Fossil of Carnivorous Dinosaur Reveals Evolutionary Clues
A mysterious new species of small to medium-sized, feathered, carnivorous dinosaur that lived during the Cretaceous Period has been recently discovered in New Mexico.
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Worm-Like Creature Ancestor of Humans and Most Modern Animals
A team of geologists revealed Monday the discovery of the ancestor of most familiar modern animals, including humans.
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Billion-Year-Old Seaweed Fossils May Be Ancestors of Land Plants
Scientists announced Monday the discovery of 1-billion-year-old microfossils of green seaweeds that could be the precursor to the earliest land plants.
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Tiny Prehistoric Lizard Sheds Light on Reptile Evolution
Scientists have discovered a new prehistoric lizard that may be key to understanding the ancient evolutionary history of precursor reptiles, according to new research released Thursday.
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World’s Oldest Forest Reveals Modern Trees Emerged Earlier Than Thought
A research team of faculty from Binghamton University in New York revealed surprising evidence Thursday that the transition to the everyday forests we know today began much earlier than previously thought.
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Fossil Shells Point to Mercury Contamination, Global Warming When Dinosaurs Perished
Powerful volcanic eruptions in India millions of years ago left Earth struggling with a significant mercury contamination problem that may have contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs, according to a new study.
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Fossil Whale Shows Transition Stage to Tail-Powered Swimming
Researchers from the University of Michigan have described a new fossilized whale that represents not only a new species, but also identifies an important step in the evolution of whale mechanics.
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Earliest Known Dino-Bird With Tail Feathers Found in Japan Fossil Site
Archaeologists combing through dinosaur fossil sites in Japan have discovered a previously unknown bird species that soared through the skies over 120 million years ago. The pigeon-sized bird holds clues to the evolution of modern birds, according to a study released Thursday.
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Montana Supreme Court to Decide Whether Dinosaur Fossils Are Minerals
The Montana Supreme Court met en banc Thursday morning to decide once and for all whether or not dinosaur fossils are minerals.
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Dinosaurs in Alaska? Newly Discovered Footprints Tell the Story
Archaeologists have uncovered a clearer picture of what a dinosaur species’ habitat was like thanks to ancient tracks of the creatures discovered in the Alaskan Peninsula, according to research released Wednesday.
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Scientists Uncover 550 Million-Year-Old Fossils of Bug Trails
In a shattering evolutionary revelation, scientists in China have discovered fossils of an ancient bug and the trails – likely the oldest ever found – stamped onto Earth’s surface more than a half-billion years ago, according to a study released Wednesday.
Read moreProdigious Penguin Once Swam New Zealand Oceans
Scientists in New Zealand said Wednesday they’ve found fossilized bones from an extinct monster penguin that was about the size of an adult human and swam the oceans some 60 million years ago.
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Evidence of ‘Herculean’ Parrot Found in New Zealand
The remains of a super-sized parrot that stood more than half the height of an average human and roamed the earth 19 million years ago have been discovered in New Zealand.
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Ancient Voracious Predator Species Found in Canadian Shale
Paleontologists announced Tuesday the discovery of fossils of a new predatory species with a shell resembling a famous Star Wars ship that may have been one of the earliest relatives of modern insects and crabs.
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100 Million-Year-Old Bird With Unusually Long Toe Discovered in Amber
Researchers have discovered an ancient bird fossilized in amber with a toe structure unlike anything seen before in animal history.
Read moreStudy Pegs Divergence of Neanderthals and Humans at 800,000 Years Ago
Teeth can weather a lot, even 800 millennia in a cave. A batch of them – along with prehistoric fossils found in a cave system – have led scientists to a stunning new conclusion: Modern humans likely began breaking away from our Neanderthal relatives 800,000 years, much earlier than previously thought.
Read moreScientists Discover Much Shorter Cousin of T. Rex
Scientists announced Monday the discovery of a closely related cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex, a much smaller 3-foot relative that might help researchers better understand the origins of tyrannosauroids and how they evolved to become the giants of the late Cretaceous Period.
Read moreChinese Fossil Sheds Light on Mysterious Neanderthal Kin
By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 40 years after it was found by a monk
Read moreIndiana Sewer Project Unearths Trove of Mastodon Bones
Workers installing sewer lines across a southern Indiana farm unearthed the fossilized bones of a mastodon that likely stood about 9 feet tall.
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