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Letter: Soft tissue in fossils provides evidence of dinosaurs
In response to your letter to the editor on dinosaurs not being around 67 million years ago ("Bloody evidence undercuts dogmatic view of dinosaurs," Nov. 8): Yes, Dr. Mary Schweitzer's article in Dec. 6, 2010 Scientific American does talk about her...Tags: Paleontology
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Letter: Dating dinosaur fossils is debatable
The article "Dinosaur hunters know where to look in Laurel" in the Oct. 25 issue of the Laurel Leader begins, "It's true: Dinosaurs once roamed in Laurel. Of course, that was about 110 million years ago. ..." I wonder if anyone was there to see what...Tags: Paleontology
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In the Galleries -- May 19, 2013
In Aberdeen Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center Gallery, 225 Third Ave. S.E.: Pottery and ceramics show. Hours are from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. 605-626-7081. Dacotah...Tags: Museums, Paleontology, Artists, Arts, Groton
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Fossil finds hint at when apes and monkeys went separate ways
Scientists have added two species of ape and monkey to the evolutionary tree, filling in a 10-million-year gap in the fossil record from a period when apes and Old World monkeys diverged. Fossil specimens of jaws and teeth, collected by Ohio...
Tags: Research, Ohio University
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Fossils find new home in Canon
The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.A 150 million-year-old lumbering plant eater, who happens to be the world's most complete stegosaurus specimen, has migrated to a new home. "Spike," who was discovered in Garden Park just north of Canon City in 1992, and a bevy of other prehistoric...Tags: Museums, Paleontology, Orange County Regional History Center
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In Theory: Are parts of Scripture outdated and in need of change?
It's not often that a Christian minister agrees with the New Atheist movement, but the Rev. Michael Dowd believes it's possible when it comes to what he calls the "idolatry of the written word." A self-described "New Theist" — one who "value[s]...Tags: Tra Thomas, Philosophy, Music, Religious Texts, Ethics
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Dinosaur heads home to Mongolia after odyssey ends in Queens
NEW YORK -- It's bad enough to go from roaming the earth as a fearsome predator to being uprooted and dragged across three continents, but to end up in a basement in Queens? No wonder the Tyrannosaurus bataar was broken up. Literally. But not for...Tags: Prosecution, Gainesville, Auction Service, Mongolia, FBI
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Did dinosaur ancestors benefit from worst extinction on Earth?
Dinosaurs may have been wiped out by a mass extinction about 65 million years ago, but an earlier extinction event may have given their predecessors a leg up on the competition, according to a study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....
Tags: Tanzania, Paleontology, South Africa, Zambia
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Earth Day connects past, present
YORK - Although it took the city of Williamsburg long enough to celebrate Earth Day - which happened last Monday - they still crew a decent crowd to Waller Mill Park Saturday. Park manager Michael Van Audenhove said he'd planned the city's Earth Day...
Tags: Earth Day, Paleontology, Fishing
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Big beast area just got bigger
The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.The Garden Park Dinosaur Fossil area just got a whole lot bigger, thanks to a National Natural Landmark expansion fitting for the Jurassic-era lumbering beasts that once roamed here. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management received approval for a 3,170-...Tags: Paleontology, Orange County Regional History Center, Zoology
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What's under your basement? Lots of turbulent history
The Kansas City StarCare to poke around Johnson County's basement? No, this story won't discuss the wide-screen you put down in the man-cave last year, the Christmas ornaments stored too near the water heater, the ping-pong table, the cat box that needs attention, any of...Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Museum of Natural History, Plant Openings, Geology, Monsters (legendary creatures)
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Four-winged dinosaur raptor feasted on fish
Microraptor probably was as big as a hawk, had teeth like a crocodile and could spear fish like a kingfisher -- when the diminutive, four-winged dinosaur wasn’t busy plucking squirrel-like animals and other birds from trees. That’s the...
Tags: Paleontology, China
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