Last Update July 22, 2006

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July 21, 2006	Baby Triceratops found by Museum of the Rockies researchers
July 20, 2006	Neanderthal genome project launches
July 11, 2006	Dinosaur Fossils Predict Body Temperatures (PLOS Biology)
July 18, 2006	Sea monsters found in Arctic (Toronto Star)
June 15, 2006	Cretaceous Chinese fossil suggests aquatic origins for modern bird lineage(American Association for the Advancement of Science)
June 7, 2006	The mini-dinosaurs from the Harz Mountains
May 22, 2006	How ancient whales lost their legs, got sleek and conquered the oceans
May 18, 2006	Scientists scuttle claims that 'Hobbit' fossil from Flores, Indonesia, is a new hominid
May 17, 2006	Study Shows Novel Structure In South Pacific Plant May Be 'Missing Link' In Evolution Of Flowering Plants
April 24, 2006	The world's deepest dinosaur finding - 2256 metres below the seabed
April 12, 2006	Hominid fossils from Ethiopia link ape-men to more distant human ancestors
April 12, 2006	Paleontologists learn how not to become a fossil
April 5, 2006	Newly found species fills evolutionary gap between fish and land animals
April 3, 2006	Lost photos confirm fossil find
April 3, 2006	Giant Raptor Dinosaur Discovered in Utah Monument (University of Utah)
January 5, 2006	Redating of the latest Neandertals in Europe
October 13, 2005	Newly discovered birdlike dinosaur is oldest raptor ever found in South America (Field Museum)
June 2, 2005	Dinosaur Fossil Bone Leads to Gender, Age Determinations
May 30, 2005	Small species back-up giant marsupial climate change extinction claim
May 4, 2005	Killer Dinosaurs Turned Vegetarian (University of Utah)
April 15, 2005	Eocene plant diversity at Laguna del Hunco and Río Pichileufú, Patagonia, Argentina (University of Chicago)
April 14, 2005	Researchers find new giant amphibian fossils in Africa (McGill University)
March 24, 2005	NC State scientist finds soft tissue in T. rex bones (North Carolina State University)
March 21, 2005	Ideas About Fossil Horses Undergo Evolution In Thinking (University of Florida)
March 11, 2005	Fossil Records Show Biodiversity Comes and Goes (University of California at Berkeley)
March 4, 2005	'Hobbit' fossil likely represents new species of early humans (Washington University School of Medicine)
February 25, 2005	New dinosaur raptor found; First in Southern Hemisphere (Ohio State)
February 10, 2005	Prehistoric jawbone reveals evolution repeating itself (University of Chicago Medical Center)
November 7, 2004	Florissant Tops Amber Deposits For Fossil Beetle Richness, According To CU-Boulder Study
November 4, 2004	Paleontologist snares research prize with new approach to evolutionary theory (University of Chicago Medical Center)
October 5, 2004	Dinosaurs walked Canada's great north (McGill University)
September 23, 2004	New fossil sheds light on old mystery(University of Chicago Medical Center)
August 11, 2004	T. rex owes its giant size to the ultimate teenage growth spurt (Field Museum)

 

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