paleontology

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(1 vote) The Cycle of Death: What Made The Dinosaurs Die?

About 65 million years ago, three-quarters of all species alive on earth at the time died out within the space of a few hundred thousand years. Read more...

(3 votes) The Boneyard #22

The latest edition of "The Boneyard" is up at Laelaps. The Boneyard is a blog carnival for posts about paleontology! Read more...

(2 votes) The 10 Biggest Dinosaur Blunders

When you make a living studying 100-million-year-old dinosaurs, you're bound to get a few facts muddled now and then. Read more...

(1 vote) Evolution of flatfish

Carl Zimmer's plain language summary of a recent paper published in Nature (http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature07108) offers insightful discussion into the evolution of flatfishes and the evolution of id Read more...

(1 vote) Why do fossil birds matter for geology

I recently posted a new Hub on fossil birds! Read more...

(1 vote) The Itchy Feathers of an Ancient bird

I recently put up a new hub about fossil birds! I talk about the discovery of a new fossil feather from Brazil which was discovered to have fossilized mites on it. Read more...

(1 vote) This Week in Dinosaurs: Oct. 5th - Oct. 12th 2009

It's been an interesting week! Lots of new discoveries have come out this week! Read more...

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