Millennium Man Is Missing
Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 11th, 2009
Have the fossils of the only known representative of an ancient and important family, Orrorin, gone missing? Peking Man comparison. Images.
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Archive for the “Extinct”
Ida’s Namers Blew It
Posted by: Loren Coleman on May 22nd, 2009
The scientists behind the discovery named the new species Darwinius masillae, in honor of Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday. But it seems they may have been too hasty.
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Missing Link Ida: Media Darling
Posted by: Loren Coleman on May 20th, 2009
Ida, properly known as Darwinius masillae, is the 47-million-year-old fossil. Would Darwin have cared? Is it all hype? Images.
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Pink-Headed Duck Rediscovered?
Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 17th, 2009
Breaking, exclusive news on a remarkable photograph may have a far-reaching impact for those involved in the search for this supposedly extinct bird. Many images.
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Ancient Lions Lived Late
Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 2nd, 2009
Remains of giant cats previously discovered were thought to be a species of jaguar or tiger but after DNA analysis, remarkably, they were shown to be lions. Images.
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Ahoy, Thar Be Sea Monsters, Arr, Otters!
Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 16th, 2009
What are these West Coast Pacific Ocean sightings turning out to be? Images.
Maybe-Extinct Parrot Search Gets £5,000
Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 15th, 2009
The Australian night parrot remains one of the most elusive and mysterious birds in the world of ornithology. Images.
Mysterious Peking Man Again
Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 12th, 2009
One of the most enduring mysteries of paleoanthropology is, What happened to the Peking Man? There are others associated with these fossils.
Images.
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Cambodian Stegosaur?
Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 11th, 2009
This carving is now being shown to tourists, proclaiming it is a dinosaur. What do you think? Images.
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Barbary Lions In The News
Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 26th, 2009
But they are suppose to be extinct.
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Extinct Bird Found, Photographed & Then Eaten
Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 19th, 2009
The buttonquail is from a “notoriously cryptic and unobtrusive family of birds.”
Wild Bird Club of the Philippines President Michael Lu asked a question that naturally came to my mind: “What if this was the last of its species?”
Images.
Darwin’s Cryptid
Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 8th, 2009
Few in cryptozoology realize that Charles Darwin is quite directly linked and responsible for a species that may be the source of an ongoing cryptid investigation. Images.
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Snake Longer Than School Bus Discovered!
Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 4th, 2009
The dossier is impressive ~Titanoboa ~ at least 43 feet long, 2,500 pounds (1,140 kg) and its massive body at least 3 feet (1 meter) wide! The breaking news in a cryptozoological context with references and images.
Extinct Ibex Is Back ~ By Cloning
Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 31st, 2009
The Pyrenean ibex, a form of wild mountain goat, was officially declared extinct in 2000 when the last-known animal of its kind was found dead in northern Spain.
Hobbit: Definitely New Species
Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 21st, 2009
New confirmation has come forth from Stony Brook University that we humans have remarkably, in our recent past, shared the Earth with another hominid species. Images.
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