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9:03:28 PM Traveling To Where We Came From
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If you're as fascinated with paleoanthropology as I am, ... Further north, the Leakey family and other paleoanthropologists are still busy in Koobi Fora and ... [more]

9:03:28 PM Google Earth Helps Uncover Human Species
Mediapost.com - New York,NY,USA

Making the spirit of Louis Leakey proud, Google Earth recently helped paleoanthropologists discover a human species that they say pre-dates our "genus Homo" ... [more]

9:03:28 PM Fossil Discovery New Link in Evolutionary Chain?
CBS News - USA

Richard Leakey, whose family is perhaps the most famous in the world of paleoanthropology, was impressed by what he has seen. "There's a lot of stuff there ... [more]

7:53:38 PM Trip's morning reading
The New Mexico Independent - Albuquerque,NM,USA

A South African paleontologist, er, actually the paleontologist's son and the family dog, stumbled on what scientists are describing a previously ... [more]

7:52:54 PM Nine-Year-Old May Have Discovered New Human Ancestor
Atlantic Online - USA

Lee Berger, an American paleoanthropologist working for a South African university, had been excavating a World Heritage site north of Johannesburg for ... [more]

7:42:45 PM You've Been Warned: 'Jersey Shore' Returning in July
American ...

Despite the hopes of paleoanthropologists that the second season of “Jersey Shore” would send that show's cast to Cradle of Humankind in South Africa to ... [more]

4:04:43 PM "Sinful" Missing Human Evolutionary Ancestor Discovered in Africa
DailyTech - Chicago,IL,USA

Some skeptics in the US and abroad continue to denounce paleontology. For most, it's due to religious reasons, as they find the idea of evolution "sinful" ... [more]

3:27:06 PM Quoted: Matt, I told you to stop playing around while we're … whoa
Good Morning Silicon Valley - CA,USA

Matthew Berger, 9, son of South African professor and paleoanthropologist Lee Berger, describes the scene in 2008 when he found the first piece of what ... [more]

2:23:17 PM Fossil warriors won't call a truce for Sediba
The Australian

The American paleoanthropologist is revelling in a dazzling limelight, fielding questions ... And in the ruthlessly competitive field of paleoanthropology, ... [more]

7:42:12 AM New Fossil May Show How Apes Became Humans
ABC News - United States

A paleontologist's son may have made a huge discovery. The fossils are part of a new species, Australopithecus sediba, which are estimated to be nearly 2 ... [more]

6:57:38 AM Hominid fossil found
Leader Post - Don Mills,ON,Canada

A team of paleoanthropologists, led by Berger, made the discovery at a UNESCO site, the Maropeng and the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, .... [more]

6:29:09 AM Free program focuses on dinosaurs
Billings Gazette

Self-proclaimed “punk rock paleontologist” and Northwest College student Tor Bertin will present a free program titled “Gondwana Talks — Dinosaurs of the ... [more]

3:06:02 AM Pixar's Dinosaur Project is… a Discovery Channel TV Special?
/FILM - Natick,MA,USA

Avatar meets Jurassic Park as the latest paleontological research meets Hollywood story telling. Discovery Channel teams with the top creative talent from ... [more]

2:16:12 AM Field Museum Announces New Dino Attractions to Celebrate SUE's 10th ...
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

The amazing 3-D images are sure to add a new "dimension" to visitors' knowledge of paleontology! • Opening weekend activities (May 29 – May 31) include ... [more]

1:53:00 AM Fossils found in South Africa point to early human ancestors
Christian Science Monitor - USA

The partial skeletons the team found "have a combination of features that we have not seen before," says Rick Potts, a paleoanthropologist and director of ... [more]



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