Mass Extinction Threat: Earth on Verge of Huge Reset Button? (LiveScience.com)
September 3, 2010 by admin
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LiveScience.com – Mass extinctions have served as huge reset buttons that dramatically
changed the diversity of species found in oceans all over the world, according
to a comprehensive study of fossil records. The findings suggest humans will
live in a very different future if they drive animals to extinction, because
the loss of each species can alter entire ecosystems.
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Fossil of stocky new predatory dinosaur unearthed in Romania (AFP)
September 1, 2010 by admin
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AFP – The fossil of a stocky new dinosaur with two sets of claws on its feet unearthed in Romania has given researchers a window into what European predators looked like in the final years of the Age of Dinosaurs.
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Remains of deadly European dinosaur discovered (AP)
August 31, 2010 by admin
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AP – Around 70 million years ago a stocky dragon stalked what is now Romania.
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Fossilized Creek Beds Offer Up Ancient Climate Change Clues (LiveScience.com)
August 26, 2010 by admin
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LiveScience.com – An ancient, fossilized landscape is slowly rising up from the fields of
sugar beets and barley in England’s Fens, an agricultural hub near the
country’s central eastern coast.
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Fossils of Earliest Animal Life Possibly Discovered (LiveScience.com)
August 19, 2010 by admin
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LiveScience.com – Fossils of what could be the oldest animal bodies have been discovered in
Australia, pushing back the clock on when animal life first appeared on Earth to at least 70 million years earlier than previously thought.
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Mind-Controlling Parasites Date Back Millions of Years (LiveScience.com)
August 18, 2010 by admin
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LiveScience.com – Mind control by parasite sounds like the stuff of science
fiction, but not only have scientists revealed that it is real across a range
of animals – including perhaps humans – they now even have fossil evidence
suggesting it has taken place for millions of years.
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`Lucy’ species used stone tools, fossil study says (AP)
August 12, 2010 by admin
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AP – Two ancient animal bones from Ethiopia show signs of butchering by human ancestors, moving back the earliest evidence for the use of stone tools by about 800,000 years, researchers say.
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Area of Mars Identified as Good Place to Look for Evidence of Past Life (SPACE.com)
July 31, 2010 by admin
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SPACE.com – A spot
on Mars called Nili Fossae that is rich in clay mineral-rich rocks could be a prime
spot to search for the fossilized remains of Martian life that may have existed
4 billion years ago, a new study suggests.
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Clawed Dinosaur Caught in the Act of Digging for Prey (LiveScience.com)
July 24, 2010 by admin
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LiveScience.com – A clawed, predatory dinosaur may have been caught in the act
of digging for mammalian prey, scientists now reveal.
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Elephant tooth fossil found in Brazil: report (AFP)
July 21, 2010 by admin
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AFP – Scientists in Brazil say a fossil of an elephant’s tooth found in the Amazon jungle proves the presence of pachyderms in South America some 45,000 years ago, a report said on Tuesday.
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