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New evidence for the earliest modern humans in Europe

The timing, process and archeology of the peopling of Europe by early modern humans have been actively debated for more than a century. Reassessment of the anatomy and dating of a fragmentary upper jaw with ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Weird Australian hammer-tooth marsupial fossil found

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fossils of bizarre lizard-like, snail-eating marsupials have been discovered by UNSW palaeontologists in an ancient fossil field in the Riversleigh World Heritage area in Queensland. The fossils ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First near-total face and upper-jaw transplant appears successful

More than a year and a half following the first near-total face and upper jaw transplant, the donor tissue appears successfully integrated, according to a report in the November/December issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Su ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The terrible teens of T. rex

We all know adolescents get testy from time to time. Thank goodness we don't have young tyrannosaurs running around the neighborhood.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Childhood chicken pox could affect oral health years later

You may recall as a child catching the itchy red rash, chicken pox. The unsightly infection was caused by the varicella zoster virus and was responsible for nearly 4 million cases each year, according to the Centers for Disease ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0