Paleontology

Your Burning Dinosaur Questions: Answered

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 05.30.2012

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There's something about wandering into empty halls filled with dinosaur fossils at the American Museum of Natural History that immediately awakens the...

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Brutal 'Extinction Event' Affected Earth For HOW Long?

Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Earth Science, Video, Paleontology, Extinction, Great Dying, Earth, Dinosaurs, Geology, Extinction Event, Science News

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 05/27/2012 11:24 PM EDT on LiveScience Whatever ultimately wiped more than 90 percent of...

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Foreign Leader Joins Battle Over Dinosaur Skeleton

Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Smuggling, T-Rex, Video, Prehistoric Animals, Paleontology, Auction, Extinct Species, Tyrannosaurus Skeleton, Dinosaurs, Mongolia, Science News

By: Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 05/24/2012 08:12 AM EDT on LiveScience A fossilized dinosaur that was once at the top of i...

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Radioisotopes, Earth Age, Video, Half-Life, Paleontology, Talk Nerdy to Me, Carbon-14, Radiocarbon Dating, Science, Evolution, Cara Santa Maria, Science News, Fossils, Carbon Dating, Science News

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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Huge Prehistoric Predator Ruled Lost Continent, Fossils Suggest

Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Video, Predators, Carnivores, Paleontology, Extinct Animals, Patagonia, Abelelisaurid, Prehistory, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Stubby T Rex, Dinosaurs, Science News

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 05/22/2012 06:53 PM EDT on LiveScience A newfound giant predatory dinosaur with even stubbi...

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PHOTOS: Dino Bones In Alberta

Terry Gardner | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Paleontology, Alberta, Travel Deals, Canada, Evolution, Dinosaurs, Alberta Badlands, Royal Tyrrell Museum, Francois Therrien, Dinosaur Bones, Slideexpand, Travel Blogs, Travel News

"Alberta ... is one of the richest places in the world," says paleontologist Francois Therrien.

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Neanderthals Getting a Colorful Upgrade

Kyle Jarrard | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Ice Age, Ochre, Europe, Paleontology, Homo Sapiens, Neanderthals, Wil Roebroeks, David Frayer, Science News

At long last, these creatures who roamed the Continent for hundreds of thousands of years only to become extinct 30,000 years ago under the onslaught of modern humans from Africa are getting a major upgrade by the scientific community.

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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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X-Ray Study Yields Surprising New Insight About Ancient Bugs

Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Video, Oldest Pollination, Pollination, Paleontology, Insect Pollination, Gymnospollisthrips, Insects, Oldest Insect Pollination, Prehistoric Insects, Thrips, Science News

By: Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor Published: 05/14/2012 06:15 PM EDT on LiveScience With massive dinosaurs towering above, tiny fem...

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Ancient Beast Unearthed On Island Was Smallest Of Its Type

Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Elephant, Video, Prehistoric, Mammoth Mummy, Megafauna, Prehistoric Animals, Paleontology, Woolly Mammoth, Dwarf Mammoth, Mastodon, Fossil Mammoth, Animals, Science News

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 05/08/2012 07:07 PM EDT on LiveScience The smallest dwarf mammoth, standing at under 4 feet...

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Dino Farts Warmed The Earth

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Flatulence, Video, Dinosaur Farts, Paleontology, Farting, Climate Change, Dinosaur, Cow Farts, Methane, Global Warming, Science News

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 05/07/2012 12:02 PM EDT on LiveScience We might want to rename the Brachiosaurus with th...

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LOOK: Mysterious 'Monster' Fossil Found By Amateur Paleontologist

AP | Posted 04.26.2012

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Experts are trying to figure out what a fossil dubbed "Godzillus" used to be...

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Odd Fossil Has Scientists Rethinking Reptile Reproduction

The Huffington Post | Jacqueline Howard | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Video, Mesosaur, Paleontology, Historic Biology, Graciela Piñeiro, Reptiles, National Center for Scientific Research, Viviparous, Embryo, Fossil, Dinosaur Embryo, Science News

Fossilized embryos unearthed recently in South America are having a big impact on paleontologists’ ideas about prehistoric reptiles' way of life. ...

