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An astonishing amber resin fossil of a 100-million-year-old spider about to dine on a wasp has been discovered in a Burmese mine, according to an October 8 Discovery report. This amazing fossil, which still contains 15 intact strands of spider silk, is the first fossilized evidence of this type of attack. 
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A 33,000-year-old dog skull unearthed in a Siberian mountain cave presents some of the oldest known evidence of dog domestication and indicates that modern dogs may be descended from multiple ancestors, with advancing glaciers thwarting early...
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Paleontologist Jack Horner has always been a bit of an iconoclast. But Horner's newest idea takes iconoclasm to a new level. He wants, in short, to hatch a dinosaur.
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In a sea of dunes stretching to the horizon, a dinosaur the size of a Doberman strode through wet sand that squished between its talon-tipped toes.
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Earth's biggest mass extinction rolled over the planet like hell on wheels. For the first time, paleontologists have pinned down exactly when and how fast the granddaddy of all mass extinctions took place, and their findings leave the finger of blame pointing squarely at a colossal and long-lived injection of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Sound familiar? That ancient carbon dioxide came not from cars and factories, of course, but from massive volcanic eruptions, brush fires, and possibly even the combustion of coal seams ignited by hot lava.
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Researchers at Drexel University are bringing the latest technological advancements in 3-D printing to the study of ancient life. Articles about robotics: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics
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A bizarre creature that lived in the ocean more than 500 million years ago has emerged from the famous Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies.
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Cell division in controversial fossils places them outside the animal kingdom...
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More than 2 million years ago, scores of whales congregating off the Pacific Coast of South America mysteriously met their end.
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