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News From Monday, August 03, 2009
8:59:18 PM Ethiopia unveils new fossils
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

.... early hominid fossil remains spanning the past six million years. "This has placed Ethiopia in the forefront of paleoanthropology," he told reporters. [more]

6:22:00 PM DNA-like technique may help nab fossil thieves
The Associated Press

Fossil theft is a frustrating and all-too-common reality for paleontologists working on federal land who say the objects — aside from being government ... [more]

3:08:07 PM Extreme fitness 101: were humans born to run?
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

So suggests relatively recent biomechanical research by University of Utah biologist Dennis Bramble and Harvard paleoanthropologist Daniel Lieberman. .... [more]

2:33:39 PM Fossil Hunter, by John B. Olson
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

The focus is paleontology, the study of ancient fossils. The protagonist, Dr. Katie James, is young and beautiful. Her arch rival, whom she first meets in ... [more]

5:11:17 AM The Burgess Shale: Evolution's Big Bang
Smithsonian - USA

The soundtrack came courtesy of an anti-bear bell attached to the backpack of the group's leader, Jean-Bernard Caron, a curator of invertebrate paleontology ... [more]

3:47:44 AM Below the KT: Discovery and Fervor in Montana's Dino Bone Yard
New West - Missoula,MT,USA

Another “retiree” on the crew, Warwick Fowler, father of paleontology student Denver Fowler, not only volunteered to help with chores and excavation, ... [more]



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