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All Topics 5/01- 5/04

• Early Hummingbird Fossil Found in Germany(5/7/04)

• Montana Dinosaur Dig will Post Daily Updates to Web (5/7/04)

• Paleontologist Describes Meat-Eating Dinosaur Found in Alberta (5/6/04)

• East African Artifacts Support Evolution of Symbolic Thinking in Middle Stone Age (3/31/04)

• A Picture is Worth a Thousand Miles not Traveled to Measure the Fossil of an Ancient Sea Creature (3/27/04)

• A Lost World: Two Previously Unknown Dinosaurs Discovered in Antarctica (2/23/04)

• Penguin Bones from “Land of Fire” Rewrite Bird’s Evolution (2/11/04)

• Dinosaur Fossil Record Compiled, Analyzed (2/10/04)

• Scientist Challenges Interpretation of New Find, the Oldest Primate Fossil Ever Discovered (12/31/03)

• New Fossils From Ethiopia Open a Window on Africa's "Missing Years"(12/3/03)

• New Evidence that Earth's Greatest Extinction Caused by Ancient Meteorite or Comet (11/20/03)

• Ultra-Low Oxygen Could Have Triggered Mass Extinctions, Spurred Bird Breathing System (10/31/03)

• Specialized Brain Helped Ancient Reptiles Fly and Hunt(10/29/03)

• Ghost Crab Fossils Haunt Florida Beaches (10/16/03)

• Is this What Killed the Dinosaurs?(9/10/03)

  Washington University Anthropologist Sets Record Straight on Neandertal Facial Length (6/18/03)

• Dawn of Human Race Uncovered (New Scientist) (6/11/03)

• Chilean Scientists Claim New Dinosaur Discovery (5/30/03)

• Bizarre 'Horned' Kangaroo Fossils Unearthed (New Scientist) (5/3/03)

• Huge Dinosaur Find in British Columbia (CBC) (4/29/03)

• Dinosaur, Crab Fossils Reveal Ecosystem Secrets (4/11/03)

• Mass-Extinction Controversy Flares Again (Nature) (4/10/03)

• Dinosaur Unearthed in Clay Pit (BBC) (4/9/03)

• Fossils Show Extreme Plant Diversity in South America 50 Million Years Ago (4/3/03)

• New Salamander Species Provide New Answers to Old Questions in Evolution (4/3/03)

• Dinosaurs Ate Each Other (Nature) (4/3/03)

• Fossil Teeth Reveal Oldest Bushbabies, Lorises (3/26/03)

• Scientists Debate Meaning of 40-Million-Year-Old Primate Fossils (3/26/03)

• Oldest Human Footprints Found on Volcano (New Scientist) (3/12/03)

• Fossil Key to Human Origins (BBC) (2/26/03)

• Rutgers' Tanzanian Fossil Reshuffles the Deck on Early Human Ancestry (2/20/03)

• Methane and Mini-Horses: Fossils Reveal Effects of Global Warming (2/17/03)

• Fossil Find Stirs Human Debate (BBC) (1/31/03)

• Scientists Say Climate Change Helped Do In Dinosaurs (CBC) (1/28/03)

• Prehistoric Tusks Point to Earliest Fossil Evidence of Differences Between Sexes (1/23/03)

• Fossil Boosts Trees-Down Start for Flight (Nature) (1/22/03)

• Flapping a Forerunner to Flight (Nature) (1/16/03)

• Ancient Elephant Graveyard Opens Near Rome (Discovery) (1/2/03)

• Huge, Ancient Ocean Predator Found (Discovery) (12/31/02)

• Cuban Dinosaur: First Confirmed Remains Discovered (National Geographic) (12/30/02)

• Dinosaur Cannibal?—Mystery in New Mexico (National Geographic) (12/19/02)

• Tetrapod Fossil Found—First Ever in Asia (National Geographic) (12/18/02)

• Fossil Hints at India's Mythical River (BBC) (12/2/02)

• Ancient Bird with Dino Teeth (Radio Netherlands)(11/16/02)

• Bison Bones Open Ancient Window (BBC) (11/14/02)

• USC Scientists Uncover Secrets Of Feather Formation; "Jurassic Chicken" Project May Help Studies Of Human Development And Evolution Of Dinosaurs (10/31/02)

• 'Extraordinary' Woolly Rhino Finds (BBC) (10/30/2002)

• Prehistoric 'Sea Dragon' Found (BBC)(10/24/02)

• "Mummified" Dinosaur Discovered In Montana (National Geographic) (10/10/02)

• The Season's Short, but Dinosaur Hunters Find Plenty in Alaska (10/09/02)

