The lastest palaeontological news from across the internet. http://www.palass.org/ en-gb Copyright: (C) The Palaeontological Association 60 Fossils removed illegally from Mongolia to be repatriated. http://www.skynews.com.au/offbeat/article.aspx?id=871549 itemID-147 Sun, 12 May 2013 20:39:46 GMT Re-examination of UK material reveals hundreds of "gobsmackingly beautiful" new Ediacaran fossils. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-22359896 itemID-146 Tue, 07 May 2013 18:47:46 GMT New Cretaceous dinosaur is first to be discovered from period when Indo-Madagascar was an isolated landmass. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22210435 itemID-145 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:06:27 GMT Paired anal fins found in Devonian jawless fish. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2307350/The-fin-led-foot-Researchers-fossils-showing-fish-evolving.html itemID-144 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:35:15 GMT New studies suggest most iconic 'living fossils' are nothing of the sort http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/34927/title/The-Falsity-of-Living-Fossils/ itemID-143 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:45:23 GMT New study revises age of avian-like theropod trace fossils. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v495/n7441/full/nature11931.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20130321 itemID-142 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:38:04 GMT New pterosaur named Vectidraco daisymorrisae in honour of 9 year old girl who found it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-21850080 itemID-141 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:36:47 GMT New Burgess Shale fossil provides link between enteropneusts and pterobranchs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21745029 itemID-140 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:31:32 GMT Canadian palaeontologists use collagen fingerprinting to identify extinct ungulate. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/news/giant-camel-fossil-unearthed-in-the-arctic-8521605.html itemID-138 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:34:51 GMT Rich new Chinese fossil site shows fuxianhuiids had first feeding limbs. http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2013/02/fossil-fuxianhuiid.html itemID-137 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:58:20 GMT Unique, helical tooth whorl of Carboniferous chondrichthyan reconstructed. http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/27/17118881-ancient-shark-relative-had-buzzsaw-mouth?lite itemID-136 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:55:54 GMT First placental mammal was a small, furry, Palaeogene insectivore, new study suggests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21350900 itemID-135 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:48:54 GMT Hominin tooth wear may be caused by quartz from desert dust, not from diet, says new study. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v493/n7433/full/493486a.html itemID-134 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:18:55 GMT New specimen of Confuciusornis identified as "a reproductively active female." http://nbcnews.to/XxqqVl itemID-133 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:25:23 GMT Chengjiang fossil provides new evidence of lophotrochozoan evolution. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21029364 itemID-132 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:08:15 GMT New study of British dinosaur localities reveals west Wales hotspot. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-21023189 itemID-131 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:17:58 GMT Search heads to UK for Tarbosaurus specimen smuggled out of Mongolia. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/one-of-our-dinosaurs-is-missing-the-global-hunt-for-prized-tarbosaurus-fossil-8439178.html itemID-130 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:09:18 GMT The tale of how two foraminiferal friends at the Natural History Museum became sworn enemies. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-shellloving-scientists-torn-apart-by-a-mystery-woman-8430667.html itemID-129 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:27:25 GMT Silurian Lagerstätte reveals superbly preserved new ostracod. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/two-425myearold-shrimplike-fossils-found--with-limbs-eyes-gills-and-guts-intact-8410909.html itemID-128 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:19:12 GMT Well-preserved rhino skull found in 9 million year-old ignimbrite. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49966539/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.ULjhvIUVgme itemID-127 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:38:33 GMT DNA analysis of fossils from Belgian caves shows that rapid climate change caused multiple regional extinctions. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20468224 itemID-126 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:34:16 GMT Fossils from China suggest that Jurassic fly mimicked the leaves of the Ginkgo plant. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/11/scientists-reveal-jurassic-forests-hidden-hangingfly/ itemID-125 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:28:41 GMT Mediaeval woodblocks used for printing preserve record of beetle distribution. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49910104/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UK-OdoUVgmc itemID-124 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:52:03 GMT Trace fossil Paleodictyon reinterpreted as earliest example of parentage. http://www.nature.com/news/leonardo-fossil-sketch-may-depict-early-nests-1.11841 itemID-123 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:49:33 GMT Pliocene fossils indicate that modern monsters did not evolve from Megalodon. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20318175 itemID-122 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:41:38 GMT Archaeological site in New Mexico indicates Native Americans collected fossils. http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/11/pre-columbian-fossil-collectors-unearthed.html itemID-121 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:33:12 GMT BBC World Service series discusses what mark the modern world will leave in the geological record. