News articles tagged with 'skull' (Page 7)
Human embryonic stem cell: derived bone tissue closes massive skull injury
— 3 Dec 2007 08:46 | BiologyThere are mice in Baltimore whose skulls were made whole again by bone tissue grown from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). Healing critical-size defects (defects that would not otherwise…
Dinosaur from Sahara had a mouth that worked like a vacuum cleaner
— 15 Nov 2007 16:30 | Geology and palaeontologyA 110 million-year-old dinosaur that had a mouth that worked like a vacuum cleaner, hundreds of tiny teeth and nearly translucent skull bones was unveiled Thursday, 15 Nov., at the…
A toothy new duck-billed dinosaur from Utah
— 3 Oct 2007 16:00 | Geology and palaeontologyThe newest dinosaur species to emerge from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument had some serious bite, according to researchers from the Utah Museum of Natural History at the…
Researchers say sabercat bit like a pussycat
— 2 Oct 2007 04:55 | Geology and palaeontologyIn public imagination, the sabre-toothed cat Smilodon ranks alongside Tyrannosaurus rex as the ultimate killing machine. Powerfully built, with upper canines like knives, Smilodon was…
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…
New fossils challenge established views on early evolution of our genus Homo
— 12 Aug 2007 23:16 | Geology and palaeontologyTwo new fossils, described this week in the journal Nature, cast fresh light on a little understood and important period of human prehistory at the dawn of our own genus, Homo. The…
Early modern human skull includes surprising Neanderthal feature
— 11 Aug 2007 14:49 | Geology and palaeontologyIn 1942, a human braincase was found in Romania during phosphate mining. The skull's geological age has remained uncertain. Now, new radiocarbon analysis appearing in the August issue…
Remains of earliest giant panda discovered
— 19 Jun 2007 00:02 | Geology and palaeontologyAlthough it may sound like an oxymoron, a University of Iowa anthropologist and his colleagues report the first discovery of a skull from a pygmy-sized giant panda - the earliest-known…
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…