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Wed, 23 May 2012 07:59:08 -0700
More than ten thousands of bone fragments were recovered from the Lingjing site, Henan Province during 2005 and 2006. By taking statistical analyses of the skeletal elements of the two predominant species in this assemblage, aurochs (Bos primigenius) and horse (Equus caballus), scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and ...
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Fri, 18 May 2012 22:10:09 -0700
After years of exporting prized dinosaur fossils to some of the world’s best museums, Texas will be getting two huge exhibit halls, in Dallas and Houston.
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Wed, 23 May 2012 00:20:32 -0700
The old San Francisco home shook violently as two strong earthquakes ruptured the ground, one at a time. But in the dining room the visitors just laughed in delight - and hung on. As they clung to strong railings, a...
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Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:03:54 -0700
Paleontology hall will be 'prehistoric safari' Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 08:45 a.m., Thursday, April 26, 2012 Among the offerings will be the reconstructed 12-foot-wide jaw of an ancient shark ambushing a prehistoric elephant, and a family of pterosaurs, each with a ...
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Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:12:34 -0700
Designed by Fentress Architects in association with O’Brien/Atkins Associates (Architect of Record), the project brings research to life in an interactive learning environmentRaleigh, North Carolina (PRWEB) April 30, 2012 Science just got a bit more awesome. The newly-opened Green Square Complex project creates an experiential environment where the public can learn about environmental issues ...
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Mon, 21 May 2012 22:29:41 -0700
As a long-time protector of the Pacific Northwest's old growth forests and the once political darling of environmentalists there, philanthropist Harry Lonsdale now thinks there is no greater wilderness to get his feet wet in than the origin of life.
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Tue, 01 May 2012 12:08:12 -0700
Despite years of intensive research about the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs about 65.5 million years ago, a fundamental question remains: Were dinosaurs already undergoing a long-term decline before an asteroid hit at the end of the Cretaceous? A new study suggests that in general, large-bodied, "bulk-feeding" herbivores were declining during the last 12 million years of the Cretaceous. But ...
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Mon, 21 May 2012 08:57:39 -0700
Researchers from the University of Florida in conjunction with scientists from North Carolina State University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and the Florida Museum of Natural History have published their findings regarding an extinct giant turtle that is estimated to be the size of a small vehicle from a Colombian coal mine.
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Wed, 16 May 2012 08:22:21 -0700
# lifehackeru Your education doesn't have to stop once you get out of school—being free of the classroom just means you have more control over what you learn and when you learn it. We've put together a curriculum of some of the best free online classes available on the web this summer for our second term of Lifehacker U, our regularly-updating guide to improving your life with free, online ...
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Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:57:02 -0700
PRATTSVILLE — The ancient Gilboa tree-stump fossils out past Prattsville have been in the international news of the scientific world lately, primarily because additional species that grew with them have now been identified, thus giving a more complete view of what a prehistoric Devonian forest — the world’s first tree-like ferns — looked like.
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