Finding the First Horse Whisperers
Live Science (Free subscription) | yesterday
Researcher finds evidence of the earliest known horse domestication in Kazakhstan.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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Bootleg proceedings of the 3rd OVUM meeting
SNAIL'S TALES (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
The 3rd annual meeting of the Ohio (River) Valley Unified Malacologists (OVUM), organized by Tim Pearce, took place at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh yesterday. There were 14 participants and 11 presentations. Here are the speakers and very brief summaries of what I thought they talked about in the order of presentation. Charlie Sturm (CMNH) : Ongoing attempts to locate the field...
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OVUM Meeting will be this Saturday
SNAIL'S TALES (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The 3rd annual meeting of OVUM, the Ohio (River) Valley Unified Malacologists, will be held on Saturday 14 November 2009 at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA. From the e-mail announcement: This one-day meeting will run from (9:30) 10 am until the last presentation (to end by 5 pm at the latest). Light refreshments such as fruit, bagels, coffee, tea, and water...
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Fossil Mammal Reveals Clues About Mammalian Hearing
About Animals / Wildlife (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Photo © Mark A. Klingler / Carnegie Museum of Natural History. A team of paleontologists have discovered a fossil of a 123-million-year-old mammal that lived in what is now the Lianoning Province of northeastern China. The mammal, Maotherium asiaticus, was so well preserved that it has provided scientists with new insights into the evolution of the mammalian middle ear. "What is most surprising,...
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Audible Fossil Finds - Unearthed Mammal Could Explain the Evolution of Human Hearing (GALLERY)
TREND HUNTER Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
(TrendHunter.com) The discovery of a fossil of a previously unknown chipmunk-sized mammal in northeastern China could potentially explain the evolution of human hearing. The 123 million year-old fossil, now referred to…
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New Fossil Mammal Found in China
USA Shopping Online @ 2dayplaza.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Maotherium asiaticus is the name Chinese and American researchers gave to a newly discovered fossil species, which lived in the Liaoning Province of China some 123 million years ago. The chipmunk-sized creature was found in the Yixian Formation, a very rich fossil bed that had yielded countless amazing discoveries over the years. In addition to being completely new, the mammal also holds some clues...
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New Mesozoic Mammal Could Be Key To Evolution Of Hearing
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Image 2: The new Cretaceous mammal Maotherium is a chipmunk-sized nocturnal mammal. It lived 123 million years ago. It had terrestrial habits and scampered around on the ground. From its skeleton it is estimated to have weighed about 70-80 grams (2 ounces), and was about 15 cm (5 inches) in length. Maotherium is a generalized ground-living mammal. Because it is related to the common ancestor of marsupials...
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Mesozoic Mammal Could Be Key To Evolution Of Hearing
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Image 2: The new Cretaceous mammal Maotherium is a chipmunk-sized nocturnal mammal. It lived 123 million years ago. It had terrestrial habits and scampered around on the ground. From its skeleton it is estimated to have weighed about 70-80 grams (2 ounces), and was about 15 cm (5 inches) in length. Maotherium is a generalized ground-living mammal. Because it is related to the common ancestor of marsupials...
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Maotherium Discovered
Cryptomundo.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
"What is most surprising, and thus scientifically interesting, is this animal's ear," study co-author Zhe-Xi Luo of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History said in a statement. Image.
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Dinosaurs for Sale!
LMNOP (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Opportunities for dinosaur ownership just don't come up often enough these days, but Oct. 3 is looking promising. That is when, according to this article, approximately 50 "impressive, museum-quality" natural history artifacts, including some dinos, will be auctioned off at...
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Want Your Own Dinosaur? Place Your Bids
Wired Science (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
< previous image | next image >> If you ever dreamed of owning your own dinosaur, now’s your chance. Possibly the most impressive natural history auction ever is set to take place Oct. 3 at the Venetian Casino in Las Vegas. The main event will be Samson, one of the best T. rex skeletons ever found. But [...]
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Samson: A rare Tyrannosaurus skeleton to be auctioned
Luxurylaunches.com (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
Come October 3 and potential bidders at the Natural History Auction will have a chance to bid for a rare 66-million year old Tyrannosaurus skeleton dubbed “Samson”. The first auction by the company it will be held at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Samson is a rare example from the Cretaceous period and was excavated near Buffalo, South Dakota over 15 years ago. What is more, it also is one...
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US to auction rare T-Rex skeleton
Physorg (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
A rare Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, among the most complete specimens in the world, is to go on the auction block in Las Vegas in October, the auction house Bonhams & Butterfields has said.
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Field Museum study finds 260-million-year-old tree dweller
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
Jorg Frobisch, a Field Museum post-doctoral paleontologist, and Robert Reisz, from the University of Toronto, figured out Suminia was an early tree dweller much like Little Red Riding Hood deduced that the creature in her grandmother's bed was not Grandma but a wolf - by paying attention to its unusual physical attributes, in this case in its fossil bones."It is a relatively small animal, 20 inches...
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Review of “The Link,” a book about a fossil primate
Why Evolution Is True (Free subscription) | 07/26/2009
On the Barnes and Noble website you can find my review of Colin Tudge’s new book, The Link — a book about the discovery and meaning of “Ida,” the fossil primate whose scientific name is Darwinius masillae. Ida was the subject of numerous blog commentaries after her unveiling in May, most of them taking issue [...]