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First clues about the social lives of extinct human relatives
A new study of the bony head-crests of male gorillas could provide some of the first clues about the social structures of our extinct human relatives, including how they chose their sexual partners. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Bizarre new species of extinct reptile shows dinosaurs copied body, skull shapes of distant relatives
Iconic dinosaur shapes were present for at least a hundred million years on our planet in animals before those dinosaurs themselves actually appeared. Strange & Offbeat: Fossils & Ruins News — ScienceDaily
Bizarre new species of extinct reptile shows dinosaurs copied body, skull shapes of distant relatives
Iconic dinosaur shapes were present for at least a hundred million years on our planet in animals before those dinosaurs themselves actually appeared. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Tooth wear sheds light on the feeding habits of ancient elephant relatives
How can we ever know what ancient animals ate? For the first time, the changing diets of elephants in the last two million years in China have been reconstructed, using a technique based on analysis of the surface textures of … Continue reading
Dinosaur relatives and first dinosaurs more closely connected than previously thought
Animals escaping from an erupting volcano 235 million years ago in northwestern Argentina. These species, found as fossils in the Chanares Formation, include early mammal relatives (the dicynodont Dinodontosaurus in the left background, and the cynodont Massetognathus in the left … Continue reading
Dinosaur relatives and first dinosaurs more closely connected than previously thought
A new study by a team of scientists from Argentina, Brazil, California and the Natural History Museum of Utah at the University of Utah has determined that the time elapsed between the emergence of early dinosaur relatives and the origin … Continue reading
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Dinosaur relatives and first dinosaurs more closely connected than previously thought
A new study has determined that the time elapsed between the emergence of early dinosaur relatives and the origin of the first dinosaurs is much shorter than previously believed. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
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Pope meets Argentine Falkland vets, relatives of dead
IMG class=hide alt=”Pope meets Argentine Falkland vets, relatives of dead” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-0b90f7cc6ba4ceaeb215b491a7b8de6e.jpg” (ANSA) – Vatican City, March 19 – Pope Francis on Wednesday met with Argentine veterans and relatives of dead soldiers from the 1982 war between Britain and Argentina over … Continue reading