 '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 ... | |
 Bulgarian archaeologists unearth ancient chariot November 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Archaeologists have unearthed an elaborately decorated 1,800-year-old chariot sheathed in bronze at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, the head of the excavation said Friday. "The ... | |
 Velociraptor had feathers September 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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A new look at some old bones have shown that velociraptor, the dinosaur made famous in the movie Jurassic Park, had feathers. A paper describing the discovery, made by paleontologists at the American Museum ... | |
 Researchers Find Oldest Gecko Fossil Ever Discovered August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Oregon State University and the Natural History Museum in London have announced the discovery of the oldest known fossil of a gecko, with body parts that are forever preserved ... | |
 World's earliest nuclear family found November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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The researchers dated remains from four multiple burials discovered in Germany in 2005. The 4,600-year-old graves contained groups of adults and children buried facing each other – an unusual practice in Neolithic ... | |
 Ancestor of all modern crocodilians discovered in outback Queensland June 14, 2006 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Fossils of the world's most primitive modern crocodilian have been discovered near the outback town of Isisford, in central-western Queensland, Australia. | |
Riddle of the jade jewels reveals vast trade arena November 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Analysing the origins of jade used in ancient jewellery has revealed a trading arena that was active for more than 3,000 years and sprawled over 3,000km in Southeast Asia – possibly the largest such network discovered in ... | |
 Oldest Known Art and Agriculture Calendar in New World Discovered May 12, 2006 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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In one of the most significant archaeological and anthropological finds in recent history, Robert Benfer, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Missouri-Columbia, has discovered the earliest ... | |
 Flatfish fossils fill in evolutionary missing link July 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Hidden away in museums for more that 100 years, some recently rediscovered flatfish fossils have filled a puzzling gap in the story of evolution and answered a question that initially stumped even Charles ... | |
Academic uncovers Holy Grail of palaeontology December 03, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 53 vote(s)
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Palaeontologist Dr Phil Manning, working with National Geographic Channel has uncovered the Holy Grail of palaeontology in the United States: a partially intact dino mummy. | |
 A missing link settles debate over the origin of frogs and salamanders May 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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The description of an ancient amphibian that millions of years ago swam in quiet pools and caught mayflies on the surrounding land in Texas has set to rest one of the greatest current controversies in vertebrate ... | |
New research confirms Indonesian 'Hobbit' was a new species September 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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An international team of researchers led by the Smithsonian Institution has completed a new study on Homo floresiensis, commonly referred to as the “hobbit,” a 3-foot-tall, 18,000-year-old hominin skeleton, discovered four ... | |
 Sensational Find: the Mini-Dinosaurs from the Harz Mountains June 07, 2006 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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When unusually small dinosaur fossils were found in a quarry on the northern edge of the Harz Mountains in 1998, it was initially assumed that these were the remains of a group of young dinosaurs. This was ... | |
 Royals weren't only builders of Maya temples, archaeologist finds February 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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An intrepid archaeologist is well on her way to dislodging the prevailing assumptions of scholars about the people who built and used Maya temples. | |
 Everyday text shows that Old Persian was probably more commonly used than previously thought June 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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For the first time, a text has been found in Old Persian language that shows the written language in use for practical recording and not only for royal display. The text is inscribed on a damaged clay tablet ... | |
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