• University of California, Riverside Study Sates our Ancestors (9/26/02)

• Lower Jawbone Of Mammoth Embryo Found In Siberia (9/19/02)

• "Weird" Bucktoothed Dino Found in China (National Geographic) (9/18/02)

• Prehistoric Organ Discovered- Scientists Find Earliest Known Example in Tiny Fossil (ABC News) (9/15/02)

• Dinosaur ancestor's vision possibly nocturnal (9/2/02)

• Dinosaur Tracks Preserved on Scottish Island (National Geographic) (8/29/02)

• Dinosaur discoveries in Montana (8/20/02)

• Scientist says ostrich study confirms bird 'hands' unlike those of dinosaurs (8/13/02)

• Newly Discovered Reptile Flew During the Age of the Dinosaurs (ABC News) (7/18/02)

• ‘The American Monster’- Natural Mystery Was Seen as Clue to Early American Character(ABC News) (7/7/02)

• Ancient "Chewing" Reptile Linked With Leap in Animal Diversity (National Geographic) (6/7/02)

• Study of Fossils Found in Arctic Shows Plants More Developed at Earlier Time (6/07/02)

• Fossils of First Footsteps on Land Found in Ontario (CBC) 6/06/02

• Volcanic 'Flood' Linked to Extinction (BBC) 6/06/02

• DNA Traces Found in Ancient Rock (BBC) 5/23/02

• Killer Cats Hunted Human Ancestors (National Geographic) 5/20/02

• Paleontologist, author Gould dies at 60 (5/20/02)

• Cosmic Impacts Tied to the Rise and Fall of Dinosaurs (5/16/02)

• Oldest Worm Trail Discovered (BBC)5/9/02

• Dino-Era Fossil—The First Flower? (NationalGeographic) 5/3/02

• Oldest Fossil Footprints on Land (Nature) 4/30/02

• Human Ancestor Australopithecus Did Indeed Walk Upright 04/30/02

• Earliest Placental Mammal(Nature) 4/25/02

• 'Spectacular' Fossil Taken in Burke Museum Thefts (Seattle Post) 4/23/02

• New Study Supports Idea That Primates, Dinosaurs Coexisted (National Geographic) 4/18/02)

• Rare Fossilized Tube Feet Suggest Functional Shift Through Time 4/03/02

• Giant Leap for Palaeontology- Huge Footsteps have put Zimbabwe on the Dinosaur Map (3/28/02)(TheGuardian UK)

• Australia's Lost Giants (3/26/02)

• New Process by Temple Grad Student can Place Loose Fossils Back into the Strata or Determine Fakes (3/25/02)

• Knee-High Relative of Triceratops Unearthed (Nature) (3/21/02)

• Skull Thwarts Species-Splitters (Nature) (3/21/02)

• Excavations in Eastern Europe Reveal Ancient Human Lifestyles (3/21/02)

• Giant Redwoods Near North Pole (3/21/02)

• Treasure Unearthed at Field Museum (Chicago Tribune) (3/17/02)

• Did Mammals Spread out From an Asian Eden? (msnbc)(3/14/02)

• 'Modern' Feathers Found on Chinese Dino (BBC) (3/6/02)

• Earliest Life or Rare Dirt? (Nature) (3/2/02)

• Man left Africa Three Times (Nature) (3/7/02)

• Tyrannosaurus Was Not A Fast Runner (2/27/02)

• Researchers Melt Polar Dinosaur Mysteries(National Geographic)(2/25/02)

• Researchers Rethink Dinosaur Die Off Scenario (National Geographic)(2/22/02)

• UNC Geologist, Students to Unveil 221 Million-Year-Old Top N.C. Fossil (2/19/02)

• Dinosaur Discoveries Wow Boston (BBC)(2/18/02)

• New Species Clarifies Bird-Dinosaur Link (2/14/02)

• Ichthyosaur Vomit Discovered in Quarry (BBC) (2/12/02)

• UAF Dinosaur Hunter Published in "Science" (2/7/02)

• New Theory of the Evolution of Bird Flight Linked to Parental Care (2/3/02)

• Fossil Names Don't Last Forever (AP) (2/3/02)

• Dino Feet Leave Their Mark (BBC) (1/30/02)

• New Theory of the Evolution of Bird Flight Linked to Parental Care (1/28/02)

• Rare Fossilized Jellyfish Found (BBC)(1/26/02)

• Alum Donates Dinosaur To Olathe School (1/3/02)

• Stanford researchers develop system for field testing mechanisms of evolution (12/20/01)

• Fossilised rain drops found in India (BBC) (12/15/01)

• 'Jurassic Coast' becomes World Heritage site (Daily Telegraph)(12/14/01)

