http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/PaleontologyFind stories, videos, and photos about Paleontology from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:01:45 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Paleontology14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Paleontology from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/23/meyer.intelligent.design/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/23/meyer.intelligent.design/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhile we officially celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" on November 24, celebrations of Darwin's legacy have actually been building in intensity for several years. Darwin is not just an important 19th century scientific thinker. Increasingly, he is a cultural icon.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/10/01/oldest.human.skeleton/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/10/01/oldest.human.skeleton/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe oldest-known hominid skeleton was a 4-foot-tall female who walked upright more than 4 million years ago and offers new clues to how humans may have evolved, scientists say.Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/09/14/china.fossils.returned/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/09/14/china.fossils.returned/index.html#cnnSTCTextFossilized bones of a saber-toothed cat and dinosaurs that may be 100 million years old are among "priceless" artifacts that the United States handed over to China in a ceremony Monday.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/20/dinosaur.bone.theft.montana/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/20/dinosaur.bone.theft.montana/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn internationally renowned paleontologist will plead guilty to stealing dinosaur bones from federal land, his attorneys said in a court filing.Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/02/19/california.fossil.discovery/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/02/19/california.fossil.discovery/index.html#cnnSTCTextHe had a rough life during the Ice Age, walking around with a couple of broken ribs and a possibly cancerous lesion on his jaw before dying at a young age.Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:27:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1834878,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1834878,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics An ancient tar pit exposed when Venezuelan oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that paleontologists had never found before in South AmericaFri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/24/fossil.antarctic/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/24/fossil.antarctic/index.html#cnnSTCTextA new fossil discovery provides evidence that the Antarctic continent was once much warmer than today and may have been able to sustain life.Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:50:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1808550,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1808550,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsScientists say they have found dinosaur tracks on the Arabian Peninsula, a discovery they say may shed more light on where dinosaurs lived, their migration patterns and how they evolved they way they didThu, 22 May 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/04/26/ypwr.lyson/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/04/26/ypwr.lyson/index.html#cnnSTCTextLots of kids are into dinosaurs. Tyler Lyson says he just never grew out of it. He grew up in rural North Dakota and says fossils were more widespread there than in other places in the U.S.Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:20:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/12/13/smbusiness/fossils.fsb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/12/13/smbusiness/fossils.fsb/index.htmIf the thought of spending a holiday slathered in mud conjures images of a spa - well, you probably haven't been fossil hunting in Florida lately. That's how I spent part of a recent visit, and somewhat to my surprise, I found it as relaxing as a massage and a lot more stimulating.Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:39:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1656226,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1656226,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA fabled fossil goes on view for the first time in decades -- and ignites a controversyFri, 24 Aug 2007 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/08/22/dinosaur.speed.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/08/22/dinosaur.speed.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe smallest dinosaur could reach speeds of nearly 40 miles per hour and even the lumbering Tyrannosaurus rex would have been able to outrun most modern-day sportsmen, according to research published on Wednesday.Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:26:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1632733,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1632733,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe remains of a giant, birdlike dinosaur as tall as the formidable tyrannosaur have been found in China, a surprising discovery that indicates a more complicated evolutionary process for birds than originally thoughtThu, 14 Jun 2007 17:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/08/25/dino.profile/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/08/25/dino.profile/index.htmlFrom the time he was a kid digging holes in his backyard, paleontologist John "Jack" Horner knew what he wanted to be when he grew up.Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/08/25/dino.detectives/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/08/25/dino.detectives/index.htmlIn a desolate landscape, under a hot sun, college students are on their hands and knees poking and brushing away at the ground. They are here to solve a mystery buried for 65 million years, trapped in rock and layers of sediment. They are dinosaur detectives.Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/04/15/dinosauregg/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/04/15/dinosauregg/index.htmlA chance to work on a historic dinosaur discovery seems a fitting reward for a paleontologist who first said the word tyrannosaurus at age 3.Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/11/18/great.apes/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/11/18/great.apes/index.htmlScientists in Spain announced Thursday that they've unearthed a 13 million-year-old fossilized skeleton of an ape that is possibly a common ancestor of humans and great apes, including orangutans, bonobos, chimps and gorillas.Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/27/dinosaur.hot/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/27/dinosaur.hot/index.htmlMost dinosaurs were incinerated in a matter of hours after an asteroid impact 65 million years ago kicked up a global rain of broiling debris, according to a new study.Thu, 27 May 2004 14:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/05/17/trex.auction/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/05/17/trex.auction/index.htmlDinosaur bones would seem to be priceless, but investors aren't always buying.Mon, 17 May 2004 14:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/17/creature.features/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/17/creature.features/index.htmlThose on-the-prowl Mars robots -- Spirit and Opportunity -- are sending back extraordinary images and science data about the Red Planet and its history of climate and water.Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/03/02/coolsc.dinosaurs.extinction/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/03/02/coolsc.dinosaurs.extinction/index.htmlThe disappearance of the dinosaurs may not be as neat and tidy as the animals being wiped out by a huge asteroid 65 million years ago.Tue, 02 Mar 2004 15:21:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/02/01/272472/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/02/01/272472/index.htmWhen I was in the third grade, my class took a field trip to the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. We'd been learning about dinosaurs, but nothing our teacher had told us--not even w...Tue, 01 Feb 2000 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/11/01/250330/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/11/01/250330/index.htmAs a travel columnist, I tend to spend lots of time looking at maps, and this often turns out to be very educational. While recently scanning a map of Nebraska, for example, I noticed that there's ...Sun, 01 Nov 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/06/01/88076/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/06/01/88076/index.htm-- Dinosaur dig (406-994-2251). Spend a week at Egg Mountain near Choteau, Mont., searching for dinosaur fossils with paleontologists from the Museum of the Rockies. You sleep in Blackfeet tepees a...Tue, 01 Jun 1993 04:01:00 EDT