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20154031 itemID-120 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:49:36 GMT Earliest indication of over-water gliding comes from non-teleost fish fossil discovered in China. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20095637 itemID-119 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:15:45 GMT Bite mark analysis of Triceratops bones indicates tyrannosaurs pulled their heads off. http://www.nature.com/news/how-to-eat-a-triceratops-1.11650 itemID-118 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:34:14 GMT Discovery of foot bones shows earliest primates were arboreal. http://www.nature.com/news/primates-were-always-tree-dwellers-1.11423 itemID-117 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:51:54 GMT Florida man charged with bringing in Mongolian tyrannosaur illegally. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49520375/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UIcCfoV-Emc itemID-116 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:48:48 GMT Synchrotron analysis shows Early Devonian placoderm had both teeth and jaws. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2219169/The-gruesome-grimace-source-smiles-This-prehistoric-fish-develop-jaws-like-modern-mammals.html?ito=feeds-newsxml itemID-115 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:05:36 GMT Specimen of Fuxianhuia from Cambrian of Chengjiang preserves complex neuroanatomy. http://www.scotsman.com/news/sci-tech/520-million-year-old-brain-is-surprisingly-modern-say-experts-1-2568091 itemID-114 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:57:36 GMT New analysis of moa leg bones shows DNA has half-life of just 521 years. http://www.nature.com/news/dna-has-a-521-year-half-life-1.11555 itemID-113 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:40:45 GMT Moment of attack preserved in Cretaceous amber. http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/10/08/Prehistoric-spider-attack-frozen-in-time/UPI-58011349734339/?spt=hs&or=sn itemID-112 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:39:58 GMT Museum specimen reveals secrets of colonial construction. http://phys.org/news/2012-10-prehistoric-builders-reveal-secrets.html itemID-111 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:36:08 GMT Short film about hunting fossils in the heart of England's capital city. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19574619 itemID-110 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:01:02 GMT Badger-sized fossil anteater uncovered in Mongolia. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48804056/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UDzNoaPR1I0 itemID-109 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:52:21 GMT 230 million year-old mites discovered in Italian amber. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/343296/title/Oldest_mites_in_amber_discovered itemID-108 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:49:06 GMT High-resolution analysis indicates mouthparts of Odontogriphus and Wiwaxia were molluscan. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48767943/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UDeQL6PR1I0 itemID-107 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:31:12 GMT Series of summer landslides on Dorset's Jurassic Coast mean palaeontologists are 'dicing with death.' http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/localnews/9884471.Fossil_hunters_warned_after_Dorset_coastguard_shut_beaches/ itemID-106 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:24:08 GMT Jurassic megalosaur sports fluffy filaments, suggesting feathers are an ancestral character. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/120702-squirrel-tail-feathers-dinosaurs-fossil-science-proceedings/ itemID-105 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:36:44 GMT Ash beds in Newfoundland yield juvenile Ediacarans. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57463970/earliest-baby-animals-found-in-ancient-volcanic-ash/ itemID-104 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:13:51 GMT Auctioned tyrannosaur to be seized by US government. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18519286 itemID-103 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:08:37 GMT 585 million year-old rocks in Uruguay yield evidence of mobile metazoans. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48002051/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.T_CuJXA0slc itemID-102 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:05:33 GMT Eocene turtles fossilized whilst copulating. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18495102 itemID-101 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:26:35 GMT New research suggests heavy metals in granite helped kick-start evolution of sexual reproduction. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/4372176/Get-your-rocks-off.html itemID-100 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:21:07 GMT Reduction in insect wing size coincides with Jurassic evolution of birds. http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-insects-birds-20120604,0,4986592.story?track=rss itemID-99 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 09:50:27 GMT Anthropologists disagree over age and identification of hominids in Spanish fossil site. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jun/10/fossil-dating-row-sima-huesos-spain?newsfeed=true itemID-98 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 09:47:36 GMT Houston Museum of Natural Science prepares to open new $85m fossil hall. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/22/icthyosaur-dinosaur-fossils-display-texas itemID-97 Sun, 27 May 2012 18:23:49 GMT Fossilized ink sac reveals cuttlefish-like eumelanin in Mesozoic cephalopod. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/05/120521-squid-cuttlefish-ink-sacs-fossils-melanin-science-simon/ itemID-96 Sun, 27 May 2012 18:21:10 GMT Expert claims specimen may have been imported from Mongolia illegally. