Natural Science Forum / Biology / Paleontology / July 2004

To those who have claimed the petrified human cranium
embedded in the boulder was nothing more than mud that

Photos show a petrified human femur embedded in slate
that was excavated during an open-pit mining operation in

Family words came first for early humans
Anna Gosline
19:00 21 July 04
One of a Neanderthal baby's first words was probably "papa", concludes one

I was checking using Google search engine for the weight of Teratorn, a
fossil bird from Argentina that may be the largest flying bird. I came
across rather startling facts: (1) the creature weighed about 165 pounds and
(2) its feathers were immense - 1.5m (5 feet) long. One site ...

Split Between English and Scots Older Than Thought
By Louise Gray, Scottish Press Association
The ancient split between the English and Scots is older than previously thought, an Oxford don said today.
Traditionally the difference between the English and Scots, Welsh, Irish and ...

Variation in Color Vision Genes May Have Helped Humans See the Fruit for the
Trees
Sarah Graham
Eight percent of men experience red-green color blindness, which results

Hello, all!
I want to enter a Paleo degree program at an European university and
wondered if there was a ranking system somewhat like the American US
News & World Report or others that show which universities have the

Ancient African Skull Fills Gap, Fuels Debate
Sarah Graham
July 02, 2004
Remains of the hominids that lived in Africa between a million and half a

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