Category: Paleontology
Australopithecus anamensis.
Species of ape-man discovered in Ethiopia that Homo sapiens evolved from.
Post date: Wednesday, April 12th, 2006.
Tiktaalik roseae.
Fossil remains of a crocodile-like fish discovered that may be the missing link explaining how life transitioned from water to land.
Post date: Wednesday, April 5th, 2006.
Palaeeudyptes.
Students discover 40 million-year-old penguin fossil that was over 5 feet tall. (via)
Post date: Monday, February 20th, 2006.
Organic matter preservation.
Scientists discover that clay minerals are largely responsible for life on Earth.
Post date: Monday, February 6th, 2006.
Archosaur.
210 million-year-old fossil discovered in the basement of a New York museum. (via)
Post date: Thursday, January 26th, 2006.
Maastrichtidelphys meurismeti.
Cretaceous tooth discovery fills gap in fossil record and furthers proof that a land bridge connected North America and Europe during the age of dinosaurs. (via)
Post date: Friday, December 30th, 2005.
Titanosaurus indicus.
Argentine paleontologists discover intact skeleton of a young titanosaurus.
Post date: Thursday, December 29th, 2005.
Multiplex polymerase chain reaction.
German scientists rebuild a section of the wooly mammoth’s mitochondrial DNA.
Post date: Monday, December 19th, 2005.
Dakosaurus andiniensis.
Ancient sea creature was part crocodile and part T. rex.
Post date: Thursday, November 10th, 2005.
Rewriting history.
Alphabet found carved in stone dating from 10th century B.C.
Post date: Wednesday, November 9th, 2005.
Land before time.
Scientists discover tracks of swimming dinosaur on the shore of a prehistoric sea in Wyoming.
Post date: Monday, October 17th, 2005.
Wollemi pine.
Jurassic-period tree thought to be extinct found growing in Australia.
Post date: Monday, October 17th, 2005.
Ancient ramen.
Chinese ruins have produced remains of the oldest noodles on Earth.
Post date: Wednesday, October 12th, 2005.
Shire. Baggins.
Scientists have found more proof that hobbits roamed the earth.
Post date: Tuesday, October 11th, 2005.
Acrocanthosaurus.
Dinosaur footprints discovered in a college building wall.
Post date: Monday, August 22nd, 2005.
Sahelanthropus tchadensis.
Picture of the facial reconstruction of the oldest human ancestor ever found.
Post date: Tuesday, April 12th, 2005.
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