Natural Science Forum / Biology / Paleontology / March 2006

I am a freshman in highschool, and I have many interests and questions
in science that far exceed what I can expect to learn in my biology
class. Keep in mind that all these questions listed below I have asked
my teachers and looked in my text books, and have still found no

I'm aware that there are books out there that help in identifying
skulls, but I'm not ready to spend that kind of money on this question.
My dad recently found this skull in the woods of my grandparents
property in Harris County, Georgia, and no one has yet been able to

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/03/15/unfeathered.dinosaur.ap/index.html
Fossil ruffles feather evolution theory
NEW YORK (AP) -- A 150 million-year-old fossil from southern Germany has
paleontologists ruffled over how feathers arose in the line of dinosaurs

Some of you may remember my allosaur pics I posted to the web a few
years ago. I'm now working on a book about allosaurs (more a
juvenille/children's book than a scientific attempt) but have lost some
of my original notes, from newsgroup discussions like this, and would

Does anyone know of a reference for the earliest known instance of a
swim bladder in fish?
Thanks,
Matt Bille

http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/03/24/t-rex050324.html
T. rex tissue preserved
Last Updated Mon, 04 Apr 2005 11:28:59 EDT
CBC News

Irreducible Complexity is a term invented and used by modern
Biochemists to explain the complexity of the cell and how all the parts
work together. In order for the cell to produce the function it needs
to every single part is essential. One of the most common ways that