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Fossils Defined
The remains or traces of animals or plants that have been preserved in rocks by natural processes.
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Fossils show that dinosaur breathed same way as birds
Published October 7, 2008, 12:23 am, The Columbus Dispatch
Fossils of a previously unknown, 33-foot-long, meat-eating dinosaur discovered in South America are delivering insights to scientists on the long-suspected evolutionary relationship between dinosaurs and modern birds.
Cosmic Log: Puzzling over pre-humans
Published October 6, 2008, 7:55 am, MSNBC
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Decades after a 3.2-million-year-old "almost human" named Lucy became a star, the origin of our species still poses mysteries worthy of a crime show.
Huge power, bit of a wuss
Published October 5, 2008, 7:36 am, Thursday Magnet
THREE decades after movie audiences were terrorised by Jaws, there is scientific evidence a great white shark really could munch a hole in a boat.
Pollution Makes Oceans Noisier
Published October 3, 2008, 6:47 am, LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News
The ocean may soon begin to sound more like New York City to dolphins and whales.
'Lucy's Legacy' holds treasures for all ages at the Pacific Science Center
Published October 2, 2008, 1:56 pm, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
There's plenty for children to see at "Lucy's Legacy" in the Pacific Science Center.
Oldest primate remains found
Published October 2, 2008, 12:10 pm, HT via Yahoo! India News
They are so small that anyone could have overlooked them. But four tiny fossilised teeth found in a coalmine in Gujarat could be the oldest remains of anthropoids-the primate lineage of monkeys, apes and humans.
Catastrophe Killed Dinosaur Herd, New Species Emerges
Published October 2, 2008, 10:30 am, Muzi
A catastrophic event 72.5 million years ago left a herd of giant, horned dinosaurs buried to become fossils. Now scientists have identified the extinct creatures as a new species.
New Dinosaur Species, Pachyrhinosaur Lakustai, Had Bony Frill And Horns
Published October 2, 2008, 7:21 am, Science Daily
Newly found fossils revealed a herd of dinosaurs that perished in a catastrophic event 72.5 million years ago. Scientists describe the animals as having a bony frill on the back of the skull ornamented with smaller horns. They also had large bony structures above their nose and eyes which lends them their name: Pachyrhinosaurus (thick-nosed lizard). These structures probably supported horns of ...
A new dinosaur species, Pachyrhinosaur lakustai, unveiled from Pipestone Creek, Alberta, Canada
Published October 2, 2008, 7:02 am, PhysOrg
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. They also had large bony structures above their nose and eyes which lends them their name: Pachyrhinosaurus (thick-nosed lizard). These structures probably supported horns of keratin.
Questions answered
Published October 2, 2008, 2:13 am, San Diego Union-Tribune
QUESTION: What caused the migration of early humans out of Africa? Was there sufficient climatic change to make it better to leave than take the risk of trying to adapt to some sort of environmental change?
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