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Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs may have nearly knocked off mammals, too
2014-12-17 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] thomas.williamson@state.nm.us 505-841-2835 Pensoft Publishers @Pensoft The extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago is thought to have paved the way for mammals to dominate, but a new study shows that many mammals died off alongside the dinosaurs. Metatheria…
What really killed the dinosaurs?
2014-12-15 10:38:35| Telecom - Topix.net
IT'S a mystery that we thought was solved but new research shows that it may have been more than an asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. A DEAL struck by the government and Telstra will see taxpayers spending $11 billion to buy back the copper network the Howard government sold last century.
Rapid bird evolution after the age of dinosaurs unprecedented, study confirms
2014-12-11 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] verity.leatherdale@sydney.edu.au 61-403-067-342 University of Sydney @SydneyUni_Media The most ambitious genetic study ever undertaken on bird evolution has found that almost all modern birds diversified after the dinosaurs became extinct 66 million years ago. …
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Scientists reconstruct genome of common ancestor of crocodiles, birds, dinosaurs
2014-12-11 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] stephens@ucsc.edu 831-459-4352 University of California - Santa Cruz @ucsc Crocodiles found to have 1 of the most slowly evolving genomes, whereas the pace of genetic change has been much faster in birds Crocodiles are the closest living relatives of the birds, shar…
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March of the Dinosaurs (for iPad)
2014-08-28 02:37:39| PC Magazine: New Product Reviews