Unicorn Fly Found in Amber

They're calling it the Unicorn Fly. The new species of extinct flying insect was found preserved in amber: the Unicorn Fly has three eyes atop a horn on its head, and lived 100 million years ago. The Unicorn Fly represents an entirely new family of flies that has never before...

Canada's Stonehenge

" An academic maverick is challenging conventional wisdom on Canada's prehistory by claiming an archeological site in southern Alberta is really a vast, open-air sun temple with a precise 5,000-year-old calendar predating England's Stonehenge and Egypt's pyramids. ...

Neandertal Mystery

"Did we wipe out the Neandertals or did we interbreed with them. The controversy continues."

More Dino News

"Here are a couple more interesting Dino-stories in the news. Two 'unique' dinosaurs found on Grand Staircase Large flock of parrot-like dinosaurs uncovered And just when you thought it was safe to practice science well there are those Creationists who still insist on the...

Another myth blown

"Cannibalism amongst humans is controversial as are assertions that Neandertal man was, which has also been proven untrue. For more Neandertal news see here. It now it appears that another prehistoric cannibalism myth bites the dust."

Prehistoric Climate Change

"We're learning our climate, throughout time, has been a wild beast." Before they became the Tar Sands......dinosaurs adapted as far as they could and then they were wiped out. "

Ping Pong Fish and Prehistoric Flying Squirrels

"While Lucy's daughter is getting lots of science media coverage here are a couple of under-reported Fossil stories from my backyard in Alberta. Remember that the Tar Sands after all is the blood of dinosaurs."

Sex Can Be Dangerous

"T-Rex Sex that is. Like horny teen agers everywhere, T-Rex becomes a juvenile delinquent at puberty."

The Monument Builders

"In Brazil, a tropical Stonehenge is found"

Prehistoric Frank and Gordon

Frank and Gordon the Bell Canada beavers, who have been making a nuisance of themselves during the Olympics as TV Ads, have a prehistoric relative. The Jurassic Beaver.

Another Prehistoric Woman

The male bias in science presumes that the humnaoid fossils we find are male. The fact is that now more often than not they are found to be women continues to be revealed as in the case of Our Lady of Flores and now in China with the Jinniushan fossil.

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