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Robotic dinosaurs on the way for next-gen paleontology
published on February 21st, 2012 at 11:05 PM
Researchers are bringing the latest technological advancements in 3-D printing to the study of ancient life. Using scale models of real fossils, for the first time, they will be able to test hypotheses about how dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals moved and lived in their environments.
300-million-year-old forest discovered preserved in volanic ash
published on February 20th, 2012 at 11:05 PM
Pompeii-like, a 300-million-year-old tropical forest was preserved in ash when a volcano erupted in what is today northern China. Paleobotanists have reconstructed this fossilized forest, lending insight into the ecology and climate of its time.
Studying the evolution of life's building blocks
published on February 20th, 2012 at 11:05 PM
Studying the origin of life at its building blocks offers a unique perspective on evolution, says a researcher.
Why do dinosaur skeletons look so weird?
published on February 16th, 2012 at 11:05 PM
Many fossilized dinosaurs have been found in a twisted posture. Scientists have long interpreted this as a sign of death spasms. Researchers have now come to the conclusion that these bizarre deformations occurred only during decomposition of dead dinosaurs.
Explosive evolution need not follow mass extinctions, study of ancient zooplankton finds
published on February 13th, 2012 at 11:05 PM
Fossil record of graptoloids challenges the theory that immediately after a mass extinction, species develop new physical traits at a rapid pace.
Entire genome of extinct human decoded from fossil
published on February 7th, 2012 at 11:05 PM
Scientists have completed the genome sequence of a Denisovan, a representative of an Asian group of extinct humans related to Neanderthals.
Fossil cricket reveals Jurassic love song
published on February 6th, 2012 at 11:05 PM
The love song of an extinct cricket that lived 165 million years ago has been brought back to life by scientists. The song – possibly the most ancient known musical song documented to date – was reconstructed from microscopic wing features on a fossil discovered in North East China. It allows us to listen to one of the sounds that would have been heard by dinosaurs and other creatures roaming Jurassic forests at night.
Global extinction: Gradual doom is just as bad as abrupt
published on February 3rd, 2012 at 11:05 PM
Around 250 million years ago, most life on Earth was wiped out in an extinction known as the "Great Dying." Geologists have learned that the end came slowly from thousands of centuries of volcanic activity.
A battle of the vampires, 20 million years ago?
published on February 3rd, 2012 at 11:05 PM
They are tiny, ugly, disease-carrying little blood-suckers that most people have never seen or heard of, but a new discovery in a one-of-a-kind fossil shows that "bat flies" have been doing their noxious business with bats for at least 20 million years.
New species of ancient crocodile discovered; 'Sheildcroc' was ancestor of today's species
published on January 31st, 2012 at 11:05 PM
A new species of prehistoric crocodile has been discovered. The extinct creature, nicknamed "Shieldcroc" due to a thick-skinned shield on its head, is an ancestor of today's crocodiles.

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