A creature known only from fossils of its teeth gets some more parts. (p. 14)
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A beautifully preserved fossil from Germany displays a wing unlike any ever seen.
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2012-07-09 16:13:51
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A trio of fossils from China may tip the scales on dinosaurs’ public image. (p. 9)
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Fossil comparison fends off a challenge that holds the dinosaur is but the immature version of the Torosaurus. (p. 14)
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Cell division patterns in controversial Chinese fossils place them outside the animal kingdom. (p. 10)
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Animals migrate to survive. Golden eagles head south for the winter, salmon swim upstream to lay eggs and locusts move on when it gets too crowded. Scientists now say that 150 million years ago, plant-eating dinosaurs called sauropods living in North America may have migrated, too. The new study suggests these enormous animals traveled at the change of the seasons, leaving dry riverbeds in search of well-watered areas thick with plants.
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2011-11-17 11:27:36
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A mammal fossil unearthed in South America resembles ‘Ice Age’ saber-toothed squirrel. (p. 12)
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Single-celled creatures' size spiked as oxygen levels rose.
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2011-10-13 19:23:41
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Body temperature of long-gone beasts resembled that of mammals, study of fossil teeth suggests.
(p. 10)
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