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9:36:33 PM "Missing Link" Fossil Found; Proof of Evolutionary Theory?
Associated Content - Denver,CO,USA

Paleontologists are always looking for a "missing link." It is what drives their very existence, this filling in of the evolutionary march from prehistoric ... [more]

9:34:03 PM Ida Fossil Hype Went Too Far
LiveScience.com - New York,NY,USA

Ida's unveiling was highly scripted (with some "Barnum and Bailey aspects," said paleontologist Richard Kay of Duke University). More important, it can now ... [more]

8:31:13 PM Coal of Africa Limited announces submission of environmental ...
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA

The company will spend around ZAR1m on heritage resources, besides employing an archaeologist and paleontologist on a retainer basis to monitor any new ... [more]

6:33:53 PM Amid Media Circus, Scientists Doubt 'Ida' Is Your Ancestor
LiveScience.com - New York,NY,USA

Precious little," said Stonybrook University paleoanthropologist John Fleagle. But the fossil is certainly significant for what it can tell us about early ... [more]

6:04:19 PM Meet Jorn Hurum, The Man Who Found The Missing Link Or Ida, The 47 ...
Soft Sailor - Scottsdale,AZ,USA

Hurum is a regular face at the Norwegian TV and radio shows where he speaks about paleontology and evolution. A few months ago he revealed another fossil of ... [more]

5:52:09 PM Paleontologist as rock star: How one tiny fossil sparked a media ...
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA

... media outlets across the globe pounced on the story of “Ida,” a 47-million-year-old fossil discovered in Germany by paleontologist Jorn Hurum. ... [more]

5:14:07 PM Missing Link Found
Alternative Health Journal - Santa Monica,California,USA

By Dan Sevigny, Community Contributor -- Published: May 20, 2009 The fossil, endearingly named Ida, found in Germany by a team of paleontologists. ... [more]

5:04:51 PM The Cowboy and the Paleontologist -- New Action-Packed Fiction ...
GlobeNewsWire (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Embark on a series of great adventures with The Cowboy and the Paleontologist by Cash Cashion. Paleontologists Kope and Marsh were the bright shining glory ... [more]

4:17:16 PM Let Us Not Forget The Books: I Need Your Vote Again
Glob smacked

Today I've got an interview posted over at Yale Environment 360 with Tony Barnosky, a paleontologist who's just written a very interesting book called ... [more]

2:04:34 PM Coal of Africa submits environmental study for Vele colliery
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly - Garden View,South Africa

An archaeologist and paleontologist would be employed on a retainer basis to monitor any new excavations for archaeological or paleontological artifacts. ... [more]

12:22:04 PM Fossil record no friend of Darwinism
The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg,VA,USA

Paleontologist and evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould noted that the Burgess shale fossils turn the cone of increasing species diversity predicted by ... [more]

5:51:35 AM "Revolutionary" Fossil Fails to Dazzle Anthropologists
Science Now - Washington,DC,USA

"It's an extraordinarily complete, wonderful specimen, but it's not telling us too much that we didn't know before," says paleoanthropologist Elwyn Simons ... [more]

4:06:48 AM Tucumcari student receives anonymous donation
Quay County Sun - Tumcumcari,NM,USA

Following Mesalands, Price said he hopes to attend the University of California Berkeley and pursue his interests in paleontology. ... [more]

12:43:17 AM Primate fossil is the most complete ever obtained
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

"This fossil is so complete ... it is unheard of in the primate record," said paleontologist Jorn Hurum of the University of Oslo in Norway. ... [more]



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