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Thursday, June 30, 2005

The Big Questions In Science

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In a special collection of articles published beginning 1 July 2005, Science Magazine and its online companion sites celebrate the journal...

He Saw Horses, Horses, Horses, ...

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Evolution, systematics, and phylogeography of pleistocene horses in the New World: A molecular perspective . 2005. Weinstock, J., E. Willer...

Q: Are We Not Men...?

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In this week’s issue of Nature Henry Gee writes a fanciful piece for their ‘Futures’ section addressing the outcome of the recent prolifera...
Wednesday, June 29, 2005

King Kong Trailer

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I think the title says it all! The trailer was released earlier this week and has added to the positive buzz for the movie. You can see the...

Born this day: Ray Harryhausen

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Unlike Michael (our absent Palaeoblogger), I don't have in depth knowledge of the comic book/dinosaur graphic art and movie domain. Howe...
Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Paleo-Path Part 11 This Friday

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Even though I'm in the field right now I've still made time to put together a new Paleo-Path column for this week featuring our own ...
Monday, June 27, 2005

Dinosaurs Parade The Circle

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On the weekend of June 10-11, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History took part in the big 'Parade The Circle' along with the other...
Sunday, June 26, 2005

Kong Is Topps

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From PSACards.com : The Topps Company has been awarded the license to publish official KING KONG trading cards based on the upcoming movie ...
Friday, June 24, 2005

The Call Of The West

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I'm off to the field but the Palaeoblog continues on, so stay tuned in for frequent updates! " I feel a hot wind on my shoulder And...
Thursday, June 23, 2005

New Discovery: Two Palaeocene Mammals Had Venomous Bite

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Richard Fox of the University of Alberta has uncovered fossilized "dagger-like" teeth for two mammals in Central Alberta. The prev...

Smithsonian Dinosaurs On-Line

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The Smithsonian has several new on-line features of interest to readers of the Palaeoblog including an informative listing of its extensive...
Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Bone Sharps

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It's coming to bookshops later this summer. Read all about it HERE . Pay attention to the paragraph about the ILLUSTRATED CHARLES KNIGH...

'Boiled' Eggs & Dinosaur Sex Ratios

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Image from HERE . In the discussion of what killed off the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous you’ll often read that the asteroid impac...
Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Plans For Dino-Theme Restaurants

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The creator of the Rainforest Café has come up with a new idea for a chain: " T-Rex ", a dinosaur theme-restaurant that will be...
Monday, June 20, 2005

On Newsstands Now - Dinosaurs!

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The cover story of the current issue of Newsweek (June 20) discusses some of the more notable discoveries in vertebrate paleontology over t...

Rise Of The Robosaurs

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From an article by Robert Jones in the New Zealand Herald: Roboraptor, is a new 32-inch long hi-tech robo-beast with three mood levels - h...
Sunday, June 19, 2005

Hall of Teeth and Horns is Open

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The new Hall of Teeth and Horns at the Museum of the Rockies - previously mentioned in PALAEOBLOG - is now open to the public . The Hall is...

South American Dinosaur Track Site Shows Late Cretaceous Biodiversity

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The paleontological team at the Cal Orko cement quarry in Sucre, Bolivia (near the center of the country ) discovered over 5,000 tracks bel...
Saturday, June 18, 2005

A Mammoth Conclusion

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From Pennsyvania’s Times Leader.com : Japanese scientists said Friday that DNA tests have shown that the prehistoric woolly mammoth is more...

Darwin Dogs Beagle For BBC 4

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Few voyages have had more impact on science than Charles Darwin's visit to the Galapagos Islands in 1835. The archipelago of volcanic is...
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