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• New African Fossils Alter Perception of Human Origins

  Sept. 10, 2011

  Paleo-jigsaw or transitional form?

• Number of Estimated Species Reaches 8.7 Million

  Sept. 3, 2011

  Classification scheme is key to species count.

• Neaderthals Prove Technical Capabilities in Jersey Caves

  Sept. 3, 2011

  Neanderthal technical prowess belies brutish reputation.

• Jurassic Rat Now Considered Oldest Mammalian Ancestor

  Sept. 3, 2011

  Once upon a time, in a Jurassic park long, long ago, grandmother rat climbed a tree.

• Ancient Whales and How Their Skulls Affected Directional Hearing

  Sept. 3, 2011

  The whale evolutionary tale takes a new twist.

• Robotic Insects Mimic God’s Own Design

  Sept. 3, 2011

  Energizer bug’s backpack is a battery of God’s own design.

• Classifying the Blue Whale by Jaw Type

  Aug. 27, 2011

  Another big mouth beast becomes an honorary member of the baleen club.

• Sulphuric Fossils Give Insight On Ancient Earth

  Aug. 27, 2011

  Sulfur-based life: for real? And what does Australian sandstone have to do with Mars?

• The Bible: Library or Book?

  Aug. 27, 2011

  Galileo groans as he’s trotted out again.

• Scientists Rewind Evolution With Unique Chicken Embryo

  Aug. 27, 2011

  Jurassic spark part two: the chick-a-gator

• Plesiosaur Fossils Suggest Sea Monsters Gestate Early in Life

  Aug. 20, 2011

  Plesiosaur harbors a paleo-obstetrical surprise.

• An Eel Emerges as the Next Living Fossil

  Aug. 20, 2011

  Dubbed Protoanguilla palau—meaning “first eel”—this little eel is prompting a redrawing of his family tree. Discovered in western Pacific caves 35 meters deep, the eel seems like a patchwork from the eel time machine.

• Can Accumulated Mutations Produce New Species?

  Aug. 20, 2011

  Can three walk together and evolve into one?

• Giant Bugs: Why They Once Roamed the Earth

  Aug. 20, 2011

  Did giant insects seek or shun a high oxygen atmosphere?

• Bird Bro-mance Behavior in Zebra Finches Trumps Mating

  Aug. 20, 2011

  Bonded bird behavior in same-sex partners: what does it mean?

• Giant Crested Rat Painted With Poison Sends Predators Packing

  Aug. 13, 2011

  The African crested rat, 14 inches long, would make a hearty meal for predators were it not for its well-advertised deterrent.

• Nemesis Comet Most Likely a Myth

  Aug. 13, 2011

  Have no fear: the death star is not there.

• Genome Structure Over Genetic Mutations: What Makes You Different

  Aug. 13, 2011

  The genomic forest is harder to see than its trees.

• A Snail’s Tale of the Past

  Aug. 13, 2011

  Protein degradation purported to peer into the past.

• Building Blocks In Space Rocks—The Wellspring of Life?

  Aug. 13, 2011

  The verdict is in: the “building blocks of life” are found in meteorites.

• Mutant Mice and their Super Powers

  Aug. 6, 2011

  How mighty mutant mice got their super-powers

• Mosasaur: Lizard or Whale?

  Aug. 6, 2011

  The mosasaur was a marine lizard, not a whale. But like the whale, evolutionists believe it started out—ancestrally speaking—without much in the way of swimming adaptations. Over 27 million years, researchers claim it evolved into such an excellent swimming predator that it ruled the seas.

• Diamond Data Shows Begininning of Colliding Continents

  July 30, 2011

  Diamond data testifies to tectonic history—or does it?

• Dawn Over Asteriod Vesta Expected to Shed Light on Ancient Origins

  July 23, 2011

  Dawn over Vesta expected to shed light on ancient origins

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