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Fossil and Archaeology News - October 2008 Archives
Small islands dwarf large ones in archaeological importance, says researcher, who found that people who settled the Caribbean before Christopher Columbus preferred more minute pieces of land because they relied heavily on the sea.
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Scientists study dinosaur smelling skills for the first time and sniff out new angle on bird evolution
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 | Deep dig finds confluence of science and the Bible ...> Full Article |
 | The ability to make fire millennia ago was likely a key factor in the migration of prehistoric hominids from Africa into Eurasia ...> Full Article |
 | One of the smallest dinosaur skulls ever discovered has been identified and described by a team of scientists from London, Cambridge and Chicago. ...> Full Article |
 | Within the scope of an international rescue excavation project, a team of four archaeologists specialized in Middle Eastern affairs have unearthed parts of a Neo-Assyrian governor's palace dating back to the 9th to 7th century BCE in a two-month excavation program amongst the ruins on Ziyaret Tepe. ...> Full Article |
 | European magic mingled with African in early 18th century ...> Full Article |
Contrary to popular belief, polar dinosaurs may not have traveled nearly as far as originally thought when making their bi-annual migration.
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 | Drawing on scientific expertise from Austria and the United States and using kakapo specimens collected in the 1880s, researchers are pursuing a series of research objectives being carried out across the globe to analyse kakapo skulls, bodies and the erotic scent of the males’ feathers. ...> Full Article |
 | Numerous tracks at Jurassic oasis on Arizona-Utah border ...> Full Article |
 | Fossil and other new forms date to ancient period of global warming ...> Full Article |
A new study led by North Carolina State University's Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick is the first to show physical evidence that the people who colonized the Caribbean from South America brought with them heirloom drug paraphernalia that had been passed down from generation to generation as the colonists traveled through the islands.
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 | High-tech imaging reveals inside of duck-billed dinosaur skulls ...> Full Article |
 | Archaeologists have dug up a mystery worthy of Indiana Jones, one that includes a tomb, skeletons and burial rites with both Christian and pagan elements. ...> Full Article |
More than 40 million years ago, primates preferred Texas to northern climates that were significantly cooling, according to new fossil evidence
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 | Anthropologist reviews historical records, finds links to fertility, hormones and reproductive pressures ...> Full Article |
 | Study provides a detailed look at the internal head skeleton of intermediate fossil and reveals a key step in the transformation of the skull that accompanied the shift to life on land by our distant ancestors. ...> Full Article |
300 million-year-old discovery in an unlikely setting -- a suburban strip mall
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 | A new study challenges the idea that the Nile valley was the only or even the most likely route out of sub-Saharan Africa for early modern humans. ...> Full Article |
 | Earliest example of collective behavior uncovered ...> Full Article |
 | Researcher to develop collaborative online editing tools for ancient documents preserved on papyrus. ...> Full Article |
 | Remarkable prehistoric paintings hidden away in the caves of northern Spain could be dated accurately for the first time ...> Full Article |
 | The fossilized trail of an aquatic creature suggests that animals walked using legs at least 30 million years earlier than had been thought. ...> Full Article |
Research supports the view that the first egalitarian societies may have appeared tens of thousands of years before the French Revolution, Marx, and Lenin.
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 | Elevated levels of phosphorus, organic carbon, and calcium being caused by whale bones ...> Full Article |
 | The remains of a 30-foot-long predatory dinosaur discovered along the banks of Argentina's Rio Colorado is helping to unravel how birds evolved their unusual breathing system. ...> Full Article |
 | The fossils revealed a herd of dinosaurs that perished in a catastrophic event 72.5 million years ago ...> Full Article |
Researchers solve mystery of massive global extinction event 252 million years ago
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 | Dinosaurs survived two mass extinctions and 50 million years before taking over the world and dominating ecosystems ...> Full Article |
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Fish can recognize a face based on UV pattern alone
Ancient DNA from rare fossil reveals that polar bears evolved recently and adapted quickly
Scientists locate apparent hydrothermal vents off Antarctica
Mars Express heading for closest flyby of Phobos
Artificial bee silk a big step closer to reality
Predicting the fate of stem cells
Artificial foot recycles energy for easier walking
New fiber nanogenerators could lead to electric clothing
What drives our genes? Researchers map the first complete human epigenome
Juggling enhances connections in the brain
Tracking down the human 'odorprint'
Fill 'er up - with algae
Scientists discover quantum fingerprints of chaos
Researchers help identify cows that gain more while eating less
Dinosaurs might be older than previously thought
Recently analyzed fossil was not human ancestor as claimed, anthropologists say
'Anaconda' meets 'Jurassic Park': Study shows ancient snakes ate dinosaur babies
Tiny shelled creatures shed light on extinction and recovery 65 million years ago
New dinosaur rears its head
New dinosaur discovered head first, for a change
Archaeologist discovers Jerusalem city wall from tenth century B.C.E.
Pitt-led study debunks millennia-old claims of systematic infant sacrifice in ancient Carthage
What was that? Unraveling a 400-million-year-old mystery
Queen's helps produce archaeological 'time machine'
Scientists complete color palette of a dinosaur for the first time
Ancient remains put teeth into Barker hypothesis