Natural Science Forum / Biology / Paleontology / December 2008

Ancient African exodus mostly involved men, geneticists find
December 21st, 2008 in General Science / Biology
Modern humans left Africa over 60,000 years ago in a migration that many believe was responsible for nearly all of the human population that exist outside Africa today.
Now, ...

Earliest evidence of our cave-dwelling human ancestors
December 19th, 2008 in General Science / Archaeology & Fossils
A research team led by Professor Michael Chazan, director of the University of Toronto's Archaeology Centre, has discovered the earliest evidence of our ...

Stanford scientists scan birdlike dinosaur for evolution clues
By Lisa M. Krieger
Mercury News
Article Launched: 12/11/2008 12:01:00 AM PST

Did Caucasians roam China before East Asians arrived?
Thu, June 23 2005
After years of controversy and political intrigue, archaeologists using
genetic testing have proven that Caucasians roamed China's Tarim Basin

The following object:
http://www.wretch.cc/album/album.php?id=lin440315&book=21
was a Carboniferous human femur because :
I. It was found in-situ, half-buried in a slate in

This is a screen cap from the season 4 episode 11 of Friends, "The One
with Phoebe's Uterus".  Joey has been hired as a tour guide at Ross'
museum.  This is from the first scene in the museum.  Can anyone
identify what kind of creature this cyclopean skull belonged to?  TIA.

I am looking for a reference that gives an estimate of the number of
brachiopod and trilobite genera that are known from the Cambrian. Anyone
have a book or paper out there with this info?
Thanks