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Fossilised egg gives clue to fate of ancient birds
Scientists are hopeful of finding out more about ancient birds and why they died out after extracting DNA from a fossilised elephant bird egg.
Wed 10 Mar 10 from The Independent
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Australian archaeologists uncover 40,000-year-old site
Australian archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be the world's southernmost site of early human life, a 40,000-year-old tribal meeting ground, an Aboriginal leader said Wednesday.
Wed 10 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Pottery leads to discovery of peace-seeking women in American Southwest
From the time of the Crusades to the modern day, war refugees have struggled to integrate into their new communities. They are often economically impoverished and socially isolated, which results ...
Wed 10 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Musk ox population decline due to climate, not to humans, study finds
Scientists have discovered that the drastic decline in Arctic musk ox populations that began roughly 12,000 years ago was due to a warming climate rather than to human hunting. The research ...
Mon 8 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Khirbet Qeiyafa identified as biblical 'Neta'im'
Has another mystery in the history of Israel been solved? Prof. Gershon Galil of the Department of Bible Studies at the University of Haifa has identified Khirbet Qeiyafa as "Neta'im", which ...
Mon 8 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Why the dinosaurs died (and it wasn't because they were stupid)
Some say they died out from general stupidity, others argue that they drowned in their own dung or suffered slipped discs and chronically bad backs. But the real reason why the dinosaurs became ...
Thu 4 Mar 10 from The Independent
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A convincing mimic: Scientists report octopus imitating flounder in the Atlantic (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- On the open sand plains of the Caribbean seafloor, where soft-bodied animals are routinely exposed to predators, camouflage can be key to survival. Perhaps no group of animals ...
Wed 3 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Scientists Discover Earliest Known Dinosaur Relative
The fossils of Asilisaurus kongwe were recovered by paleontologists in a large bone bed in Tanzania in 2003
Thu 4 Mar 10 from Voice of America
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Ancient Queen's burial chamber discovered at Saqqara
A French archaeological team digging at Saqqara has discovered the burial chamber of 6th Dynasty Queen Behenu, wife of either Pepi I or Pepi II. The burial chamber was revealed while the team ...
Wed 3 Mar 10 from The Independent
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Fossils of snake eating dino eggs found in India
The fossilized remains of a 67 million-year-old snake found coiled around a dinosaur egg offer rare insight into the ancient ...
Tue 2 Mar 10 from USA today
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