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10:40:56 PM Scientists unearth fossil of SUV-sized wombat
Christian Science Monitor - USA

Paleontologists say that they have unearthed a nearly complete skeleton of a Diprotodon, a fearsome three-ton wombat that rampaged across Australia some 2.5 million years ago until the arrival of the first humans to the continent. ... [more]

9:22:27 PM Gray whales likely survived the Ice Ages by changing their diets
UC Berkeley

Pyenson performed part of this research while a post-doctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia. Lindberg is also a member of the Center for Computational Biology and the Museum of Paleontology at UC Berkeley. [more]

5:25:53 PM Amazing Adaptations of the First Flying Animals
LiveScience.com - New York,NY,USA

This pattern of evolution is unusual, researchers reported today (July 6) in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology. "Usually, when a new group of animals or plants evolves, they quickly try out all the options, said study researcher Katy Prentice, . [more]

5:03:58 PM Giant wombat skeleton unearthed in Australia
Mother Nature Network - Atlanta,GA,USA

"What we're seeing here is the biggest marsupial that ever lived in the world; a three-ton monster that was walking around this land somewhere between 50000 and 2 million years ago," paleontologist Michael Archer tells ABC Brisbane. ... [more]

3:04:43 PM Has a Tiny Tyrant Been Dethroned?
Hirshhorn

In late 2009, paleontologist Paul Sereno and colleagues announced the discovery of a tiny Cretaceous tyrant. They called it Raptorex, and in a paper titled “Tyrannosaurid Skeletal Design First Evolved at Small Body Size,” the researchers who describe [more]

3:04:43 PM Wombat The Size Of A Rhinoceros, Diprotodon, Found In Australia
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

"It was the biggest of them all – the biggest marsupial that ever lived on any continent," Professor Sue Hand, a paleontologist at the University of New South Wales, told Australian Geographic. The plant-eating diprotodon, a relative of the modern .. [more]

1:42:22 PM Australian scientists uncover world's biggest marsupial
All Headline News - USA

Paleontologists in Queensland say they have uncovered the world's biggest marsupial, a wombat-like creature that weighed about three tons and roamed the earth some 2.5 million years ago. The Australian scientists have labeled him "the beast. ... [more]

6:14:05 AM Fossil of ancient 'giant wombat' unearthed
United Press International

SYDNEY, July 5 (UPI) -- Australian paleontologists say they've uncovered the first complete skeleton of a giant prehistoric marsupial described as being like a giant wombat. In what they're calling a major find, researchers from the University of Sou [more]

4:40:52 AM The Paleo Diet: Can We Really Eat Like Our Ancestors Did?
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

... but nonetheless a chastisement of my excessive emphasis on gathering over hunting, with a cc to a veritable who's who in paleoanthropology. ... [more]

4:28:53 AM UPI Sports Calendar for Wednesday, July 6
United Press International

Australian paleontologists say they've uncovered the first complete skeleton of a giant prehistoric marsupial described as being like a giant wombat. Welcome to UPI.com! Your trusted source for world news, top news, science news, health news and ... [more]

4:28:53 AM Niche Market | Natural History Emporium
WNYC - New York,NY,USA

A network of buyers and paleontologists supply the shop with dinosaur bones dug up in Wyoming, millions of years old fossils from Bali and Indochina and shells from the world's coasts. Originally, it was strictly bones. The owner, Henry Galiano, ... [more]

4:21:51 AM Unique discovery: Dinosaur hunter turned pitcher
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA

His main endeavor is paleontology. He's been involved in it since he was 14. "I love it," he said. "I'm my own boss and have control over everything." He has searched for fossils in South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming. His big find, a few years ago, .. [more]



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