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47483510/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.T7lvAo6wYvo itemID-95 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:22:29 GMT Palaeocene fossil specimen is largest species ever found. http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-largest-turtle-20120518,0,6876731.story itemID-94 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:20:11 GMT Inventory of Biodiversity lists all known species, living and extinct. http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/nz-first-country-entirely-catalogue-fossils-4893378 itemID-93 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:16:53 GMT Giant crocodiles co-existed with early humans in Kenya, and "would have been a major part of the life our ancestors." http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/science/a-crocodile-too-huge-to-fit-on-the-family-tree.html?_r=1 itemID-92 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:38:32 GMT New study reveals Mediterranean island had most miniature mammoth yet recorded. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/grrlscientist/2012/may/10/1 itemID-90 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:31:52 GMT Discovery of giant Ordovician fossil stumps US palaeontologists. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2134973/Animal-vegetable--monster-9ft-high-fossil-dubbed-Godzillus-baffles-experts.html?ito=feeds-newsxml itemID-89 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:54:39 GMT Renowned palaeontologist subject of new documentary. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01fq4yh itemID-88 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:49:57 GMT Cretaceous specimens from South Dakota 'formed integral part' of cold-seep ecosystem. http://www.livescience.com/19690-ammonites-deposit-seafloor-seep.html itemID-87 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:43:19 GMT Patagonian fossils cited as missing link. http://www.itn.co.uk/home/43040/Dinosaur+27proves27+missing+link+to+birds itemID-86 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:46:38 GMT New species discovered in Early Devonian of China. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2012/04/living-fossil-fish-gets-a-little-older/1#.T4c-5440t7E itemID-85 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:43:02 GMT Experts fear Pakistani bombings may have obliterated 'the beast of Balochistan' http://tribune.com.pk/story/361004/dera-bugti-operation-largest-mammal-fossils-may-have-been-bombed-into-oblivion/ itemID-84 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:37:28 GMT New toothed whale fossil shows beluga-narwhal group hasn't always been polar. http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/5476/ancient-whale-preferred-tropical-waters itemID-83 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:24:27 GMT Chinese tyrannosaurid is largest feather-bearing dinosaur ever discovered. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/dinosaurs/9186922/Giant-feathered-dinosaur-Yutyrannus-discovered-in-China.html itemID-82 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:13:27 GMT Reconstruction of Titanoboa unveiled in New York. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46838966/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.T22xl46WR7E itemID-81 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:33:06 GMT New palaeoenvironmental analysis indicates hunting was responsible for extinction of Pleistocene giants. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17488447 itemID-80 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:28:20 GMT ...but controversy over whether Chinese hominid fossils represent new species of human. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/120314-new-human-species-chinese-plos-science-red-deer-cave/ itemID-79 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:38:16 GMT Protected status to be given to Eocene site in British Columbia. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/02/26/bc-fossil-mcabee.html itemID-78 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:28:54 GMT Much larger than modern counterparts, Jurassic blood-suckers were well-equipped for piercing tough hides. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fossil-fleas-found-inch-long-bugs-feasted-on-dinosaurs-evidence-of-oldest-fleas-in-china/2012/02/29/gIQA58IQiR_story.html?tid=pm_national_pop itemID-77 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:12:46 GMT Chinese fossils "provide a view into the guts of a coal-forming swamp in its prime." http://www.nature.com/news/ash-covered-forest-is-permian-pompeii-1.10061 itemID-76 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:03:28 GMT Campion seeds germinate after burial by squirrels 30,000 years ago. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17100574 itemID-75 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:55:53 GMT 760 million year-old Namibian fossils might be earliest metazoans. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/120207-oldest-animals-sponges-earliest-science-evolution/ itemID-74 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:34:40 GMT Exceptionally preserved katydid from Mongolia "made a resonant sound - a bit like a violin." http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=1149 itemID-73 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:21:48 GMT New study says evolution of shrew- to elephant-sized land mammals took 24 million generations. http://www.nature.com/news/study-measures-mammalian-growth-spurt-1.9931 itemID-72 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:08:33 GMT Burgess Shale throws up mysterious, flower-like filter-feeder. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/19/sci-tulip-beds-creature.html itemID-71 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:26:55 GMT Hermit crab from the Cretaceous of Spain named after the 'King of Pop' http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-mesoparapylocheles-michaeljacksoni-fossil-hermit-crab.html itemID-70 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:25:35 GMT Polished sections of specimens from Beagle voyage found at British Geological Survey. