Fossils

How Old Is Life On Earth, And How Do We Know?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.24.2012

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The Earth is 4.54 billion years old; 3.8 billion years ago, the very first life form came into existence; 225 million years ago, dinosaurs came on the...

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Coyote-Sized Dino May Be Missing Ancestor In Utah Raptor Family

The Huffington Post | Jacqueline Howard | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Video, Helmut Doelling, Velociraptors, Science, Utah Geological Survey, Dinosaurs, Yurgovuchia Doellingi, Raptors, Fossils, News, Raptor Dinosaur, Science News

Those swift and scary raptor dinosaurs that took a turn in the 1993 sci-fi movie Jurassic Park seem to have their real-world roots in the American Sou...

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Strange Fossil Reveals Plight Of Prehistoric 'Sea Monster'

Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Loch Ness Monster, Video, Sea Reptile, Ancient Reptile, Paleontology, Pliosaur, Science, Ancient Sea Reptile, Science News, Fossils, Marine Reptile, Arthritis, Science News

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 05/15/2012 06:09 PM EDT on LiveScience Ancient creatures resembling stout-necked Loch Ness ...

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Prehistoric, Dinosaur-Biting Fleas Were HOW Big?

Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Giant Fleas, Oregon State University, Video, Pseudopulex Magnus, Parasites, Biology, Pseudopulex Jurassicus, Science, Dinosaurs, Science News, Fossils, Pseudopulex, Fleas, Science News

By: Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor Published: 05/03/2012 08:22 AM EDT on LiveScience Paleo-pests about 10 times bigger than today's fl...

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What Ended The Reign Of Australia's 'Giants'?

Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Video, Australia History, Sthenurus, Australia Animal Species, Sporomiella, Ancient Species, Ancient Animals, Fossils, Green News

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 03/22/2012 02:12 PM EDT on LiveScience Humans landed on the shores of Australia more tha...

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'Unique' Fossil Discovery May Reveal New Human Species

Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Slideadbigshot, Ice Age, Denisovan, Video, Neanderthal, Stone Age, Early Human, Human Evolution, Paleontology, Homo Sapiens, Red Deer People, Human Fossils, Evolution, Red Deer Cave, Out of Africa, Fossils, Caveman, Science News

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 03/14/2012 11:09 AM EDT on LiveScience Mysterious fossils of what may be a previously unknown...

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Dinosaur Guts Suggest Surprising Last Meal For Velociraptor

Posted 03.07.2012

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By: Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor Published: 03/06/2012 12:28 PM EST on LiveScience A lightweight Velociraptor dinosaur may have ch...

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PHOTOS: Dinosaurs Tormented By Colossal Fleas, Fossil Study Shows

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 04.30.2012

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In the Jurassic era, even the flea was a beast, compared to its minuscule modern descendants. These pesky bloodsuckers were nearly...

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PHOTOS: Meet Your 'Cave Parents'

Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Slideadbigshot, Video, Neanderthal, Lucy, Paleontology, Natural History Museum, Early Human Portraits, Anthropology, Archeology, Facial Reconstruction, Cavemen, Early Humans, What Did Cavemen Look Like, Fossils, Senckenberg, Science News

What did our 'cave parents' look like? Without a family album going back 7 million years, it can be tough to imagine them, especially when all we see ...

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'Dirty Jobs': Plastering Fossils Compares To 'Ghost' Pottery Scene?

Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Video, Ghost, Reality TV, Mike Rowe, Dirty Jobs, Paleontology, Discovery, Tv Replay, Fossils, TV News

Mike Rowe has taken on some pretty disgusting jobs through his years as the host of "Dirty Jobs" (Tue., 9 p.m. ET on Discovery). Most of them are jobs...

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LOOK: Scientists Discover 'Missing Link' Dinosaur

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 12.07.2011

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Fossilized skull fragments of Spinops sternbergorum, a new dinosaur species announced this week, collected dust in a British museum for nearly a centu...

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Computer Technology Allowing Better Look Into Human Fossil Record

| Posted 12.02.2011

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By Kate Wong (Click here for original article.) JOHANNESBURG -- At a tea party earlier today for a research team at the University of the Witwater...

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Dinosaur Remains: The Latest In Home Decor?

Posted 01.09.2012

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The dinosaurs may not have survived the asteroid crash 65 million years ago, but it seems they survived the economic crash of 2008. While the sales of...

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'Zombie' Worms May Have Destroyed Parts Of Fossil Record

Posted 01.02.2012

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Just blame it on the zombie worms. An important discovery this month in Italy may help explain certain gaps in parts of the fossil record. British ...

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Fossil Fool: Dig Up A Skull, Get Banned From National Parks

AP | Posted 12.03.2011

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PORTLAND, Ore. (Associated Press / The Huffington Post) -- A Longview, Wash., man accused of digging up the skull of a hog-like animal that predated h...

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Watch: Earth's Oldest Fossil Could Point To Life On Mars

Posted 10.22.2011

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A team of scientists believe they have uncovered the fossilized remains of the earliest life on earth. Fossilized, single-celled organisms were di...

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Scientists Find 20-Million-Year-Old Ape Skull

Posted 10.05.2011

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A recent fossil discovery in East Africa may help shed light on the evolutionary history of primates in the region. Discovery News reports that a t...

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Nearly Complete Thalattosaur Skeleton Found In Alaska

Posted 09.28.2011

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Well, a Thalattosaur skeleton sure isn't something you expect to see on a day at the beach. According to International Business Times, a 200 millio...

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Dinosaur Discovery: Study Suggests Famous Fossil Is Not A Bird

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 09.26.2011

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NEW YORK — One of the world's most famous fossil creatures, widely considered the earliest known bird, is getting a rude present on the 150th bi...

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What Killed The Dinosaurs? Triceratops Fossil Discovery Provides A Clue

Posted 09.13.2011

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Scientists have long disagreed over what caused the mass extinction of dinosaurs on Earth. One hypothesis is that the prehistoric animals were killed ...

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Snowmass Dig Ends, Revealed 4,826 Bones

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 09.06.2011

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The largest fossil excavation project just wrapped up at the now infamous Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village. The excavation quickly unearthed a ...

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WATCH: Giant Prehistoric Shrimp Was A Killer Scientists Say

Posted 11.16.2011

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This newly-discovered, prehistoric shellfish gives whole new meaning to the term jumbo shrimp. Yale researchers announced they discovered in southe...

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UPDATE: Snowmass Is A Fossil Goldmine, 4,000+ Unearthed

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 07.18.2011

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Snomass has quickly turned into a fossil goldmine. The two-inch tooth of an ice age camel (aka the Camelops) was the most recent ancient discovery ...

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'Outed' By Archaeology: 5000-Year-Old 'Gay' Caveman Found

Posted 06.07.2011

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A team of Czech archaeologists claim to have unearthed the remains of an early gay man from around 2900-2500 B.C. outside Prague. According to the...

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Komodo Island: The Real-Life 'Jurassic Park'?

GlobalPost | Sara Schonhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lizards, Komodo Dragon, Prehistoric Life, Indonesia, Komodo Island, Reptiles, Dinosaurs, Fossils, Jurassic Park, Komodo National Park, World News

KOMODO ISLAND, Indonesia -- "Keep your distance, keep silent and secure all your belongings," whispered Ande Kefi, a ranger at Komodo National Park, a...

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