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New Fossil Reveals Primates Lingered In Texas
More than 40 million years ago, primates preferred Texas to northern climates that were significantly cooling, according to new fossil evidence.
PHOTO IN THE NEWS: Oldest Insect Imprint Found
Fossil hunters searching woods behind a suburban Massachusetts strip mall discovered the impression, which was like "winning the lottery."
African chimps decline 'alarming'
The population of West African chimpanzees in Ivory Coast has fallen by about 90% in less than 20 years, a study suggests.
New Evidence Provides An Alternative Route 'Out Of Africa' For Early Humans
The widely held belief that the Nile valley was the most likely route out of sub-Saharan Africa for early modern humans 120,000 year ago is challenged. A new team shows...
English Northerners' Hands Up To 3 Times Dirtier Than Those Living In England's South
The further north you go in England, the more likely you are to have fecal bacteria on your hands, especially if you are a man, according to a preliminary study...
Earliest Known Human TB Found In 9,000 Year-old Skeletons
The discovery of the earliest known cases of human tuberculosis in bones found submerged off the coast of Israel shows that the disease is 3000 years older than previously thought....
Study Looks At The Lives Of Boys Who Commit Dating Violence
A new study sheds light on the lives of teenage boys who abuse their girlfriends.
Insect to fight weed is no magic bullet
LEICESTER, England, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A British biologist says the introduction of a predatory insect to fight the spread of Japanese knotweed in the United Kingdom isn't...
From this Vista, it looks like same old Microsoft
Just when you thought it was safe to convert to Windows Vista, Microsoft changes its mind, again. This soap opera is getting to be a little old.
Bones Reveal Oldest Case of TB
A skeleton of a woman and an infant are the oldest known TB cases confirmed with DNA.
With Little Fuel, Eco-Racers Arrive in Las Vegas
In making it to from Berkeley, Calif., to Las Vegas without burning an ounce of petroleum, a duo from Oregon collected a $5,000 prize in the Escape From Berkeley race.
Bizarre Dinosaur Lured Mates With Bony Adornments
A new spiky-faced Triceratops, its head festooned with "bony bells and whistles," offers insight into how dinosaurs grew up, evolved, and behaved, scientists say.
Modern genetics vs. ancient frog-killing fungus
Scientists at the University of Idaho currently are involved in a CSI-like investigation of a killer known to have been running rampant for the past decade. But the killer's name...
Unique Fossils Capture ‘Cambrian Migration’
A unique set of fossils indicates that 525 million years ago marine animals congregated in Earth's ancient oceans, most likely for migration, according to an international team of scientists. Fossil...
Archaeological Dig Uncovers Roman Mystery
Archaeologists have dug up a mystery worthy of Indiana Jones, one that includes a tomb, skeletons and burial rites with both Christian and pagan elements.
You say you want evolution? Geneticist says it may be near its end
Human evolution may be winding down as the forces that once drove it - older fathers, isolated populations and widespread child mortality - are disappearing, a geneticist at the University...
Math Skills Suffer in U.S., Study Finds
While the study suggests many girls have exceptional talent in math, they are rarely identified in the U.S. because culture discourages girls — and boys — from excelling.
Ancient Airways: Flying Drone Design Based On Prehistoric Flying Reptile
Paleontologists and aeronautical engineers have developed a 30-inch robotic spy plane modeled after a 225 million-year-old pterodactyl.
Hippie apes make war as well as love, study finds
LONDON (Reuters) - Despite their reputation as lovers not fighters of the primate world, bonobos actually hunt and eat other great apes, German researchers said Monday.
FIRST PHOTO: "Lost" Deer Species Rediscovered in Trap
The first ever photo of a live Sumatran muntjac is also the first record of the species in 80 years and establishes the muntjac as a "new" species, exerts say.
B.C. paleontologists seek clues in rare dinosaur tracks
Paleontologists in northern B.C. are poring over rare evidence that the largest dinosaur to ever live once roamed the province.
'Extinct' mouse rediscovered
The small desert mouse, which was presumed to be extinct in NSW, has been spotted in a national park for the first time since 1857.
Search for the origin of 'yeti hair' ends up with a goat
Scientists in the US who examined hairs claimed to belong to a yeti in India say that in fact they belong to a species of Himalayan goat.
More genetic baldness links uncovered
Some men who carry two genetic variants may have a sevenfold increased chance of showing male pattern baldness, international researchers have found.
World's Oldest Footprints Found in Nevada?
A controversial fossil find suggests that animals were walking around the planet about 570 million years ago—30 million years earlier than previously believed.
Creation Museum draws big crowds
The museum exhibits are taken from the Old Testament, but the special effects are pure Hollywood: a state-of-the-art planetarium, animatronics and a massive model of Noah's Ark, all intended to...
Ancient Bling Went Green
People must have gone to great lengths to obtain stones of the latest color.
World's loneliest bug may offer clues to life on other planets
A bug which lives entirely on its own without oxygen and in complete darkness could offer clues to life on other planets.