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World's first bird discovered

LONDON: A group of scientists, including one of Indian origin, has discovered "world's first bird" that lived 235 million years ago.

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

Digital Content Producer

Amazing CGI Animation Brings Prehistoric Natural History to Life Like ...

A dinosaur's life was not easy. Volatile pre-historic terrain, harsh climate conditions, insufficient food and water, as well as unrelenting enemy predators made survival anything but a given.

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The Boston Globe

No bones about it, they're alive

Brachiosaurus, at a whopping 35 feet tall, is just one of the species of dinosaurs that takes center stage at TD Banknorth Garden.

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

XtraMSN Real Estate

Canal fossils give clue to formation of Americas

Scientists in Panama have unearthed hundreds of animal fossils dating back 20 million years, which could shed more light on how and when the American continent became connected.

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PC World

Anthropology's Technology-driven Renaissance

Anthropology is an age-old, at times complex discipline, and like many others, it suffers from its fair share of in-fighting and disagreement.

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, Anthropology

ScienceBlogs

A new species of Velociraptor [Laelaps]

Category: Dinosaurs Paleontology Posted on: July 14, 2008 11:00 AM, by Brian Switek The type skull of Velociraptor mongoliensis .

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Wed Jul 16, 2008

Huliq.com

Reconstruction brain morphology of Homo Liujiang cranium fossil by 3-D CT

Since most hominin fossils are incomplete, or filled with a heavy calcified matrix, it is difficult or often impossible to reconstruct the endocast in a real fossil without destroying it.

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Related Topix: Science, The College of New Jersey, The College of Wooster, The College of Idaho, The University of Findlay

Tue Jul 15, 2008

ScienceBlogs

A stunning new Mesozoic bird... well, new-ish [Tetrapod Zoology]

READ ME: I'M NEW! With six years of phd work on theropod dinosaurs behind him, Darren Naish mostly spends long, happy hours in the library, hunched over his laptop.

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Physics Org

Was it a bird or was it a plane?

A new study of extinct flying reptiles called kuehneosaurs, has shown that of the of the two genera found in Britain, Kuehneosuchus was a glider while Kuehneosaurus, with much shorter "wings," was a ...

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science, The College of New Jersey, The College of Wooster, The College of Idaho, The University of Findlay, University College (University of Maryland System), University of Maryland System

Mail & Guardian

Experts baffled by insect at Natural History museum

The experts at London's Natural History Museum pride themselves on being able to classify and display thousands of species -- from birds and mammals to insects, dinosaurs and snakes -- and are confident they ...

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science, Entomology, Home Gardening, Home

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Daily India

Dinos may have sped from Scotland to North America 165 million years ago

Edinburgh, July 14: Paleontologists have found near-identical dinosaur footprints dating back to 165 million years in Skye's Trotternish peninsula in Scotland and the arid plains of Wyoming in the US, which ...

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Related Topix: Science, Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Dinosaur

Sun Jul 13, 2008

KHOU-TV Houston

Dozens dig for ancient sea creature in North Texas

Digging for Late Cretaceous fossils in Garland? That's exactly what more than two dozen volunteers did Sunday while in the hot heat.

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Related Topix: Garland, TX, Dinosaur, Science, Dallas Metro, Dallas, TX

Boston Herald

Giant animatronic reptiles invade Garden

But try creating a life-sized, moving replica of the extinct giants without the help of CGI.

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science, Entertainment

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Scotland on Sunday

How dinosaurs sped over the land to Skye

THE arid plains of Wyoming and the rugged, rain-soaked mountains of Skye are a world apart, but scientists now believe the two areas were once so close together they formed a giant playground for some of the ...

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Huliq.com

Dinosaur fossil is one of a kind modelfrom Ford

Ford has contributed the company's expertise in rapid parts prototyping to help bring "Leonardo"- a 77-million-year-old duckbill dinosaur - to life for researchers and potentially millions of museum visitors ...

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Afarensis

Blogs of Note: Dinosaur Home

Afarensis is a 3.5-2.8 million year old hominin from the Kada Hadar member of the Hadar formation in the Middle Awash, Ethiopia.

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Fri Jul 11, 2008

The Sydney Morning Herald

Big night out at the museum

It is 9pm at London's cavernous old Natural History Museum and I'm leaning against a marble column, beer in hand, under the eye of a giant fossilised fish.

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Multichannel News

TV Critics Tour: Discovery Takes Wraps Off - Dinosaur Mummy'

The prize for the most enthusiastic presenter at the summer meeting of the television critics meeting here so far goes to Dr.

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Arizona Republic

Life-size dinos coming to the Valley

More families are looking for entertainment options closer to home, and coming this fall, 65 million years of history will be at your doorstep.

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Thu Jul 10, 2008

KXMB-TV Bismarck

Marmarth Fossil Dig

A North Dakota kid who has made worldwide headlines with his discovery in the badlands is back to help others do the same thing... Tyler Lyson discovered "Dakota Mummy" when he was only a sophomore in high ...

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Related Topix: Science, Marmarth, ND, Dinosaur

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