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WOW: Tyrannosaurs With Feathers Discovered

Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Feathered Dinosaur, Cretaceous, Yutyrannus, Video, Paleontology, Tyrannosaurus Rex, T. Rex, Yutyrannus Huali, Dinosaur, Tyrannosaur, Jurassic, Dinosaur Feathers, Science News

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 04/04/2012 01:18 PM EDT on LiveScience A newly discovered titanic tyrannosaur is the bigge...

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Science, Religion And The First Amendment

Robert J. Asher | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Evolution, U.S. Constitution, Religion and Science, Creationism, Paleontology, Science Education, Charles Darwin, Home News

Teachers do not have the "academic freedom" to distort this evidence. There is a clear, historical link between creationist objections to evolutionary theory and religiously motivated incursions into school curricula.

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DISCOVERY: World's Oldest Campfire Found In South Africa

Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Wonderwerk Cave, History of Fire, Video, Paleontology, Discovery of Fire, Earliest Fire, Fire, Early Humans, Invention of Fire, First Use of Fire, Science News

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 04/02/2012 03:11 PM EDT on LiveScience Ash and charred bone, the earliest known evidence of...

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DNA Study Shows Color Of Neanderthal Eyes

| Traci Watson | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Dna, Human, Neanderthal, Video, Brown Eyes, Human Evolution, Paleontology, Biology, Croatia, Pigmentation, Neandertal, Genetics, Evolution, Cavemen, Blue Eyes, Science News

In museums around the world, reproductions of Neandertals sport striking blue or green eyes, pale skin, and gingery hair. Now new DNA analysis suggest...

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WATCH: Of Multituberculates And Men

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Greg Wilson, Video, Cretaceous-Tertiary, Dentition, Multituberculate, Paleontology, Talk Nerdy to Me, K-T, Extinction, Mammal, Proto-Mammal, Science, Cara Santa Maria, Dinosaur, Teeth, Science News

Although humans never walked with dinosaurs (you hear that, Santorum?), some of our earliest ancestors seem to have done so.

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Tiny Horned Dinosaur Was Ancestor Of Triceratops, Scientists Say

Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Cretaceous, Video, Triceratops, Paleontology, Gryphoceratops Morissonii, Uniceratops Koppelhusae, Dinosaurs, New Species, Horned Dinosaurs, Dinosaur Horns, Science News

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 03/16/2012 07:32 AM EDT on LiveScience The oldest and smallest horned dinosaur in North ...

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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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World's Oldest Salamander Species Discovered In China

Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Beiyanerpeton Jianpingensis, Salamander, Paleontology, Jurassic Salamander, Reptile, Dinosaurs, Animals, Life Sciences, Peking University, Video, Science News

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 03/12/2012 03:06 PM EDT on LiveScience A newly discovered 157-million-year-old salamande...

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Woolly Mammoth Extinction Gets Surprising New Explanation

| Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Video, Prehistoric Animals, Elephants, Megafauna, Woolly Mammoth, Paleontology, Extinction, Mammoth, Climate Change, Woolly Mammoth Extinction, Zoology, Life Sciences, Slidepollajax, Science News

The past few tens of millennia were hard times for the "megafauna" of the world. Hundreds of big-bodied species—from the mammoths of North America t...

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T. Rex's Fearsome Bite Called World's Most Powerful

Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Tyrannosaurus Rex, Dinosaur Bite, Dinosaur Teeth, Video, T. Rex, Dinosaur, Paleontology, T. Rex Teeth, T. Rex Bite, Science News

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 02/28/2012 07:09 PM EST on LiveScience The tyrant lizard, also known as Tyrannosaurus re...

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Monster Penguins Fossils Unearthed In New Zealand, Scientists Say

Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: New Zealand Animals, Video, Paleontology, Penguin Fossils, Tallest Penguin, Giant Penguin, Kairuku Grebneffi, Penguin, Zoology, Science News

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 02/27/2012 02:08 PM EST on LiveScience New Zealand was once home to the tallest pengu...

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PHOTOS: Puppy-Sized Prehistoric Horses May Portend Puny Humans

| Katherine Harmon | Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Ancient Miniature Horse, Paleontology, Sifrhippus, Climate Change, Miniature Horse, Sifrhippus Sandrae, Zoology, Life Sciences, Global Warming, Sifrippus, Science News

The first horses in North America would not have been able to hold their own in the Triple Crown. At just about 5.6 kilograms the Sifrhippus sandra...

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