http://www.mail.com/subjects/12836-fossils.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/12836-fossils.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2117040-study-restores-famed-fossil-to-bird-branch.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A raven-sized creature that lived about 150 million years ago is back on its perch, a new study says. The creature called Archaeopteryx (ahr-kee-AHP'-teh-rihx) was widely considered the earliest known bird. That status was called into question two years ago by Chinese scientists, who proposed yanking it off the "bird" branch of the evol... Wed, 29 May 2013 21:48:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2117040-study-restores-famed-fossil-to-bird-branch.html 2013-05-29T21:48:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2026260-scientists-decode-dna-living-fossil-fish.html NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have decoded the DNA of a celebrated "living fossil" fish, gaining new insights into how today's mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds evolved from a fish ancestor. The African coelacanth (SEE-lah-kanth) is closely related to the fish lineage that started to move toward a major evolutionary transformation, living on land And... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:43:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2026260-scientists-decode-dna-living-fossil-fish.html 2013-04-17T18:43:24Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2010946-190m-year-old-dino-bones-light-development.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Recently discovered dinosaur embryos are giving scientists their best glimpse yet into how the ancient creatures developed. The 190-million-year-old fossils unearthed in China belonged to Lufengosaurus, a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur known for its gigantic size, with adults reaching 30 feet long. A detailed look at more than 200 b... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:29:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2010946-190m-year-old-dino-bones-light-development.html 2013-04-10T18:29:48Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1788828-fla-man-pleads-guilty-ny-dinosaur-dispute.html NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida fossils dealer pleaded guilty to smuggling charges Thursday and agreed to give up a celebrated $1 million dinosaur skeleton seized by the U.S. government earlier this year for its eventual return to Mongolia. Eric Prokopi, 38, said he would surrender the 70 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton known as "Ty" and give up ... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1788828-fla-man-pleads-guilty-ny-dinosaur-dispute.html 2012-12-31T18:13:00Z