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Paleontology



Ancient giant turtle fossil was size of Smart car

DinoDinosaur (May 17, 2012) — Picture a turtle the size of a Smart car, with a shell large enough to double as a kiddie pool. Paleontologists from North Carolina State University have found just such a specimen -- the fossilized remains of a 60-million-year-old South American giant that lived in what...

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Evolution



The Rhine is five million years older than first thought: Age of the river corrected based on fossils

DinoDinosaur (May 16, 2012) — Scientists at the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoecology (HEP) at the University of Tubingen and the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt have examined the age of the Rhine based on fossils. They have discovered that the river is five million yea...

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Anthropology



Ancient history of circumarctic peoples illuminated

DinoDinosaur (May 17, 2012) — Two studies led by scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and National Geographic's Genographic Project reveal new information about the migration patterns of the first humans to settle the Americas. The studies identify the historical relationships among various...

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Archaeology



One of earliest farming sites in Europe discovered

DinoDinosaur (Apr. 16, 2012) — University of Cincinnati research is revealing early farming in a former wetlands region that was largely cut off from Western researchers until recently. The UC collaboration with the Southern Albania Neolithic Archaeological Project (SANAP) will be presented April 20 ...

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