Paleontology
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What Made Early Humans Smart
Walking upright made our ancestors easy prey. It also made them get smart. -
Paving Over the Fossil Record
Why isn’t India doing more to protect its rare evolutionary record? -
Strange Worms Are Taking Their Place on Your Family Tree
The Cambrian explosion of animal life now seems more like a whimper. -
It’s a Fishapod!
The story behind the discovery of the four-legged fish. -
Future of Fossils: Print Your Own Dinosaur at Home?
A 3D printout of the Plateosaurus vertebra placed next to the (mislabeled) field jacket that contains the original fossilRene Schilling et al. / Radiology In 1898, the American Museum of Natural History was presented with a golden opportunity along with a challenge almost as significant. Paleontologist Walter Granger had returned from a trip to the […]
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Reading the Book of Life in Prehistoric Dung
“Paleoscatologist” Karen Chin has uncovered the humble origin of life after dinosaurs.
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Handy Genetic Switch Helps You Grow Hands—or Paws, or Fins
When an enormous four-finned fish surfaced in a South African fisherman’s catch in 1938, scientists were fascinated by its resemblance to fossilized creatures that had died out millions of years ago. The fish, called a coelacanth, turned out to be the first descendant of those organisms ever spotted by humans. The two living species identified […]
