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Tag: Paleontology
How Penguins Beat the Heat and Went South
Scientists reconstructed some of the evolutionary steps that led penguins to quit tropical climates for the Antarctic life over millions of years.
Miners Discover a Frozen Baby Mammoth in Canada
Experts believe that the woolly mammoth, unearthed in the Klondike gold fields of the Yukon of Canada, had been preserved in the frozen ground for more than 30,000 years.
Started Out as a Fish. How Did It End Up Like This?
A meme about the transitional fossil Tiktaalik argues that although we did come out of the sea, we aren’t doing just fine.
Richard Leakey, Kenyan Fossil Hunter and Conservationist, Dies at 77
His discoveries of ancient human skulls and skeletons, including the famed “Turkana Boy,” helped cement Africa’s standing as the cradle of humanity.
It’s a Christmas Sweater on a T. Rex: You Sure You Want to Call It Ugly?
The Natural History Museum in London outfitted its animatronic Tyrannosaurus rex in a colorful Christmas sweater.
Antarctica Was Once a Land of Fire and Not Ice
Charcoal recovered from a dig near the southern continent shows that the region wasn’t spared from the era scientists call a “super fire world.”
As Earth Warms, Old Mayhem and Secrets Emerge From the Ice
Climate change is revealing long-frozen artifacts and animals to archaeologists. But the window for study is slender and shrinking.
Ancient-DNA Researchers Set Ethics Guidelines for Their Work
New, international standards for handling ancient genetic material draw support from many scientists, criticism from others.
Fossils Seized in Police Raid Demystify a Prehistoric Flying Reptile
Among the 3,000 fossils seized at a Brazilian port in 2013 was an almost complete skeleton from the pterosaur species Tupandactylus navigans, preserved in six limestone slabs.