For big beasts, dinosaurs sure had small genomes
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For big beasts, dinosaurs like  Tyrannosaurus rex sure had small genomes.
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Scientists have used computer analysis to read evolution backward and reconstruct a large part of the genome of an 80-million-year-old mammal.
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Unleashing a new kind of DNA analyzer on a 38,000-year-old fragment of fossilized Neanderthal bone, scientists have reconstructed a portion of that creature's genetic code -- a technological tour de force that has researchers convinced they will soon know the entire DNA sequence of the closest...
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In the search for a missing  evolutionary link to modern whales, scientists have come up  with an unlikely land cousin -- a raccoon-sized creature with  the body of a small deer.
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The fossil called Little Foot, which had tantalized scientists with its human- and apelike features, is a million years younger than had been thought, a new study says.
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In one of the most spectacular fossil finds in decades, anthropologists have announced they have found the bones of a tiny human who is a twig in mankind&#39;s family tree.
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Scientists have discovered a "microworld" of life trapped in tiny drops of Italian amber. The ancient germs lived over 200 million years ago, when the first dinosaurs appeared.
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A new dinosaur species was a plant-eater with yard-long horns over its eyebrows, suggesting an evolutionary middle step between older dinosaurs with even larger horns and the small-horned creatures that followed, experts said.
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Small deer-like animal that waded in lagoons 10 million years ago may have evolved into whale
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Researchers think they have found the modern whaleâs closest evolutionary ancestor.
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Fossils  uncovered in New Mexico  show dinosaurs co-existed with a closely related group of reptiles for millions  of years before overtaking them to become the dominant land animals on Earth.
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Genome researchers say humans have about 10,000 or 20,000 fewer genes than they originally estimated.
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These sesame seed sized creatures carry a record of hundreds of millions of years of geological history.
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By constructing a complete genome of the Neanderthal, researchers hope to solve the age-old mystery of just how close an ancestor this creature was.
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New analysis of bones from an infamous dinosaur long believed to have eaten its own young show that the animal may have been given an undeserved reputation.
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Fossils found in the United States show dinosaurs lived along side their ancestors for tens of millions of years, disproving long-held theories assuming they quickly replaced their predecessors, according to a new study.
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A genetic study of the tiger family reveals a previously unknown sub-species of the big cats.