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16578330 itemID-69 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:20:49 GMT Crickets and other insects evolved hearing before appearance of echo-locating bats. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45876341/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.Tw1_VPI8v3U itemID-68 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:25:18 GMT Google honours 374th birthday of geological pioneer. http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/887022-nicolas-steno-geology-pioneer-given-fossil-themed-google-doodle itemID-66 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:19:56 GMT "Huge, sophisticated eyes" described from Australian anomalocaridid. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/dec/07/predator-compound-eyes-stalks-cambrian?newsfeed=true itemID-65 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:16:53 GMT Russian-Japanese team suggests mammoth resurrection within five years; other scientists question veracity and value. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/06/9254548-clone-a-mammoth-not-so-fast itemID-64 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:03:37 GMT Baseball- and football-shaped microfossils interpreted as metazoan embryos. http://news.discovery.com/animals/fossils-early-life-111206.html itemID-63 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:58:04 GMT Moths from the Messel Shale were yellow-green, says new structural analysis. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45314124/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.Ts0DNPI8v6g itemID-62 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:53:53 GMT Valuable specimens looted from Scottish island. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-15789553 itemID-61 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:46:11 GMT Soft-tissued sea creatures discovered in the Ordovician of Wales. http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=1104 itemID-60 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:08:09 GMT Whales, dolphins and seals discovered in Chilean fossil site. http://www.skynews.com.au/eco/article.aspx?id=684618&vId= itemID-59 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:05:59 GMT Burgess Shale yields first arthropod trackways. http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/Anthropod+tracks+first+found+shale/5679620/story.html itemID-58 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:04:41 GMT Tiny mite found hitch-hiking on Baltic amber spider. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45215604/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.TsEeh_I8v6g itemID-57 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:02:51 GMT Geochemistry of tooth enamel indicates sauropods undertook seasonal migrations. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/dinosaurs/8852191/Dinosaurs-migrated-200-miles-in-herds-scientists-find.html itemID-56 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:06:48 GMT How doomed Polar expedition discovered 'missing link' of Permian palaeogeography. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15384729 itemID-55 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:01:18 GMT Three million year-old whale bone yields evidence of bizarre 'snot worms' http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/15493634 itemID-54 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:14:20 GMT New molecular evidence indicates 'living fossils' actually diversified in last 10 million years. http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/10/21/3344101.htm itemID-53 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:22:35 GMT Peruvian fossils suggest African rodents invaded South America 41 million years ago. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44867689/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.Tpnl70-g-gU itemID-52 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:02:18 GMT New study says Triassic ichthyosaur fossils indicate the lair of a giant cephalopod. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/10/kraken-sea-monster-found-researcher-gets-slammed-for-theory.html itemID-51 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:53:10 GMT Extraordinary early hominids unearthed in South Africa http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903285704576558382651436242.html itemID-49 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:12:44 GMT Lyme Regis marks 200 years since Mary Anning's ichthyosaur discovery. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-14987193 itemID-48 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:09:31 GMT Cretaceous amber preserves dinosaur 'proto-feathers' http://www.economist.com/node/21529008 itemID-47 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:06:55 GMT 160 million year-old fossil indicates placental mammals evolved in Jurassic. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/science/30obmammal.html itemID-46 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:28:10 GMT Three-dimensionally preserved microbes described from 3.43 Ga sandstones in western Australia. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128275.200-oldest-fossils-show-early-life-was-a-beach.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news itemID-45 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:25:17 GMT Argentinian sauropod eggs preserve nests of late Cretaceous wasps. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43773319/ns/technology_and_science-science/ itemID-42 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:08:56 GMT Researchers come to New York for new insights into 380 million year-old trees. http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/380-million-years-later-stumps-rise-from-muck-1457238.php itemID-40 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:45:26 GMT Extraordinary abundance of Pleistocene fossils unearthed near Aspen. http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/147799 itemID-39 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:40:04 GMT Oldest evidence of complex vision found in Australian fossil. