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In the Sahara, Stone Age Graves From Greener Days »
Posted by: Neophile 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & Technology
When Paul C. Sereno went hunting dinosaur bones in the Sahara, his career took a sharp turn from paleontology to archaeology. The expedition found what ...
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Stupid clucking question: which came first the chicken or the dinosaur? »
Posted by: happygeek 9 months, 2 weeks ago in News
You might think that the world's leading paleontologists had better things to do than reverse engineer a chicken, but you would be wrong.
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Researchers find pint-sized meat-eating dinosaur »
Posted by: ap 9 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
WASHINGTON (AP) — Imagine a vicious velociraptor like those in "Jurassic Park," but only as big as a modern chicken. That's what Canadian researchers say ...
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Researchers discover ankle-biter size dinosaur »
Posted by: ap 9 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
WASHINGTON (AP) — Imagine a vicious velociraptor like those in "Jurassic Park," but only as big as a modern chicken.
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Dinosaur find raises questions on about feathers »
Posted by: ap 9 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
NEW YORK (AP) — A small dinosaur that once roamed northeastern China was covered with a stiff, hairlike fuzz, a discovery that suggests feathers began to ...
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Fresh doubts over T. rex chicken link »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & Technology
A claim by researchers to have extracted proteins from a Tyrannosaurus rex bone and matched these to proteins found in chickens has been attacked in ...
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For Kids | Miocene Epoch | kids can travel »
Posted by: kidscantravel 3 months ago in News
Learn about the Miocene Epoch whether you are writing a school report or visiting Geoparque Bryn Gwyn in Gaiman, Argentina.
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Mammoths moved 'out of America' »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 3 months ago in Science & Technology
Ancient DNA evidence points to the last Siberian woolly mammoths having originated in North America.
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Jack Horner's Plan to Bring Dinosaurs Back to Life »
Posted by: ideaman21 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The world's most famous dino-hunter says the key is embryonic development, not genetics. Who needs dino DNA? A few tweaks to a chick embryo ...
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Kraft: salmonella found in trail mix last year »
Posted by: ap 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Kraft Foods Inc., the company whose testing led to the nationwide pistachio recall, said Friday it first heard there was salmonella in ...
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Dinosaur evolutionary tree unveiled »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 5 months ago in Science & Technology
Dinosaurs may have been the largest land animals of the Cretaceous period , but a new study suggests that they were conspicuously absent from the 'terrestrial ...
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Paleontologist pleads guilty to stealing bones »
Posted by: ap 8 months, 1 week ago in News
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A famed paleontologist who discovered the world's best preserved dinosaur has pleaded guilty to stealing fossils from federal land.
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Otter-like fossil reveals early seal evolution »
Posted by: ap 8 months ago in Science & Technology
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists say they've found a "missing link" in the early evolution of seals and walruses — the skeleton of a web-footed, otter-like ...
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Mammoth skeleton unearthed in Serbia »
Posted by: ap 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Archaeologists say a skeleton of a mammoth believed to be about one million years old has been unearthed in eastern Serbia.
Miomir ...
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