MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'fossils'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:49:07 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4723910&cid=t_112007_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Ffive-feisty-science-books-on-davids-desk.html Five super science books landed on my desk during the last week or two, everything from a Haynes manual for the Space Shuttle to hacking life and from astrobiology to the discovery of Lucy by way of the fact of evolution. The Fact of Evolution – Opponents of evolution are wont to say it's "just" a theory, as if that somehow implies it's a fiction or not proven. Scientists often dislike talking in plain or making absolute, definitive statements. But, science writers and some scientists really don't mind telling it like it is. Forget the wishy-washy word "theory" with its non-scientific baggage, this is the Fact of Evolution. The onus is on opponents to prove otherwise by coming up with evidence for their own "theory". Biopunk: DIY Scientis... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4723910 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:00:33 +0100 4723910 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3802357&cid=t_112007_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F191522%2F Dinosaurs Were Shape-Shifters: Not in the insta-morph, True Blood sense of the word, but in the way that they totally changed appearance from childhood to adulthood — so much so that scientists thought they were different species until now. (via NewScientist) Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3802357 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:16:38 +0100 3802357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1852629&cid=t_112007_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F410560488%2Fhurricane_ike_unearths_fossil.php tags: mammoth tooth, fossils, Hurricane Ike, Jim Westgate, Dorothy Sisk, paleontology Paleontologist Jim Westgate, a research associate with the Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory at the University of Texas Memorial Museum, shows off a newly discovered fossil tooth of a mammoth that he found in Caplen, Texas, in the debris from Hurricane Ike. Westgate believes the fossil discovered in the Ike-damaged debris is from a Columbian mammoth. Image: Brian Sattler, Lamar University. Hurricanes are very destructive, make no mistake about that. But imagine the surprise when Lamar University professor, Dorothy Sisk, returned to her home on the Bolivar Peninsula of Texas after Hurricane Ike had passed through. Together with her friend and colleague, Lamar University paleontologist Jim Westga... Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1852629 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:10:01 +0100 1852629 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1605931&cid=t_112007_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F331711335%2Ffossil_feathers_reveal_their_s.php tags: bpr3.org/?p=52, melanosomes, plumage color, feather color, fossil preservation, birds, dinosaur, Jakob Vinther Male Red-bellied woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus. Image: Ken Thomas (Wikipedia) [larger view]. When looking at paintings and reconstructions of fossil birds and dinosaurs, people often ask "how do you know what color they were?" Well, we didn't. However, a new paper was just published in Biology Letters that explores the possibility of deciphering the actual color of fossilized plumage and makes a startling discovery: scientists can identify at least some of the original colors in ancient feathers. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1605931 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:59:59 +0100 1605931 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1451834&cid=t_112007_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F293094809%2Fmonty_pythons_dead_parrot_disc.php tags: bpr3.org/?p=52, Aves, Psittaciformes, Pseudasturidae, parrots, Palaeogene, Eocene, Denmark An artist's impression of the parrot-like bird, Mopsitta tanta, dating back 55 million years. The fossils indicate that parrots once flew wild over what is now Norway and Denmark. Image: David Waterhouse [larger view]. A team of researchers, including a former postdoctoral colleague of mine, recently described fossils from two Lower Eocene parrot-like birds that were discovered in Denmark. The analysis of the fossils reveals that one of the ancient parrots, named Mopsitta tanta, is the largest fossil parrot found so far and it has the most northerly distribution yet known. Intriguingly, Mopsitta tanta predates the earliest unequivocal European psittacid by 30 million years! Read the... Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1451834 Sun, 18 May 2008 23:53:43 +0100 1451834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1159515&cid=t_112007_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F218580044%2Fand_i_thought_new_york_citys_r.php tags: bpr3.org/?p=52, Josephoartigasia monesi, Giant South American rodent, fossils, megamammals, Dinomyidae The head of the newly-found Josephoartigasia monesi (A), in comparison to a South American rodent known as a pakarana, Dinomys branickii (B). Image: G. Lecuona [larger size]. As a resident of NYC, you often hear stories of enormous rats that are aggressive enough to fight an alleycat -- and win. Even though I watch the rats run around in the subways and am impressed by their audacity, I've never seen any rats that had reached a particularly impressive size, although I have seen some rather large specimens. So I am probably not looking for these monster-rats in the right places. In fact, if I wish to see an astonishingly large rodent, I should be looking for them in South A... Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1159515 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:16:41 +0100 1159515 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=780680&cid=t_112007_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F140931282%2Fthe_boneyard_blog_carnival_now_1.php tags: dinosaurs, fossils,The Boneyard,blog carnivals The second edition of The Boneyard is now available for all you fossil hunters and dinosaurophiles out there. Be sure to pop in and give them some support! Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=780680 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 17:13:54 +0100 780680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=755674&cid=t_112007_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F136946345%2Fmastodon_found_in_greece.php tags: mastodon fossils, Greece AMNH 9951, skeleton of the American mastodont, Mammut americanum, Newburgh, NY. Image: AMNH (American Museum of Natural History, NYC, NY) [larger] In an astonishing discovery, a three million year old "fossilized zoo" was discovered by Greek geologists yesterday in the northern Milia region near the town of Grevena. This "zoo" contains the fossilized remains of prehistoric rhinos, mastodons, gazelles and carnivorous mammals. The discovery included a pair of tusks from a mastodon (pictured left. Image: Evangelia Tsoukala), an ancient species of elephant that lived three million years ago, before modern elephants appeared. The tusks, which weigh one ton each and are mostly intact, are 5 meters (16.5 feet) and 4 meters (14 feet) long, and are thoug... Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=755674 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:18:44 +0100 755674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=725144&cid=t_112007_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F132285741%2Fan_afternoon_spent_refuting_cr.php tags: creationism lies, fossils, ordovician, avian, streaming video A streaming video revealing that the Creationist museum was built upon a huge layer of Ordovician fossils, including brachiopods, trilobites, and bryozoans [10:11] Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=725144 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:59:33 +0100 725144 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=541637&cid=t_112007_107_f&fid=35009&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsciencesque.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F13%2Fsequencing-dinosaur-proteins%2F Alex at The Daily Transcript has an interesting post on how the Lewis Cantley lab at Harvard has sequenced proteins isolated from the fossilized bone of a Tyrannosaurus Rex that lived, loved and died 68 million years ago. They also did the same on mastodon bones that are thought to be be 160,000-600,000 years old. The NY Times story can be read here, while the original report in Science can be found here. Previously, it was felt that even under the most ideal conditions, reliable biological samples could not be retrieved from specimens older than 1 million years. This is because complex biological molecules such as proteins and DNA tend to degrade over time to the point that they are no longer detectable. What’s really amazing about this break through (if contamination has not been a... Sciencesque blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=541637 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:23:10 +0100 541637