News articles tagged with 'bipedal'
Four, three, two, one... pterosaurs have lift off!
— 7 Jan 2009 15:08 | Geology and palaeontologyPterosaurs have long suffered an identity crisis. Pop culture heedlessly - and wrongly - lumps these extinct flying lizards in with dinosaurs. Even palaeontologists assumed that because... — full story
'Good luck' was the primary factor in the rise of the dinosaurs
— 11 Sep 2008 19:15 | Geology and palaeontologyIn a paper published today in Science, Steve Brusatte and Professor Mike Benton challenge the general consensus among scientists that there must have been something special about dinosaurs... — full story
Early parents did not stand for weighty kids
— 23 Apr 2008 14:16 | Geology and palaeontologyScientists investigating the reasons why early humans - the so-called hominins - began walking upright say it's unlikely that the need to carry children was a factor, as has previously... — full story
New findings solve human origins mystery
— 10 Oct 2007 13:41 | Geology and palaeontologyAn extraordinary advance in human origins research reveals evidence of the emergence of the upright human body plan over 15 million years earlier than most experts have believed. More... — full story
T. rex quicker than Becks, say scientists
— 22 Aug 2007 19:59 | Geology and palaeontologyT. rex may have struggled to chase down speeding vehicles as the movie Jurassic Park would have us believe but the world's most fearsome carnivore was certainly no slouch, research... — full story
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