Paleontology News

Posted June 26, 2006:

• Bones Of Baby Ice Age Sloth Carefully Reconstructed

Posted June 25, 2006:

• Spider Silk Researchers Uncover Treasure Trove Of Genetic Information About The Wonder Fibers

Posted June 24, 2006:

• Earliest Known 'Bling' Revealed

Posted June 15, 2006:

• Early Bird Caught The Fish: Fossils Depict Aquatic Origins Of Birds 115 Million Years Ago

Posted June 14, 2006:

• Retired Professor Captures A 'Living Fossil' -- Laotian Rock Rat Once Believed To Have Gone Extinct

Posted June 12, 2006:

• Parallel Evolution: Proteins Do It, Too

Posted June 8, 2006:

• Mini-dinosaurs From The Harz Mountains: Bones Are Of Dwarf Sauropods

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:

• Amber Reveals Ecology Of 30 Million Year Old Spiders
• 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

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