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    • Scientists tease DNA from eggshell of extinct birds (AFP)

      A man holds an egg from an extinct elephant bird. In a world first, scientists in Australia announced on Wednesday they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - In a world first, scientists in Australia announced on Wednesday they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird.


    • Experts confirm asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs (AFP)

      Artist's rendition released by NASA shows an asteroid belt in orbit around a star. A huge asteroid that smashed into Earth with the force of a billion atomic bombs wiped out the dinosaur, scientists said, hoping to lay to rest a long-running debate over a mass extinction 65 million years ago.(AFP/NASA/File)AFP - Dinosaurs were wiped out by a huge asteroid that smashed into Earth 65 million years ago with the force of a billion atomic bombs, scientists said, hoping to lay an age-old debate to rest once and for all.


    • It's official: An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs (Reuters)

      This artist's conception shows an asteroid crashing into Earth in an event that scientists believe occurred in the Caribbean region at the boundary of the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods in Earth's geologic history about 65 million years ago causing the extinction of dinosaurs. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - A giant asteroid smashing into Earth is the only plausible explanation for the extinction of the dinosaurs, a global scientific team said on Thursday, hoping to settle a row that has divided experts for decades.


    • Scientists find early dinosaur cousin (AFP)

      A recent image released by Chicago's Field Museum shows an artist's impression of the Asilisaurus kongwe, a close dinosaur relative. Scientists have uncovered the bones of a dinosaur-like creature that roamed Earth at least 10 million years earlier than the oldest known dinosaur, according to a study published in Nature.(AFP/Field Museum/Marlene Hill Donnelly)AFP - Scientists have uncovered the bones of a dinosaur-like creature that roamed Earth at least 10 million years earlier than the oldest known dinosaur, according to a study published Thursday.


    • Dog-Sized Creature Was Almost a Dinosaur (LiveScience.com)
      LiveScience.com - A four-legged animal about the size of a large dog with a long tail is now the oldest known relative of dinosaurs, dating back some 240 million years. Paleontologists recently examined the bones from at least 14 individuals of this proto-dinosaur that were discovered in southern Tanzania.
    • Fossils of snake eating dino eggs found in India (AP)

      In this 2007 photo released by Monica Wilson, field assistant Shiva Rathore carries two recently excavated sauropod eggs back to a truck in at Gujarat, central India. The fossilized remains of a 67 million-year-old snake found coiled around a dinosaur egg offer rare insight into the ancient reptile's dining habits and evolution, scientists said Tuesday, March 2, 2010. The findings, which appeared in Tuesday's issue of the PLoS Biology journal, provide the first evidence that the 11.5-foot-(3.5-meter-) long snake fed on eggs and hatchlings of saurapod dinosaurs, meaning it was one of the few predators to prey on the long-necked herbivores. (AP Photo/Monica Wilson)AP - The fossilized remains of a 67 million-year-old snake found coiled around a dinosaur egg offer rare insight into the ancient reptile's dining habits and evolution, scientists said Tuesday.


    • Polar bears found to descend from brown bears (AP)
      AP - When it comes to bears, the polar species seems to be the new kid on the block. A rare fossil jaw found in Norway's Svalbard archipelago is helping researchers confirm that polar bears evolved from brown bears only about 150,000 years ago.
    • New species of dinosaur found in eastern Utah rock (AP)

      This image provided by the National Park Service on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 shows the right and left views of the complete skull of the newly-discovered dinosaur Abydosaurus mcintoshi. Paleontologists say this new species of dinosaur was found in Dinosaur National Monument, Utah hidden in slabs of sandstone so hard they had to use explosives to free some of the fossils. (AP Photo/National Park Service)AP - Fossils of a previously undiscovered species of dinosaur have been found in slabs of Utah sandstone that were so hard that explosives had to be used to free some of the remains, scientists said Tuesday. The bones found at Dinosaur National Monument belonged to a type of sauropod — long-necked plant-eaters that were said to be the largest animal ever to roam land.