Read more fossil stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4900/fossil.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:13:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72714/fossil-hunter-finds-giant-sea-monster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA sea monster big enough to have munched on T. Rex has been found by an amateur fossil collector scouring Britain's south coast. The collector gathered chunks of the prehistoric beast's 8-foot-long skull as they fell from a cliff face over several years. Paleontologists believe the pliosaur skull is the...http://www.newser.com/story/72714/fossil-hunter-finds-giant-sea-monster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 2:36:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71635/scientists-unearth-fossils-of-missing-link-flying-reptiles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have discovered the remains of a flying reptile in China that they believe represents the "missing link" in a controversial theory of evolution. The reptile—named Darwinopterus in honor of Charles Darwin—lived some 160 million years ago and has features from both early, short-tailed pterodactyls and their huge,...http://www.newser.com/story/71635/scientists-unearth-fossils-of-missing-link-flying-reptiles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 2:04:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71054/ballerina-like-t-rex-cousin-discovered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA smaller, more agile cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex has been identified. The skull and a nearly complete skeleton of Alioramus altai was discovered in Mongolia in 2001, and has features that distinguish it from its more lumbering cousin. Unlike its “big bad boy” relatives, a study author tells National...http://www.newser.com/story/71054/ballerina-like-t-rex-cousin-discovered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 15:27:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70751/fossil-find-shakes-up-evolution-timeline.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA primate fossil found in Africa in 1994 predates the famous “Lucy” skeleton by 1 million years and offers clues to human evolution, researchers say. “This is huge,” a paleoanthropologist tells the Washington Post . “This is the biggest discovery really since” Lucy. The researchers believe “Ardi”— Ardipithecus ramidus —lived in...http://www.newser.com/story/70751/fossil-find-shakes-up-evolution-timeline.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 11:51:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69672/pint-size-t-rex-surprises-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPaleontologists have unearthed a miniature predecessor of Tyrannosaurus Rex, a finding that may rewrite the origins of the most iconic of dinosaurs. “Raptorex,” discovered in China, has all the distinctive features of a Tyrannosaurus—large head and jaws, long legs, and small arms—but it weighed only 150 pounds. The...http://www.newser.com/story/69672/pint-size-t-rex-surprises-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 17:50:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60188/giant-dinos-held-heads-high.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGiant dinosaurs like Diplodicus and Apatosaurus spent most of their time with their incredibly lengthy necks held tall like giraffes instead of slouching forward as seen in most museum reconstructions, according to a new study. Reseachers compared the bones of sauropods with mammals and birds, the only modern animals that...http://www.newser.com/story/60188/giant-dinos-held-heads-high.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 May 2009 5:36:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59501/47m-year-old-fossil-evolutionary-aunt-to-humans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have discovered the oldest intact primate fossil on record, ABC News reports. Nicknamed “Ida,” the 47-million-year-old lemur-like creature had opposable thumbs, fingernails instead of claws, and legs that could have evolved to walk upright. Scientists don’t think Ida is a direct ancestor of humans, though. “We are not dealing...http://www.newser.com/story/59501/47m-year-old-fossil-evolutionary-aunt-to-humans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 16:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59073/scientists-find-fossil-of-mother-of-all-primates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have discovered a 47 million-year-old primate fossil that they believe represents the common ancestor of all later monkeys, apes, and humans, reports the Wall Street Journal. The find supports a theory that humans' ancient ape-like ancestor was an adapid, which is also believed to be linked to lemurs. The...http://www.newser.com/story/59073/scientists-find-fossil-of-mother-of-all-primates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 May 2009 6:16:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58072/meet-the-first-european.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMeet the first modern European. His face—or hers, as researchers have been unable to determine the sex—was reconstructed by a forensic artist based on a partial skull and jawbone discovered in a Romanian cave. The facial features linked to the 35,000-year-old bones recall the continent's immediate African...http://www.newser.com/story/58072/meet-the-first-european.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 3:09:39 CDT