News articles tagged with 'bone' (Page 41)
Ancient whale fall found from Ano Nuevo Island
— 14 Sep 2007 17:24 | Geology and palaeontologyA fossilised whale skeleton excavated 20 years ago amid the stench and noise of a seabird and elephant seal rookery on California's Ano Nuevo Island turns out to be the youngest example…
Fossil fish jaws give information on our own remote ancestors
— 17 Aug 2007 07:44 | Geology and palaeontologyWhen we lose our milk teeth they are replaced by new permanent teeth growing out in exactly the same positions. This is an ancient part of our evolutionary heritage and an identifying…
Rise of dinosaurs in Late Triassic more gradual than once thought
— 20 Jul 2007 10:09 | Geology and palaeontologyFossils discovered in the oft-painted arroyos of northern New Mexico show for the first time that dinosaurs and their non-dinosaur ancestors lived side by side for tens of millions…
Bone-crushing wolves of Alaska disappeared long ago
— 22 Jun 2007 00:01 | Geology and palaeontologyThe ancient grey wolves that once roamed the icy expanses of Alaska represented a specialised form that apparently died out along with other big animals at the end of the Pleistocene,…
Ancient amphibians evolved a bite before migrating to dry land
— 18 Apr 2007 00:05 | Geology and palaeontologyAncient aquatic amphibians developed the ability to feed on land before completing the transition to terrestrial life, researchers from Harvard University report this week in the Proceedings…
New mammal from Mesozoic Era discovered
— 15 Mar 2007 02:52 | Geology and palaeontologyAn international team of American and Chinese palaeontologists has discovered a new species of mammal that lived 125 million years ago during the Mesozoic Era, in what is now the Hebei…