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Picture: scientists identify first known single-fingered dinosaur

Paleontologists working in China have discovered a first for dinosaurs: a species with only one finger. Named Linhenykus monodactylus, the extinct species stood only about two feet high and weighed about as much as a large parrot. Although small, the new dinosaur was a member of the carnivorous the... (original story)

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Interview with conservation legend, Richard Leakey

Following in his family's footsteps, Dr. Richard Leakey, is considered the heir to the scientific legacy of his parents, Louis and Mary Leakey, icons in the field of paleoanthropology. Dr Richard Leakey has been credited with some of the field's most successful paleoanthropologic finds, including a... (original story)

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Myth to Reality

Paleontology is as we know it is the study of ancient llife . Paleontology has reached a new and powerfull potential in the 21 first century , but what did the Romans or Greeks do when they found these monstrous bones of the creatures that lived before them?They used there imagination ! Thats why we... (original story)

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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology urges repeal of Louisiana ‘Creation Law’

The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), an international organization of 2,200 members, has urged Louisiana legislators to repeal the Louisiana Science Education Act, sometimes referred to as the creation law, and to “prohibit the injection of religious content in America’s public ... (original story)

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World's sixth mass extinction still preventable

So, here's the good news: a mass extinction, the world's sixth, is still preventable. But the bad news: if species currently threatened with extinction vanish—even over the next thousand years—homo-sapiens will be the first single species responsible for a mass extinction. Comparing today's curr... (original story)

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