• Humans' Slow Maturation A Late Evolution Development (12/06/01)

• Mammoths trek home (BBC) (11/27/01)

• Breathing like dinosaurs (BBC) (11/21/01)

• Out of Africa come fascinating fossils (Christian Science Monitor) (11/15/01)

• When birds ate horses (BBC) (11/14/01)

• Climate Change Caused Extinction of Big Ice Age Mammals, Scientist Says (National Geograhic)(11/12/01)

• Digital Beasts Roam Large (Nature) (11/8/01)

• Early Critters in Microbial Mats: Evolution or Just a Strange Environment?(11/8/01)

• Why the Big Animals Went Down in the Pleistocene-Was it Just the Climate?(11/7/01)

• Largest Fossil Cockroach Found: Site Preserves Incredible Detail (11/7/01)

• Tiniest Paleozoic Sea Creatures Were Lunch of Choice (11/7/01)

• Researchers Zero in on Date of Early Hominids (11/6/01)

• African Bone Tool Discovery has Important Implications for Evolution of Human Behavior (11/06/01)

• New Clue to Timing of the Shrew (11/5/01)

• Dinosaur Man Builds Record of Life (11/4/01)

• Woolly Mammoth Study Shows Complexity of Evolution (National Geographic)11/1/01)

• "SuperCroc" Fossil Found in Sahara (10/25/01)

• Legged Sea Cow Fossil Found in Jamaica (10/10/01)

• Large Fossils Found In Australia(10/10/01)

• New Fossil Study May Resolve Prehistoric Climate Paradox (10/9/01)

• New Fossils Suggest Whales and Hippos are Close Kin(9/19/01)

• Dinosaur Eggs Discovered (BBC) (9/17/01)

• Major Hominid Find in Southern Africa (BBC)(9/14/01)

• Pre-Neandertal Humans Developed Social Skills Earlier Than Thought (9/10/01)

• Dinosaur Dig Yields Insight (Chicago Tribune)(9/10/01)

• Arctic River Bank Fuels an Early Human Mystery (Washington Post) (9/9/01)

• Couple Charged in Dinosaur Theft (9/4/01)

• Filter-Feeding Sinosaur Sieved its Food (8/29/01)

• Brazen Fossil Hunters Are Cleaning Out U.S. Dinosaur Heritage (National Geographic) (8/24/01)

• Crevice Holds Treasure Trove of Bones (8/14/01)

• First Land Plants and Fungi Changed Earth's Climate (8/9/01)

• Dinosaurs Had a "Rostral Nostril," Says Science Researcher (8/3/01)

• Meet the Neanderthals (BBC) (8/2/01)

• Skeleton of New Dinosaur "Titan" Found in Madagascar (National Geographic) (8/1/01)

• Ancient Crustacean Raises New Questions (BBC)(7/19/01)

• Earliest Human Ancestors Discovered in Ethiopia (7/11/01)

• Two New Dino Species Unveiled (Discovery)(6/18/01)

• 70-Million-Year-Old Moves (LA Times)(6/18/01)

• Mexican Peasants Find Mammoth Bones Inside Cave (6/14/01)

• Humans Hunted Mammals to Extinction in North America (6/7/01)

• 45-Million-Year-Old "Crocodile" Fossil Found in West Germany (6/7/01)

• Earliest efficient chewing herbivore ever found spurred animal life on land (6/5/01)

• Fossil of Gargantuan Dinosaur Unearthed in Egypt (6/1/01)

• Revealed: Darwin's Memory Box (BBC) (5/29/01)

• 'Oldest Dinosaur' Fossil Discovery (BBC) (5/27/01)

• What it Means to be a Mammal: New Clues from Tiny Fossil Described in Science (5/24/01)

• Smithsonian Gives Triceratops a Facelift (CNN)(5/23/01)

• Dinosaur Skin Find 'Just Tip of Iceberg' (5/22/01)

• Oldest Feather Ever Found in Amber Unearthed (5/18/01)

• Earth: Climatologists Pore Over Past (Nature) (5/16/01)

• T. Rex Relative Discovered (Discovery)(5/14/01)

• New Technique Illuminates Events Obscured in the Geologic Record (5/11/01)

• Homo Erectus And Homo Sapiens Did Little Interbreeding (5/14/01)

• Earth: Asia dried Africa (Nature)(5/14/01)

• UW Geologist Breaks New Ground with Findings on Mass Extinction (5/11/01)

• Massive Texas Dinosaur Fossil Shipped for Study (5/8/01)

• Spearhead Discovery Puts Horse on Prehistoric Menu (5/3/01)

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