Tag: paleontology

Africa proves yet again that it's the cradle of the hominid family, and in consequence the human species. Scientists have ...

The Cambrian era marked a profound change on life on Earth, sparking the rapid development of complex organisms and a ...

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Velociraptors have been repeatedly described by paleonthologists as voracious predators, however a recent study of a 75 million year old ...

[caption id="attachment_11875" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Chris Berry, a paleontologist at Cardiff University, examines the fossilized stump of a Gilboa tree in ...

Although the T. rex isn't the largest carnivorous dinosaur to have roamed Earth, a new study which used computer models ...

Bergmann’s rule states that mammals of a given genus or species are smaller in hotter climates, and bigger in colder climates. ...

Scientists at  Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania have set on a path that promises to revolutionize the way paleontology is studied, and ...

Casey Holliday, a University of Missouri researcher, was looking through some of the hundreds of unlabeled items kept in a ...

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[caption id="attachment_10716" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="An artist's impression of the giant Alamosaurus, now believed to be the biggest dinosaur ever to ...

New Jersey will soon be home to the closest thing to Jurassic Park so far, after yesterday the only press ...

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Fossilized moth wings, that are blue after death were yellow-green during lifetime, suggesting a colorful and creative method of camouflage. ...

Paleontologists have unearthed the remains of numerous whale fossils, dating back from seven million years ago,  in Northern Chile. On ...

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Using a new X-raying technique and device, based on synchrotron radiation, scientists have been able to  map the pigmentation of ...

Svante Paabo, the researcher whose work provided the basis for the Jurassic Park movies seems to have struck gold once ...

The geek inside was nagging me for quite a while to make a category like this. So, starting today, every ...