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Great white's mighty bite revealed (8/6/2008)

Great white's mighty bite revealedUsing sophisticated computer modelling techniques they have also calculated that the bite force of the great white's extinct relative, the gigantic fossil species Carcharodon megalodon (also known as Big Tooth) is the highest of all time, making it arguably the most formidable carnivore ever to have existed. ...> Full Article


New fossil tells twisted tale of how flatfishes ended up with two eyes on one side of head (7/11/2008)

Study eliminates a long-lingering challenge to the theory of evolution through natural selection ...> Full Article


Closing the gap between fish and land animals (6/26/2008)

New exquisitely preserved fossils from Latvia cast light on a key event in our own evolutionary history, when our ancestors left the water and ventured onto land ...> Full Article



Scientists discover oldest proof of live birth (5/31/2008)

Scientists discover oldest proof of live birthAustralian scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of live birth on the planet, thanks to a fossil fish from Western Australia with a well-preserved embryo inside the body cavity. ...> Full Article



Researchers identify where fish eaten during the Middle Ages were caught (5/6/2008)

Researchers identify where fish eaten during the Middle Ages were caughtThe humble cod may be about to have its biggest impact on history since sparking "war" with Iceland in 1972. ...> Full Article



New Evidence of How Fish Evolved to Walk on Land (3/26/2008)

New Evidence of How Fish Evolved to Walk on Landprofessor of biology and anatomy and internationally renowned paleontologist, will deliver a free public lecture at the University of Utah on his discovery of a fossil that has been dubbed the "missing link" between fish and land animals ...> Full Article


Oldest Australian Crayfish Fossils Provide Missing Evolutionary Link (2/7/2008)

Crayfish body fossils and burrows discovered in Victoria, Australia, have provided the first physical evidence that crayfish existed on the continent as far back as the Mesozoic Era, says Emory University paleontologist Anthony Martin, who headed up a study on the finds. ...> Full Article


Ancient Fish Bones Reveal Impacts Of Global Warming Beneath The Sea (12/20/2007)

Ancient Fish Bones Reveal Impacts Of Global Warming Beneath The SeaScientists studying ancient fish bones in Scandinavia have discovered that warm-water species like anchovies and black sea bream that once thrived in Danish waters during a prehistoric warm period are now returning. Some cold-water species, such as cod, were also abundant during this period, having benefited from a lower fishing effort. ...> Full Article


Fresh fossil evidence of eye forerunner uncovered (12/17/2007)

Fresh fossil evidence of eye forerunner uncoveredAncient armoured fish fossils from Australia present some of the first definite fossil evidence of a forerunner to the human eye, a scientist from The Australian National University says. ...> Full Article


Fossil record reveals elusive jellyfish more than 500 million years old (11/4/2007)

Fossil record reveals elusive jellyfish more than 500 million years oldUsing recently discovered 'fossil snapshots' found in rocks more than 500 million years old, researchers have described the oldest definitive jellyfish ever found. ...> Full Article


Seafood Makes Waves: Humans Leave Home (10/18/2007)

Seafood Makes Waves: Humans Leave HomeShellfish allowed humans to relocate to Australia and New Guinea 40,000 years earlier than first thought ...> Full Article


10 Million year old chips reveal link between fish diet and evolution (9/27/2007)

10 Million year old chips reveal link between fish diet and evolutionStudy uncovers evidence from 10 millions years ago ...> Full Article

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Recent Articles
Rock art marks transformations in traditional Peruvian societies 8/7/2008

Rare Antarctic Fosssils In Mountain Lake Area Reveal Extinction Of Tundra Before Full Polar-Climate Arrived 8/6/2008

Great white's mighty bite revealed 8/6/2008

Little teeth suggest big jump in primate timeline 8/5/2008

World's oldest computer link to early Olympics 8/1/2008

New research challenges notion that dinosaur soft tissues still survive 7/31/2008

New life given to ancient Egyptian texts stored at Stanford for decades 7/27/2008

New Dinosaur Supertree 7/25/2008

Unique fossil discovery shows Antarctic was once much warmer 7/24/2008

Using Modern Tools to Learn About Ancient People 7/23/2008

National Geographic Funds Research For Earliest Evidence of Humans on Florida's West Coast 7/21/2008

Eruptions wiped out ocean life 94 million years ago 7/20/2008

Reconstruction the brain morphology of Homo Liujiang cranium fossil by 3-D CT 7/19/2008

Archaeologists trace early irrigation farming in ancient Yemen 7/18/2008

Researcher Leads Worldwide Study on Marine Fossil Diversity 7/17/2008

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