Paleontology

23 articles
  • Carroll_HERO-2

    The Day the Mesozoic Died

    How the story of the dinosaurs’ demise was uncovered.
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    The Rise and Fall of the Living Fossil

    The idea that some species are relics that have stopped evolving is finally going extinct.
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    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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    Ingenious: Ian Tattersall

    The meaning of home in human evolution.
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    Reading the Book of Life in Prehistoric Dung

    “Paleoscatologist” Karen Chin has uncovered the humble origin of life after dinosaurs.