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I need your help picking out a tee-shirt.

Category: Atheism

I would very much like your help in picking out a tee-shirt to wear around town. Let me tell you about the town, and you'll be able to make an appropriate suggestion....

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Spoor of South African Dinos Analyzed

Category: Paleontology

A new investigation of the sedimentology and ichnology of the Early Jurassic Moyeni tracksite in Lesotho, southern Africa has yielded new insights into the behavior and locomotor dynamics of early dinosaurs....

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New Dinosaur Species from Niger

Category: dinosaurs

Just reported in PLoS ONE is a new dinosaur. Spinophorosaurus nigerensis Here are the salient facts:...

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Two Dinosaur Books for the Kiddies

Category: Books

Children's book review

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Extinction of the Old, Evolution of the New: What really happened to the dinosaurs?

Category: Paleontology

Many years ago, a sudden event occurred that changed everything. Or at least, that is what we think now. But in truth, the event took longer than many today believe, and many of the specific details, the exact order of events, the actual meaning of...

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Gerta Keller goes after impact theory again

Category: Extinction

Keller has been one of the leading voices opposing the impact KT boundary extinction hypothesis. According to a press release from her university, she has more on this matter....

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A most amazing set of spoor

Category: Earth Science

Dino spoor, that is. A recently reported finding in PLoS ONE clarifies a number of questions about how certain dinosaurs held their front limbs (zombie/Frankenstein-position palm-down vs. huggie-wuggie palms-facing-each-other). This research confirms ... that early theropods, like later birds, held their palms facing medially, in...

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OMG, Ken Ham is Right!!11!!

Category: dinosaurs

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Did Triceratops fight with their faces?

Category: Earth Science

Question: Did Triceratops fight with their faces, or is that all just another dinosaur myth? Answer: They probably fought with their faces.

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The Carnival of Evolution #3

Welcome to the Third Edition of the Carnival of Evolution. The previous edition of this web log 'carnival of the vanities' was at Jason Rosenhouse's Evolution Blog. The next edition will be written by Mike (TUIBG) and hosted here, at Clashing Cultures. Please submit your...

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