Aug 05 2011

Where Humans Learned to Walk

Tag: Anthropology,Geology,Paleontology,Plants,TreesTim Wall @ 11:52 am
An analysis of fossil soils indicates grasslands dominated East Africa for 7.4 million years.

Aug 05 2011

Where Humans Learned to Walk

Tag: Anthropology,Geology,Paleontology,Plants,TreesTim Wall @ 11:52 am
An analysis of fossil soils indicates grasslands dominated East Africa for 7.4 million years.

Jul 27 2011

Oldest Bird Was Actually a Dinosaur

Tag: Anatomy,Archaeopteryx,Birds,Dinosaurs,Evolution,Fossils,PaleontologyJennifer Viegas @ 5:00 pm
Archaeopteryx resembles a recently found two-pound dinosaur and gets knocked off its perch.

Jul 21 2011

Wasps Populated Rotting Dinosaur Eggs

The eggs were good eats, as well as home, to numerous scavenging insects.

Jul 06 2011

Rhinoceros-Sized Wombat Unearthed in Australia

The fossil of the largest marsupial that ever roamed Australia could offer insight into climate change.

Jun 29 2011

Vegetarian Dinosaur Fought With Its Head

Not all dinosaurs had huge teeth and a taste for flesh, but new research suggests that at least one scrappy plant-eating dinosaur was a talented fighter, waging battle with its best weapon: a hard head.

Jun 02 2011

How to Tell Male, Female Dinosaurs Apart

Tag: Animals,Dinosaurs,Fossils,Paleontology,Sex and ReproductionJennifer Viegas @ 11:00 am
Since dinosaurs aren't around to politely correct us, this new method of identifying dino gender is the next best thing.

May 23 2011

Not So Preposterous This High Ancestral Rhinoceros

Possible new discovery of a species of ancestral rhinoceros makes a record-high debut.

May 17 2011

Dinosaurs May Soon Go Extinct—Again

Certain dinosaurs may have only existed in the minds of paleontologists.

May 09 2011

Toddler Tyrannosaur Redefines ‘Terrible Twos’

No helpless child, this juvenile dinosaur didn't have to rely on mom and dad for a meal.

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