New study finds first inhabitants of Caribbean brought drug heirlooms with them October 20, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A new study led by North Carolina State University's Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick is the first to show physical evidence that the people who colonized the Caribbean from South America brought with them heirloom drug paraphernalia ... | |
 Researcher Hopes to Find Hidden Tomb of Genghis Khan Using Non-Invasive Technologies October 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- According to legend, Genghis Khan lies buried somewhere beneath the dusty steppe of Northeastern Mongolia, entombed in a spot so secretive that anyone who made the mistake of encountering ... | |
 Brain structure provides key to unraveling function of bizarre dinosaur crests October 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Paleontologists have long debated the function of the strange, bony crests on the heads of the duck-billed dinosaurs known as lambeosaurs. The structures contain incredibly long, convoluted nasal passages ... | |
 'Fishapod' reveals origins of head and neck structures of first land animals October 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Newly exposed parts of Tiktaalik roseae--the intermediate fossil between fish and the first animals to walk out of water onto land 375 million years ago--are revealing how this major evolutionary ... | |
Researchers uncover world's oldest fossil impression of a flying insect October 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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While paleontologists may scour remote, exotic places in search of prehistoric specimens, Tufts researchers have found what they believe to be the world's oldest whole-body fossil impression of a flying insect in a wooded ... | |
 Why do women get more cavities than men? October 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Reproduction pressures and rising fertility explain why women suffered a more rapid decline in dental health than did men as humans transitioned from hunter-and-gatherers to farmers and more sedentary pursuits, ... | |
New fossil reveals primates lingered in Texas October 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 40 million years ago, primates preferred Texas to northern climates that were significantly cooling, according to new fossil evidence discovered by Chris Kirk, physical anthropologist at The University ... | |
 Unique fossils capture 'Cambrian migration' October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique set of fossils indicates that 525 million years ago marine animals congregated in Earth’s ancient oceans, most likely for migration, according to an international team of scientists. | |
 Earliest Animal Footprints Ever Found -- Discovered in Nevada October 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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The fossilized trail of an aquatic creature suggests that animals walked using legs at least 30 million years earlier than had been thought. The tracks -- two parallel rows of small dots, each about 2 millimeters ... | |
 A new dinosaur species, Pachyrhinosaur lakustai, unveiled from Pipestone Creek, Alberta, Canada October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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The fossils revealed a herd of dinosaurs that perished in a catastrophic event 72.5 million years ago. The animals are characterized by a bony frill on the back of the skull ornamented with smaller horns. ... | |
 Meat-eating dinosaur from Argentina had bird-like breathing system September 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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The remains of a 30-foot-long predatory dinosaur discovered along the banks of Argentina's Rio Colorado is helping to unravel how birds evolved their unusual breathing system. | |
America's smallest dinosaur uncovered September 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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An unusual breed of dinosaur that was the size of a chicken, ran on two legs and scoured the ancient forest floor for termites is the smallest dinosaur species found in North America, according to a University of Calgary ... | |
Roman York skeleton could be early TB victim September 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The skeleton of a man discovered by archaeologists in a shallow grave on the site of the University of York's campus expansion could be that of one of Britain's earliest victims of tuberculosis. Radiocarbon dating suggests ... | |
 All in the Hips: Fossilized Discovery Leads Paleontologist to Find Early Whales Used Back Legs for Swimming September 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The crashing of the enormous fluked tail on the surface of the ocean is a “calling card” of modern whales. Living whales have no back legs, and their front legs take the form of flippers that ... | |
 Revising and re-sizing history: New work shows Ohio site to be an ancient water works, not a fort September 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The site known as Miami Fort is no fort at all, and it is also much larger than previously believed – so large, in fact, that its berms stretch to almost six kilometers in length, making it ... | |
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