Natural Science Forum / Biology / Paleontology / September 2004

I was recently corrected on a date I posted in this NG.  I've collected
miscellaneous dated events from here, news articles, etc., and would
appreciate any feedback (corrections, omissions of "major" events, etc.) on
the following list:

I found this article on the web and I need help understanding if
mammals thus Homo Sapiens would have come into bing if not for
KT/Chicxulub impact please read it and post a reply...
Mr. Johnson

Owing to a lot of researchers, Neandertal man could'nt talk on account
of a difference between our and their phonateur system.
For a few year, new discovery could demonstrate that they could talk:
a hyoide bone of an neandetal men which have been discovered in israel

Question follows Wikipedia excerpt...
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Pikaia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

I have decided, after much soul-searching, to sweeten the pot
in my challenge to debate all three  of the world's foremost

Many ancient and modern cultures have creation myths involving flood legends
similar to the the Bible's story of Noah's Ark. Thinkers over the centuries,
including Leonardo da Vinci, have debated whether the stories were true.
In the past few years it has become popular to believe ...

Hi...  Please excuse my showing up on your group and asking a
question right away, but I haven't been able to answer it with
library research and hope to have answers soon.  If any of y'all
would care to oblige, at least.

Can anyone think of the largest extinct clade?
Fine print: By "largest" I mean greatest number of known species. And by
"extinct clade" I mean a monophyletic group none of whose members have
survived to the present. Thus Dinosauria is not an extinct clade, but

Suppose we used a time machine to transport a cow to the Pennsylvanian
( Upper Carboniferous)
geological era when only the most primitive of animal existed on land:
would the cow be able to survive on the plant life of that era?

Neanderthals Grow Fast, Die Young
By Jocelyn Selim
July 26, 2004
Neanderthals had brain ability, tool skills, and cultural advancement

I'm a junior in High School and have begun to look at colleges, but I
live in the North East, where Paleontology isn't as strong as other
branches due to the lack of deserts and such. I was just wondering if
anyone can lend a hand and tell me of any good schools that are strong