Tiny Carnivorous Dinosaur, Hesperonychus Elizabethae, Discovered

A tiny carnivorous dinosaur the size of a squirrel has been discovered by researchers in Alberta, Canada.  Called Hesperonychus Elizabethae, the teeny little meat eating dinosaur is the smallest prehistoric...

How did turtles get their shells?

"Ever wonder how a turtle got its shell? You're not the only one. Evolutionary biologists and paleontologists have long been stumped by the question. But a recently unearthed turtle fossil, the oldest on record,...

How the Turtle Got Its Shell

I just thought this story was so cute!!"Famous for carrying its shelled "home" on its back, the humble, plodding turtle has also been toting around one of the biggest mysteries of the animal kingdom....

Ancestor of T rex unearthed

The t-rex's ancestor which lived about 200 million years ago was unearthed in a diggin in southern Poland. It was about 5 meters long and it's biggest tooth was about 7 centimeters long." WARSAW: Paleontologists...

Paleontologists Discover Most Primitive Primate Skeleton - Posted by Michael ...

"The origins and earliest branches of primate evolution are clearer and more ancient by 10 million years than previous studies estimated, according to a study featured on the cover of the Jan. 23 print edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."

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