Paleontology News

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 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

Posted April 30, 2007:

• How To Look At Dinosaur Tracks

Posted April 24, 2007:

• Prehistoric Mystery Organism Verified As Giant Fungus

Posted April 23, 2007:

• Earth's First Rainforest Unearthed

Posted April 18, 2007:

• Placental Mammals Newer Than Previously Thought

Posted April 17, 2007:

• Ancient Amphibians Evolved A Bite Before Migrating To Dry Land

Posted April 16, 2007:

• Disputing Coevolution In Herbivorous Insects: Do We Need A Paradigm Change?

Posted April 13, 2007:

• New Primate Species Found In 42 Million-year-old Texas Fossils
• Treasure Trove Of Fossils Found In Limestone Cave

Posted April 12, 2007:

• Tyrannosaurus Rex And Mastodon Protein Fragments Discovered, Sequenced

Posted April 4, 2007:

• Why Are There So Many More Species Of Insects? Because Insects Have Been Here Longer

Posted April 3, 2007:

• China's Earliest Modern Human

Posted March 29, 2007:

• Deep-diving West Coast Plate May Have Triggered Massive Central U.S. Quake
• Dinosaur Extinction Didn't Cause The Rise Of Present-day Mammals, Claim Researchers
• Greenhouse Gas Effect Consistent Over 420 Million Years

Posted March 26, 2007:

• Researchers Uncover New Burrowing Dinosaur

Posted March 24, 2007:

• New Evidence Of 'Human' Culture Among Primates

Posted March 23, 2007:

• Fossil Discovery Marks Earliest Record Of Limbloss In Ancient Lizard
• Global Warming Could Be Reversing A Trend That Led To Bigger Human Brains

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