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Published Slimming down a colossal fossil whale
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A 30 million year-old fossil whale may not be the heaviest animal of all time after all, according t...
Published Researchers name prehistoric amphibian ancestor discovered in Smithsonian collection after Kermit the Frog
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists have uncovered the fossilized skull of a 270-million-year-old ancient amphibian ancestor...
Published Giant salamander-like creature was a top predator in the ice age before the dinosaurs
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Meet Gaiasia jennyae, the swamp creature with a toilet seat-shaped head. It lived 40 million years b...
Published Researchers discover hidden step in dinosaur feather evolution
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists discover 'zoned development' in dinosaur skin, with zones of reptile-style scales and zon...
Published We've had bird evolution all wrong
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Genomic anamolies dating back to the time of the dinosaurs misled scientists about the evolutionary...
Published Research tracks 66 million years of mammalian diversity
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source New research has examined the fossil record going back 66 million years and tracked changes to mamma...
Published Plant-eating lizards on the cusp of tooth evolution - Plant-Eating Lizards on the Cusp of Tooth Evolution
(via sciencedaily.com) Researchers found that complex teeth, a hallmark of mammals, also evolved several times in reptiles, ...
Published Researchers discover fossil of new species of pangolin in Europe - Researchers Discover Fossil of New Species of Pangolin in Europe
(via sciencedaily.com) Deeper analysis of fossils from one of Eastern Europe's most significant paleontological sites has l...
Published Brain size determined the chances of survival among large animals, study finds - Brain Size Determines Survival Chances for Large Animals: Study Finds
(via sciencedaily.com) Researchers have examined the mass extinction of large animals over the past tens of thousands of ye...
Published Toothy grins from the past: Ancient birds replaced their teeth like living crocodilians - Toothy Grins from the Past: Ancient Birds Replaced Their Teeth Like Living Crocodilians
(via sciencedaily.com) The first 3D reconstructions of extinct Cretaceous birds reveal a reptilian tooth replacement patter...
Published Fossils reveal how ancient birds molted their feathers -- which could help explain why ancestors of modern birds survived when all the other dinosaurs died
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Birds are the only group of dinosaurs that survived the asteroid-induced mass extinction 66 million...
Published Like the phoenix, Australia's giant birds of prey rise again from limestone caves
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Australia's only vulture, and a fearsome extinct eagle, are among the earliest recorded birds of pre...
Published Fossil named 'Attenborough's strange bird' was the first in its kind without teeth
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new fossil, named 'Attenborough's strange bird' after naturalist and documentarian Sir David Atten...
Published How the 'marsupial sabertooth' thylacosmilus saw its world - How the 'Marsupial Sabertooth' Thylacosmilus Saw Its World
(via sciencedaily.com) A new study investigates how an extinct, carnivorous marsupial relative with canines so large they e...
Published RNA for the first time recovered from an extinct species
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new study shows the isolation and sequencing of more than a century-old RNA molecules from a Tasma...
Published Woolly mammoth movements tied to earliest Alaska hunting camps
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have linked the travels of a 14,000-year-old woolly mammoth with the oldest known human...
Published How did humans learn to walk? New evolutionary study offers an earful
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new study, which centers on evidence from skulls of a 6-million-year-old fossil ape, Lufengpithecu...
Published Panama Canal expansion rewrites history of world's most ecologically diverse bats
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source In a new study, paleontologists describe the oldest-known leaf-nosed bat fossils, which were found a...
Published Bringing back an ancient bird
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Using ancient DNA extracted from the toe bone of a museum specimen, biologists have sequenced the ge...
Published To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes, not throwing spears, researchers say
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Archeologists say new findings might help resolve the debate about Clovis points and reshape how we...