• Fossilized Pregnant Plesiosaur: 78-Million-Year-Old Fossils of Adult and Its Embryo Provide First Evidence of Live Birth

Posted August 9, 2011:

• Polar Dinosaur Tracks Open New Trail to Past

Posted August 5, 2011:

• What Shapes a Bone? Diet and Genetics Dictate Adult Jaw Shape

Posted August 4, 2011:

• Light Shed on South Pole Dinosaurs
• Fossils of Forest Rodents Found in Highland Desert
• 'Amino Acid Time Capsule': New Way to Date the Past

Posted August 3, 2011:

• Six Million Years of Savanna: Grasslands, Wooded Grasslands Accompanied Human Evolution

Posted July 22, 2011:

• Fool's Gold Gives Scientists Priceless Insight Into Earth's Evolution

Posted July 20, 2011:

• New Duck-Billed Dinosaur Gives Scientists Clues to Evolution of Head Ornamentation and Provinciality
• Prehistoric Crocodile Terminonaris Was Texas Native, Fossil Suggests

Posted July 19, 2011:

• Ancient Footprints Show Human-Like Walking Began Nearly 4 Million Years Ago

Posted July 17, 2011:

• Early Talking Doll Recording Discovered

Posted July 15, 2011:

• Fossil Forensics Reveals How Wasps Populated Rotting Dinosaur Eggs

Posted July 12, 2011:

• Last Dinosaur Before Mass Extinction Discovered

Posted July 11, 2011:

• Genetic Switch for Limbs and Digits Found in Primitive Fish: Before Animals First Walked on Land, Fish Carried Gene Program for Limbs

Posted July 6, 2011:

• Gray Whales Likely Survived the Ice Ages by Changing Their Diets
• Vertebrate Jaw Design Locked Early: Study on Initial Diversification of Jaws Sheds Light on Early Vertebrate Feeding Ecology
• The Rise and Rise of the Flying Reptiles: Pterosaurs Not Driven Into Extinction by Birds, Study Reveals

Posted July 5, 2011:

• How Hot Did Earth Get in the Past? Team of Scientists Uncovers New Information

Posted June 30, 2011:

• Unearthing the Appearance of Ancient Animals: X-Ray Technique for Determining Fossil Pigmentation Patterns
• X-Rays Reveal Patterns in the Plumage of the First Birds
• Pigment Patterns from the Prehistoric Past

Posted June 29, 2011:

• Human Ancestor Older Than Previously Thought; Finding Offers New Insights Into Evolution
• New Fossils Demonstrate That Powerful Eyes Evolved in a Twinkling

Posted June 28, 2011:

• Domed Dinosaur Was King of the Head Butt
• Body Temperature of Dinosaurs Measured for the First Time

Posted June 27, 2011:

• Fossilized Pollen Reveals Climate History of Northern Antarctica: Tundra Persisted Until 12 Million Years Ago

Posted June 24, 2011:

• Ancient Species of Mayfly Had Short, Tragic Life

Posted June 23, 2011:

• Body Temperatures of Dinosaurs Measured for First Time: Some Dinosaurs Were as Warm as Most Modern Mammals

Posted June 22, 2011:

• New Theory on Origin of Birds: Enlarged Skeletal Muscles
• Oldest Eurasian Hominoids Lived in Swabia: Molar Tooth Dated at 17 Million Years Old

Posted June 21, 2011:

• Earliest Art in the Americas: Ice Age Image of Mammoth or Mastodon Found in Florida

Posted June 20, 2011:

• Did Climate Change Cause Greenland's Ancient Viking Community to Collapse?

Posted June 15, 2011:

• Life After 'Snowball Earth': New Fossils Suggest Rapid Recovery of Life After Global Freeze
• Dating an Ancient Episode of Severe Global Warming

Posted June 5, 2011:

• Carbon Release to Atmosphere 10 Times Faster Than in the Past, Geologists Find

Posted June 1, 2011:

• Ancient Hominid Males Stayed Home While Females Roamed, Study Finds

Posted May 31, 2011:

• Researchers Solve Mammoth Evolutionary Puzzle: The Woollies Weren't Picky, Happy to Interbreed

Posted May 30, 2011:

• Climate Played Big Role in Vikings' Disappearance from Greenland

Posted May 25, 2011:

• Unique Canine Tooth from 'Peking Man' Found in Swedish Museum Collection
• Scientists Debunk Theory on End of 'Snowball Earth' Ice Age
• Fossil of Giant Ancient Sea Predator Discovered

Posted May 24, 2011:

• Birch Mouse Ancestor Discovered in Inner Mongolia Is New Species of Rare 'Living Fossil'

Posted May 19, 2011:

• Sniff Sniff: Smelling Led to Smarter Mammals, Researchers Say
• Peculiar Feeding Mechanism of the First Vertebrates

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