Paleontology

Beware Meta-Studies: An Example From Whale Evolution

this isn't fail safe. Whats in a name, after all? In whales, a recent study found that of 436 ...

Article - Oliver Knevitt - Mar 25 2011 - 4:44pm

5 Greatest Palaeontology Fakes Of All Time #5: The Linxia Cheetah

the confidence and awe that they deserve. Next week: The 5 Greatest Palaeontology Fakes of All Time ...

Article - Oliver Knevitt - Feb 7 2011 - 12:58pm

The 5 Greatest Palaeontology Hoaxes Of All Time #3. Archaeoraptor

barely 2 months after its unveiling, Xu emailed all involved announcing that the fossil was demonstrably ...

Article - Oliver Knevitt - Jun 8 2011 - 1:54pm

Extinction: The Asteroid That Got The Dinosaurs Almost Got All Mammals Too

few survivors all across the continent. But that's not what we found," said Longrich. ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 20 2016 - 8:59am

5 Greatest Palaeontology Hoaxes Of All Time #4: Irritator

number 4 in my list of paleontology fakes. It is true that, unlike all the other examples on this list, ...

Article - Oliver Knevitt - Feb 8 2011 - 1:06pm

Arrogant Scientists Battle To Represent All Of Humanity

American paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope, died on 12 Apr 1897. Cope is best remembered for his rivalry with O.C. Marsh, often referred to as the Great Bone Wars. These two antagonists shared a lot in common: a fierce sense of competition, unbounded arr ...

Article - Sarda Sahney - Sep 5 2007 - 2:51pm

Friday Fossil

because we have no data past that (nor do we have any data for all that braching as well, but you get the ...

Blog Post - Oliver Knevitt - Oct 21 2011 - 7:08am

Friday Fossil

Ediacaran. All of phylum Trilobozoa You may not think that's not particularly intriguing; after all ...

Blog Post - Oliver Knevitt - Mar 25 2011 - 4:02am

Mass Extinction: The 30 Million Year Recovery

periods, 251 million years ago. This was the most devastating ecological event of all time, thought to be ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 18 2008 - 10:58am

Anthropology Fight- Micronesian 'Dwarfs' Were Not Hobbits, Says Study

very ancient human foreheads (picture those of Neanderthals). Nelson and colleagues argue that all ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2008 - 9:15pm