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Re-evaluation of Wulagasaurus indicates Basal Hadrosaurine dinosaurs originated in Asia

Several hundred disarticulated bones have been recovered from a large dinosaur quarry of the Upper Cretaceous Yuliangzi Formation at the base of the Wulaga outcrop of Heilongjiang Province near the Sino-Russian ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study supports theory of extraterrestrial impact

A 16-member international team of researchers that includes James Kennett, professor of earth science at UC Santa Barbara, has identified a nearly 13,000-year-old layer of thin, dark sediment buried in the ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 38 | with audio podcast

New basal beaked ornithurine bird found from the lower cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China

Based on a well-preserved specimen from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation in Jianchang, western Liaoning, China, Paleontologists of Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Plant-eating dinosaur discovered in Antarctica

For the first time, the presence of large bodied herbivorous dinosaurs in Antarctica has been recorded. Until now, remains of sauropoda - one of the most diverse and geographically widespread species of herbivorous dinosaurs ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Creating the Tree of Life

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine the wealth of information that would be at our fingertips if we could understand the genetic basis and evolutionary history that underlies the vast diversity in form and function seen within mammals.

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Palms as a model for rainforest evolution

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first complete genus-level dated phylogeny of palms reveals insights into the evolution of rainforests.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Worms among first animals to surface after K-T extinction event, study finds

A new study of sediments laid down shortly after an asteroid plowed into the Gulf of Mexico 65.5 million years ago, an event that is linked to widespread global extinctions including the demise of big dinosaurs, ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Improving evolutionary Tree of Life: Study provides robust molecular phylogeny for mammalian families

An international research team led by biologists at the University of California, Riverside and Texas A&M University has released for the first time a large and robust DNA matrix that has representation for ...

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

A toothy grin only a palaeontologist could love

(PhysOrg.com) -- McGill and University of Sao Paulo researchers identify new species of 70-million-year-old crocodile - with really big teeth and dog-shaped head.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Extreme makeover: are humans reshaping Earth?

If alien geologists were to visit our planet 10 million years from now, would they discern a distinct human fingerprint in Earth's accumulating layers of rock and sediment?

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 15, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 13


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