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- Why We Don’t Believe In Science – By Jonah Lehrer
I knew the numbers were high, but if the 46% number is an accurate reflection, that is pretty remarkable. 10,000 years? Really? Last week, Gallup announced the results of their latest survey on Americans and evolution. The numbers were a stark blow to...
- Dinosaur Feathers Found In Amber Reinforce Evolution Theories
Found via The Big Picture. Protofeather fossils discovered entombed in amber from the Late Cretaceous era support theories of dinosaur and avian evolution -- and make for one beautiful gallery Dinosaur and bird feathers preserved in amber from a Late...
- Fivebooks Interview: Jerry Coyne On Evolution
The evolutionary biologist tells us why Darwin is still essential reading and sifts the vast amount of more recent writing on evolution for books that are both inspiring to scientists and accessible to general readers I know you had a hard time narrowing...
- Skeletons Open Window To New Species
CRADLE OF HUMANKIND, South Africa – Nine-year-old Matthew Berger dashed after his dog Tau into the high grass one sunny morning, tripped over a log and stumbled onto a major archaeological discovery. Scientists said Thursday that he had found the bones...
- Scientists: 'ardi' Fossil Sheds Light On Origin Of Human Species
Ardi lived 4.4 million years ago in the woodlands of East Africa. She spent most of her time in the trees. She stood about four feet tall, weighed 110 pounds, and had long arms, short legs, and a grasping big toe that was perfect for clambering branch...
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Fossil Find Challenges Theories on T. Rex
Paleontologists said Thursday that they had discovered what amounted to a miniature prototype of Tyrannosaurus rex, complete with the oversize head, powerful jaws, long legs — and, as every schoolchild knows, puny arms — that were hallmarks of the king of the dinosaurs.
But this scaled-down version, which was about nine feet long and weighed only 150 pounds, lived 125 million years ago, about 35 million years before giant Tyrannosaurs roamed the earth. So the discovery calls into question theories about the evolution of T. rex, which was about five times longer and almost 100 times heavier.
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Related book that comes out next week: The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
- Why We Don’t Believe In Science – By Jonah Lehrer
I knew the numbers were high, but if the 46% number is an accurate reflection, that is pretty remarkable. 10,000 years? Really? Last week, Gallup announced the results of their latest survey on Americans and evolution. The numbers were a stark blow to...
- Dinosaur Feathers Found In Amber Reinforce Evolution Theories
Found via The Big Picture. Protofeather fossils discovered entombed in amber from the Late Cretaceous era support theories of dinosaur and avian evolution -- and make for one beautiful gallery Dinosaur and bird feathers preserved in amber from a Late...
- Fivebooks Interview: Jerry Coyne On Evolution
The evolutionary biologist tells us why Darwin is still essential reading and sifts the vast amount of more recent writing on evolution for books that are both inspiring to scientists and accessible to general readers I know you had a hard time narrowing...
- Skeletons Open Window To New Species
CRADLE OF HUMANKIND, South Africa – Nine-year-old Matthew Berger dashed after his dog Tau into the high grass one sunny morning, tripped over a log and stumbled onto a major archaeological discovery. Scientists said Thursday that he had found the bones...
- Scientists: 'ardi' Fossil Sheds Light On Origin Of Human Species
Ardi lived 4.4 million years ago in the woodlands of East Africa. She spent most of her time in the trees. She stood about four feet tall, weighed 110 pounds, and had long arms, short legs, and a grasping big toe that was perfect for clambering branch...