Scientist: Evolution debate will soon be history - US News and World Report
26 May 2012, 10:55 am
His team unearthed a nearly complete 1.6-million-year-old skeleton in 1984 that became known as "Turkana Boy," the first known early human with long legs, short arms and a tall stature. In the late 1980s, Leakey began a career in government ...

Turtle the size of a small car found in Columbian coalmine - Examiner
24 May 2012, 10:00 am
The fossilized remains of a gigantic 60 million year old turtle, the size of a Mini Copper of Smart Car have been discovered in a Columbian coalmine by North Carolina doctoral student Edwin Cadena. While the skull of the creature, dubbed Carbonemys ...

'Game-changer' in evolution from analysis of 2 million-year-old South African bones - Art Daily
23 May 2012, 2:33 pm
WASHINGTON (AP).-An analysis of 2 million-year-old bones found in South Africa offers the most powerful case so far in identifying the transitional figure that came before modern humans — findings some are calling a potential game-changer in ...

160-million-year-old skin pigment found - Deccan Herald
21 May 2012, 1:10 pm
Scientists have discovered a well-preserved sac of the common skin pigment, melanin, from 160-million-year-old fossils of a well-known sea creature. While rest of the giant squid’s body had been fossilised, two ink sacs containing the pigment magically ...

Fossils of coyote-sized raptor found by paleontologists in Utah - Los Angeles Times
21 May 2012, 11:30 am
Paleontologists from Utah and North Carolina have uncovered the 130-million-year-old fossilized remains of a coyote-sized raptor in Utah's Arches National Park. The raptor is the latest in a rapidly growing family of sharp-toothed, clawed ...

54-million-year-old skull reveals surprises about early evolution of primate brains - Sunday Observer
19 May 2012, 2:38 pm
Researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History and the University of Winnipeg have developed the first detailed images of a primitive primate brain, unexpectedly revealing that cousins of our earliest ancestors relied on smell more than sight.

150-Million-Year-Old Pliosaur Had Arthritic Jaw - The Epoch Times
18 May 2012, 7:19 pm
Even Jurassic killers succumbed to old age, reveals research on the fossil jaws of an ancient sea reptile by scientists at the U.K.’s University of Bristol. A degenerative condition similar to arthritis caused the giant pliosaur’s jaws to become ...

Bacteria alive (more or less) in 86-million-year-old seabed clay - phys.org
17 May 2012, 6:58 pm
(Phys.org) -- A new study by scientists from Denmark and Germany has found live bacteria trapped in red clay deposited on the ocean floor some 86 million years ago. The bacteria use miniscule amounts of oxygen and move only extremely slowly.

86-Million-Year-Old Bacteria Found In Pacific Ocean Still Consuming Oxygen - Huffington Post
17 May 2012, 6:58 pm
At first glance, there doesn't appear to be much happening in the mud buried 30 meters below the Pacific Ocean sea floor. But this ancient muck, which hasn't had a fresh shot of food or sunlight since the days of the dinosaurs, still harbors ...

Video: Want to buy a 75-million-year-old dino skeleton? - Metronews.ca
16 May 2012, 10:27 pm
With skulls the size of  small children and teeth that can claw  through just about anything, the Tyrannosaurus Rex has become the dino darling of the prehistoric world. On Sunday, the skeleton of a  75-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus bataar, a distant ...