NEW YORK (AP).- Two ancient animal bones from Ethiopia show signs of butchering by human ancestors, moving back the earliest evidence for the use of stone tools by about 800,000 years, researchers say. The bones appear to have been cut and smashed some…
Now Reopened, Israel Museum has New Look at History of Holy Land
JERUSALEM (REUTERS).- A new Jerusalem exhibit displaying a million years of history in the Holy Land offers Bible buffs and skeptics alike a chance to say: “I told you so!” The Israel Museum, fresh-faced after a three-year, $100 million upgrade, offers…
Now Reopened, Israel Museum has New Look at History of Holy Land
JERUSALEM (REUTERS).- A new Jerusalem exhibit displaying a million years of history in the Holy Land offers Bible buffs and skeptics alike a chance to say: “I told you so!” The Israel Museum, fresh-faced after a three-year, $100 million upgrade, offers…
Field Museum Scholars Find that Oxygen Fuels the Fires of Time
CHICAGO, IL.- Variations in the Earth’s atmospheric oxygen levels are thought to be closely linked to the evolution of life, with strong feedbacks between uni- and multicellular life and oxygen. Over the past 400 million years the level of oxygen has v…
Ichnites Site in Coahuila Undergo Maintenance Thanks to Temporary Employment Program
GENERAL ZEPEDA, COAHUILA.- The paleontologic deposit located in General Zepeda, Coahuila, where more than 200 footprints of dinosaurs that lived 72 million years ago are conserved, is object of a cleaning and maintenance program with the support of the…
NYS State Museum Scientist Selected to Investigate Climate Change in Spain
ALBANY, NY.- A New York State Museum paleontologist has become the only scientist in the U.S. selected to participate in an all-expense paid research program in Spain that will enable him to investigate the effects of climate change on mammals over the…
State Paleontologist Reports Major Discovery in "Geology"
ALBANY, NY.- New York State Paleontologist Dr. Ed Landing is the lead author of an article published in the June issue of “Geology” that provides the first definitive proof that all major animal groups with internal and external skeletons app…
Researchers Find that Early Humans Ventured Farther North than Thought
LONDON (AP).- Ancient man ventured into northern Europe far earlier than previously thought, settling on England’s east coast more than 800,000 years ago, scientists said. It had been assumed that humans — thought to have emerged from Africa aroun…
Monster of the Deep: Scientists Find Fossil Skull of 43 ft Long Whale
LIMA, PERU – A new species of ‘killer’
sperm whale with fearsome teeth
that roamed the seas more than 12 million years ago has been discovered
by
scientists. The fossilized skull and jaw of the
gigantic
creature, which was 43 foot long…
Fossil of Mega-Toothed Killer "Leviathan" Whale Found in Peru
LIMA (REUTERS).- The fossil of a giant whale called Leviathan for having teeth bigger than a grown man’s forearms has been found in Peru by paleontologists who on Thursday said it may have been the largest predator to ever roam the seas. Leviathan Melv…