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Earliest apelike human ancestor disproved?
10-28-2009 |
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A fossil of the 50-million-year-old Algeripithecus long believed to be the strongest evidence that apes and humans origi...
Pterodactyl missing link found
10-14-2009 | 1
A fossil hailed to be the missing link in how pterosaur dinosaurs evolved from small bird-size creatures has been discov...
New fossil moves mankind back 1m years
10-2-2009 | 25
New light has been shed on the link between chimps and humans with the discovery of Ardi, our oldest known ancestor - a ...
Ancient shark feeding frenzy revealed
9-29-2009 | 0
A new fossil analysis of plesiosaur remains found in Japan has revealed that the creature was fed upon by a gang of at l...
Plumbing of a supervolcano revealed
9-28-2009 | 1
Its one of the most destructive forces on the planet and now scientists have been given the chance to take a glimpse for...
Ink found in Jurassic-era squid
8-20-2009 | 2
Palaeontologists have managed to extract ink from a fossilised squid and used it to draw with, the fossil is believed to...
Pterodactyl fossil reveals complex flight
8-10-2009 | 5
Studies of a pterodactyl fossil have shown that the creature had complex wing fibers that would have enabled it to fly w...
Dinosaur mummy yields its secrets
7-2-2009 | 4
Scientists have analysed the amazingly well-preserved fossil of a dinosaur, the creature's soft tissues managed to avoid...
Oldest elephant relative found
6-27-2009 | 1
The fossilized remains of the oldest known relative of the modern elephant have been unearthed in Morocco. At over 60 mi...
Human-faced missing link found in Spain ?
6-17-2009 | 16
An ancient fossil species over 11.9 million years old has been discovered in Spain. The species has an unusually flat an...
"Missing link" fossil revealed
5-20-2009 | 76
The remains of a 47-million-year-old creature dubbed as the "missing link" between primates and humans has been revealed...
Oldest human hairs found in hyena dung fossil
5-13-2009 | 4
The oldest known human hairs have been discovered inside the fossil of ancient hyena dung unearthed in a Chilean cemeter...
China to excavate Peking Man site again
5-12-2009 | 0
Scientists in China are preparing to launch another excavation at the cave where the first Peking Man skull was found al...
Did dinosaurs live in the arctic ?
4-29-2009 | 1
It is thought that some dinosaurs could survive in near-freezing conditions and would have occupied what is now the arct...
Ancestor of T-rex found in China
4-23-2009 | 1
Fossils discovered near the city of Jiayuguan in China may reveal important clues to the evolution of Tyrannosaurus rex....
Did wings evolve to attract a mate ?
4-8-2009 | 13
The evolution of wings and the ability to fly could have been a way for early dinosaurs to impress the opposite sex, alm...
Giant prehistoric sand worm fossils discovered
3-16-2009 | 30
Fossil evidence of a completely unknown prehistoric species of giant sand worm has been discovered in Devon, England. Th...
'Peking Man' older than thought
3-13-2009 | 3
Ancient human fossils from China known as the 'Peking Man' fossils have turned out to be 200,000 years older than had be...
World's 'oldest' spider web found
3-6-2009 | 6
The world's oldest spider web has been discovered encased in amber, fossil hunters Jamie Hiscocks and his brother Jonath...
Archaeopteryx secrets revealed
2-25-2009 | 1
An Archaeopteryx fossil discovered 150 million years has been subject to one of the world's most powerful x-ray scans in...
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