Paleontology

story. Many understand macroevolution by envisaging a grand procession of life, where all creatures, ...

Article - Oliver Knevitt - Feb 3 2011 - 6:57am

reptiles, and many, many others. It's almost like all mammals being killed today. So yes, pretty big. ...

Article - Oliver Knevitt - Jan 31 2012 - 11:10am

impressions attached to both sides of the tibia or shin bone. All was well until those reading the journal ...

Blog Post - Heidi Henderson - Oct 18 2020 - 6:27pm

impact. Strangely, and suddenly, all crurotarsans except for a few lineages of crocodiles went extinct. On ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2008 - 1:42pm

than living precocial birds, but still within the lowermost range for all endothermic vertebrates. ...

Article - Hatice Cullingford - Oct 17 2009 - 8:37am

detailed analysis, all so that we can place our faith in the fossils. I must say that I have been nose to ...

Article - Oliver Knevitt - May 31 2011 - 11:22pm

then its name pops up but is never validated. Now 80 years later, we're putting it all ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 4 2012 - 11:13pm

to the extinction of... dinosaurs. Humans, like all mammals, have two kinds of adipose tissue, white ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 24 2008 - 10:09am

all likely from the same nest, found at the Dragon's Tomb in Mongolia, in a new study. The ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 19 2015 - 5:26am

birds, have one of the most efficient respiratory systems of all vertebrates which they need in order to ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 6 2007 - 7:50pm

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