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Evolution. Extinction. Fossilization. (Repeat)

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Published Today (1868): Darwin’s ‘Variation’

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From Today In Science History : In 1868, Charles Darwin's book - Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication - was published. ...
Friday, January 29, 2010

Dr. Scott + Kids = Dino Pandemonium!

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This is the scene right now in the Dino Hall of the CMNH. Kids and their parents are lined up out the door to meet Dr. Scott! That's Sco...

Tonight at the CMNH: Paleontologist Dr. Scott Sampson

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Join is tonight at 7:30 pm the Cleveland Museum of Natural History for a talk by paleontologist Scott Samspon from the Utah Museum of Natur...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Born This Day: Father of Java Man

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Eugene Dubois (Jan. 28, 1858 - Dec. 16, 1940) joined the Dutch Army as a medical officer, and used spare time from his medical duties to sea...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Dinosaur's True Colours Revealed

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Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds . 2010. F. Zhang, et al. Nature, published online 27 January. Image ...

Died This Day: Adam Sedgwick

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From Today In Science History : Sedgwich (March 22, 1785 - Jan. 27, 1873) was an English geologist who first applied the name Cambrian to t...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Kevin Aulenback Interview

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Buy the book Last week author Kevin Aulenback was interviewed on the CKUA show, Bookmark , about his new book, Identification Guide to the ...

Microraptor A Glider

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Model tests of gliding with different hindwing configurations in the four-winged dromaeosaurid Microraptor gui . 2010. D.E. Alexander et al....

Born This Day: Roy Chapman Andrews

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Photo from Parade of Life Through The Ages , by Charles Knight, Nat. Geo., Feb. 1942. From the American Museum of Natural History web site:...
Monday, January 25, 2010

Born This Day: Theodosius Dobzhansky

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Dobzhansky (Jan.25, 1900–Dec. 18, 1975) is noted for being one of the architects of the modern Synthetic Theory of evolution. During the fi...

Tetsuto Miyashita

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"Tetsuto Miyashita was given a book about dinosaurs by Dr. Philip Currie, right, when he was a 10-year-old in Japan. Now he is studying...
Sunday, January 24, 2010

Premiered This Day (1956): The Animal World

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“2 Billion Years in the Making!” Produced and directed by Irwin Allen, whose long career included such TV hits as Lost In Space and Voyage ...

Sunday T. rex

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Liberty Meadows
Saturday, January 23, 2010

Reviews: New William Stout Books

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Title: New Dinosaur Discoveries A-Z Author: William Stout Publishing Information: Flesk Publications; HC; 64 pages; 1st edition $14.95 Or...
Friday, January 22, 2010

Humans Killed Australian Megafauna

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And Then There Were None? . 2010. R. G. Roberts & B. W. Brook. Science 327: 420-422. New research indicates that humans, not climate cha...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Dinosaur Death Pits

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Dinosaur Death Pits from the Jurassic of China . 2010. D.A. Eberth, et al. Palaios 25: 112-125. Two small Guanlong wucaii dinosaurs struggl...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

New Model For The Origin of Primates

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Evolution and biogeography of primates: a new model based on molecular phylogenetics, vicariance and plate tectonics . 2009. Zoologica Scrip...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Died This Day: Frank Reicher

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Frank Reicher (Dec. 2, 1875 - Jan. 19, 1965) was a German actor , director and producer born in Munich, Germany. During the early part of t...

MLK DAY at CMNH

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In celebration of Martin Luther King Day yesterday, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History had free admission for the public. More than 50...

Osteology of Falcarius utahensis

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Osteology of Falcarius utahensis (Dinosauria: Theropoda): characterizing the anatomy of basal therizinosaurs . 2010. L. E. Zanno. Zool. J. ...
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