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/cambrian-eye-fossil-find-revealed-in-science-journal-nature/story-fn6bqphm-1226084493013 itemID-38 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:37:41 GMT X-ray analysis reveals chemistry and colour of 120-million year old bird. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/13965976 itemID-37 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:36:32 GMT Vertebrae of super-small saurian found in Sussex brickworks. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/06/15/1ft-dinosaur-discovered-by-amateur-fossil-hunter-115875-23201821/ itemID-36 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:46:35 GMT Fossils and artefacts from Caucasus Mountains suggest hominins were in Georgia 1.85 million years ago. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110606/full/news.2011.350.html itemID-35 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:49:39 GMT Messel fossil shows amphisbaenians really are limbless lizards, rather than lizard-like snakes. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/science/24obsnake.html itemID-34 Mon, 23 May 2011 14:34:57 GMT Large brain size of mammals linked to early evolution of olfactory system. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/13448202 itemID-33 Mon, 23 May 2011 14:29:17 GMT New study suggests Hawaiian land crabs wiped out by arrival of humans. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13415890 itemID-31 Wed, 18 May 2011 18:01:36 GMT Bolivian bones show early, rat-like marsupials lived in large social groups. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42960300/ns/technology_and_science-science/ itemID-30 Sun, 15 May 2011 12:57:28 GMT Jurassic insect collection lost for almost a century is rediscovered during restoration programme. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-13353836 itemID-29 Sun, 15 May 2011 12:53:12 GMT Fossilized sea cow teeth show low latitudes in Eocene were warmer and wetter than at present. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/04/110421-fossils-teeth-sea-cows-ancient-earth-climate-science/ itemID-28 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:01:54 GMT Long-legged female arachnid exquisitely preserved in Jurassic lake sediments from Inner Mongolia. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13134505 itemID-26 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:57:35 GMT Insect trace fossil from Carboniferous of Massachusetts provides "everything but the wings" http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/05/science/05obfossil.html itemID-25 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:50:53 GMT New study of ocular morphologies indicates many dinosaur species were nocturnal. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13083990 itemID-24 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:41:07 GMT Complex algal cells found fossilized in Torridonian rocks, indicating that life colonized terrestrial environments more than a billion years ago. http://esciencenews.com/articles/2011/04/13/loch.fossils.show.life.harnessed.sun.and.sex.early itemID-23 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:36:06 GMT "Sauropod" rock art in Utah shown to be composite of petroglyphs and natural staining. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/03/29/creationists-claim-humans-lived-dinosaurs-scientists-disagree/ itemID-22 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:56:56 GMT Infra-red mapping reveals soft-tissue preservation of 50 Ma specimen. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12816862 itemID-21 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:17:27 GMT 3.5 billion year old microbes reinterpreted as inorganic structures. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1370126/Earliest-known-life-earth-just-cracks-rock-controversial-new-study-finds.html itemID-20 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:02:41 GMT Exceptionally preserved fossil from Cambrian of China sheds new light on evolution of hemichordates. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110324153024.htm itemID-19 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:00:17 GMT The Sun's take on the meteoritic microfossils story. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3449881/Worms-in-space-Rocks-show-alien-life.html itemID-18 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:03:07 GMT Doubt cast on NASA engineer's interpretation that space rock contains evidence of alien life. http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/0307/Alien-fossils-found-in-meteorite-Scientists-urge-skepticism itemID-16 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:01:01 GMT "Cyanobacteria" from Apex Chert reinterpreted as inorganic structures. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-oldest-fossils.html itemID-15 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:23:41 GMT Seaweed-like fossils might be earliest animals. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/16/scitech/main20032317.shtml itemID-13 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:17:44 GMT Fossil foot bones from Ethiopia show that Australopithecus afarensis walked upright more than 3 million years ago. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/feb/10/fossil-foot-bone-ancestors-walking itemID-12 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:12:13 GMT How snakes got legless http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12393387 itemID-11 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:43:21 GMT The midnight forests of Cretaceous Antarctica http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12378934 itemID-10 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:43:11 GMT Why dinosaur trackways are size-selective http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-12344544 itemID-9 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:43:01 GMT Mammoth graveyard discovered in Rocky Mountains http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8275958/Ice-age-graveyard-reveals-its-secrets.html itemID-8 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:42:50 GMT New study finds post-Cretaceous hadrosaurs http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Bone+suggests+dinosaurs+survived+meteorite+strike/4189261/story.html itemID-7 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:42:37 GMT