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Fossil teeth of browsing horse found in Panama Canal earthworks

Fossil teeth of browsing horse found in Panama Canal earthworks

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Rushing to salvage fossils from the Panama Canal earthworks, Aldo Rincon, paleontology intern at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, unearthed a set of fossil teeth. Bruce J. MacFadden, curator of ...


Ancient mammals shifted diets as climate changed

Ancient mammals shifted diets as climate changed

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created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

A new University of Florida study shows mammals change their dietary niches based on climate-driven environmental changes, contradicting a common assumption that species maintain their niches despite global ...





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Plesiosaur a victim of shark attack

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created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An 85 million-year-old plesiosaur fossil has been found with over 80 shark's teeth, suggesting the animal was the victim of sharks in a feeding frenzy. The find is perhaps the most spectacular example of ...


New fossil tells how piranhas got their teeth

New fossil tells how piranhas got their teeth

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created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

How did piranhas -- the legendary freshwater fish with the razor bite -- get their telltale teeth? Researchers from Argentina, the United States and Venezuela have uncovered the jawbone of a striking transitional ...


Ancient great ape fossil found in Africa

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created Aug 24, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists in Africa say they've have a found the fossil teeth of an ancient great ape that extends the human family tree millions of years.


Molecular decay of enamel-specific gene in toothless mammals supports theory of evolution

Molecular Decay of Enamel-Specific Gene in Toothless Mammals Supports Theory of Evolution

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created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 42

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists at the University of California, Riverside report new evidence for evolutionary change recorded in both the fossil record and the genomes (or genetic blueprints) of living organisms, ...


Early whales gave birth on land, fossil find reveals

Early whales gave birth on land, fossil find reveals (Video)

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created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two newly described fossil whales---a pregnant female and a male of the same species--reveal how primitive whales gave birth and provide new insights into how whales made the transition from ...


Little teeth suggest big jump in primate timeline

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created Aug 04, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Tiny fossilized teeth excavated from an Indian open-pit coal mine could be the oldest Asian remains ever found of anthropoids, the primate lineage of today's monkeys, apes and humans, say researchers from Duke University ...


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My, what big teeth you had! Extinct species had large teeth on roof of mouth

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created Sep 12, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

When the world's land was congealed in one supercontinent 240 million years ago, Antarctica wasn't the forbiddingly icy place it is now. But paleontologists have found a previously unknown amphibious predator ...


Paleontologists Discover Ancient Jurassic Mammal with New Type of Teeth

Paleontologists Discover Ancient Jurassic Mammal with New Type of Teeth

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created Oct 31, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (25) | comments 1

A team of Chinese and American scientists has discovered a new mammal from the 165 million-year-old lakebeds of the Jurassic Period in Northern China.


Study Pits Man v Machine in Piecing Together 425-Million Years Old Jigsaw

Study Pits Man v Machine in Piecing Together 425-Million Years Old Jigsaw

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study pitting academic expertise against a computer in recreating a 425 million-year old jigsaw puzzle has discovered that there is no substitute for wisdom born out of experience.


Researchers Test Canine Tooth Strength for Clues to Behavior of Early Human Ancestors

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created Jun 26, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Measuring and testing the teeth of living primates could provide a window into the behavior of the earliest human ancestors, based on their fossilized remains. Research funded by the National Science Foundation and led by ...



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