Ancient World

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Sharp-toothed carnivores, three-toed crocodiles, and large plant eaters are among the dinos that left newly identified tracks in an area popular with recreational all-terrain-vehicle riders.

November 30, 2007
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The ancient primate species Paranthropus robustus may have lived in social groups much like those of modern gorillas and orangutans, fossils suggest.

November 29, 2007
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South American river dolphins are doing pretty well compared to some river dolphins in Asia. But boat traffic, fishing, and logging are still a threat.

November 28, 2007
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Farmers recently attacked police who were looking to seize dinosaur bones, setting up the first court test of a fossil-trade ban targeting "peasant paleontologists."

November 27, 2007
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The 8-foot (2.5-meter) prehistoric predator is the biggest bug ever found, says a study of the beast's huge fossil claw.

November 21, 2007
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A forgotten museum fossil unearthed in the 1890s actually belongs to a mysterious plant-eating giant that lived 140 million years ago, scientists say.

November 21, 2007
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Newly released images of the sacred cave believed to have housed the infant twins Romulus and Remus show a vaulted ceiling covered in rich mosaics.

November 20, 2007
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Mineral analysis of a distinctive group of jade artifacts suggests that Southeast Asia boasted one of the largest marine trading networks of prehistoric times.

November 20, 2007
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Lawn mower to the ferns of Africa, the 500-toothed Nigersaurus was unlike any other. A reconstruction goes on display today at National Geographic in Washington.

November 15, 2007
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As the Maya elite class grew larger—and less secure—its burgeoning demand for animals of symbolic value may have caused a drop in large mammal populations.

November 15, 2007
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Nigersaurus—an elephant-size dinosaur with a featherweight skull and a mouth that worked like a lawn mower—suggests that long-necked plant-eaters browsed like cows.

November 15, 2007
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King Tut treasures are going on display this week in London, amid lingering excitement over the recent uncovering of the Egyptian boy king's mummy.

November 14, 2007
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A ten-million-year-old fossil jawbone helps refute the theory that the apes that gave rise to humans left Africa for Europe and Asia, only to return much later.

November 13, 2007
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Popeye may have had it right: "I yam what I yam." Chimps dig up tubers using tools, scientists have found—which may help explain how we became what we are.

November 13, 2007
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Early beer makers discovered how to make a chocolate drink from cacao seedpods 3,000 years ago—about 500 years earlier than the beverage was known to exist, a new study says.

November 12, 2007

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