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VIDEO: Taiwan Hosts Mammoth Show
A new exhibition of woolly mammoth fossils in Taiwan includes the partial remains of a Siberian find that are apparently being displayed outside Russia for the first time.
Badgers, Rabbits Undermine England's Ancient Monuments
Burrowing animals are making "Swiss cheese" of some of England's oldest historic sites, the country's heritage guardian has revealed.
Researchers Find Ancient Evidence of 'Snowball Earth'
LSU scientist Huiming Bao, along with colleagues from UCLA and China, recently discovered some of the first atmospheric evidence in support of the “Snowball Earth” hypothesis. This theory suggests that...
Age of Ancient Rome's She-Wolf Questioned
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India Basins Half a Billion Years Older Than Thought
The Vindhyan Basins are up to 500 million years older than previously believed, a new study says, possibly revising the time line for development of complex life.
Evolutionary answer to flatfish eye enigma
CHICAGO, July 10 (UPI) -- Fossils of two ancient flatfish prove the fish's asymmetrical, one-sided eye arrangement is a result of evolution, a study published Thursday said.
Modestly nude marble love goddess found
Macedonian archaeologists say they have discovered a well-preserved statue of the goddess of love in the ruins of an ancient Roman city near Skopje.
Living Fossils
The term "living fossil" is an imperfect concept, which has caused much consternation among paleontologists and biologists as they have sifted through the fossil record over time. It is meant...
Can microorganisms be a solution to the world's energy problems?
Microorganisms once reigned supreme on the Earth, thriving by filling every nook and cranny of the environment billions of years before humans first arrived on the scene. Now, this...
River damming leads to dramatic decline in native fish numbers
Damming of the Colorado River over the last century, alongside introduction of game fish species, has led to an extensive decline in numbers of native fish whilst introduced species have...
Revolutionary chefs? Not likely, shows physics research
However much the likes of Jamie Oliver or Gordon Ramsay might want to shake up our diets, culinary evolution dictates that our cultural cuisines remain little changed as generations move...
A new species of ghostly carnivorous slug turns up in south Wales
A new species of carnivorous slug named the ghost slug because of its all-white appearance is discovered in south Wales.
Strontium strengthens imitation bones
Strontium offers a new approach to bone replacements, thanks to recent work by French scientists
Big brains arose twice in higher primates
Fossil Chilecebus from South America. After taking a fresh look at an old fossil, John Flynn, Frick Curator of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History, and colleagues determined...
Radio-carbon tests reveal true age of Rome's she-wolf - and she's a relative youngster
Symbol of Roman glory revealeled to date from Middle Ages, 1,800 years later than believed
Museum will put all its treasures online
The University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is dragging itself into the 21st century with an ambitious plan to share its treasures with the world via the Internet.
New Italian museum offers 3D virtual tour of ancient city
Visitors to Herculaneum, destroyed along with Pompeii in the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius, can now take a 3D virtual tour recreating life in the ancient Roman town.
VIDEO: Rosa Parks's Belongings for Sale
A postcard from Martin Luther King, Jr., and a congressional Medal of Honor are among hundreds of the late U.S. civil rights pioneer's possessions to be auctioned off.
Odd Fish Find Contradicts Intelligent-Design Argument
Flatfishes' lopsided eye arrangement evolved gradually, a new fossil study suggests—perhaps solving "a major, major puzzle to evolutionary biologists."
Future of Popular Chinese Herbal Medicine Up in the Air [News]
DZATO, CHINA--It's a sight to behold on mornings in May and June: Hardy nomads and enterprising villagers from Nepal to western China spread out over the Tibetan Plateau and the...
Why such a fascination with crystal skulls?
Some mysteries are such fun you almost don't want to know the truth. That may help explain why people are fascinated with crystal skulls.
Fish fossils plug hole in evolutionary theory
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some odd-looking fish fossils discovered in the bowels of several European museums may help solve a lingering question about evolutionary theory, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
A Spanish revival
Spain's Ministry of Science and Innovation was re-established in April, four years after its dissolution in 2004. Cristina Garmendia, a former molecular biologist and chief executive of the Genetrix group...
Archaeology: The lost world
Armed with a map depicting a 10,000-year-old landscape submerged beneath the North Sea and fresh evidence from nearby sites, archaeologists are realizing that early humans were more territorial than was...
The Migration History of Humans: DNA Study Traces Human Origins Across the Continents [Scientific American Magazine]
A development company controlled by Osama bin Laden’s half brother revealed last year that it wants to build a bridge that will span the Bab el Mandeb, the outlet of...
Law Protects Genetic Secrets History Would Rather Let Lie [Scientific American Magazine]
When our ancient ancestors migrated out of Africa and throughout the rest of the world, telltale variations in the DNA of the people who settled along the way marked their...
Chemical Fossils Preserved in Lava Reveal Remains of Ancient Sea Life [Scientific American Magazine]
Adorf, Germany--After a five-hour drive south from the University of Bremen that got them in at half-past midnight, the two researchers visiting this small village were happy to sit and...
Reviews: "A View of Science, Reason and Religion" [Scientific American Magazine]
THE LEGACY OF THE MASTODON: THE GOLDEN AGE OF FOSSILS IN AMERICAby Keith Thomson, Yale University Press, 2008 [More]
