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  • April 2008

    • Tyrannosaurus Rex: Tastes Like Chicken?

      Washington Post  |  Apr 24, 08 8:01 PM CDT

      Tyrannosaurus Rex: Tastes Like Chicken?

      (Newser) - Dinosaurs are more closely related to birds than reptiles, protein extracted from a Tyrannosaurus rex bone suggests. T. rex collagen, the main protein in bones, is similar to chicken and ostrich collagen but much different than material from alligators and lizards, scientists say. The findings could remap the evolutionary tree according to molecular data rather than bone structure, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      fossil  • birds  • DNA evidence  • reptiles  • dinosaurs  • dinosaur  • bones

  • February 2008

    • 'Beach Bum' Dino Chilled in Mex

      Reuters  |  Feb 13, 08 12:08 PM CST

      'Beach Bum' Dino Chilled in Mex

      (Newser) - A newly discovered duck-billed dinosaur lived on a "very Mediterranean-like" Mexican beach 72 million years ago, paleontologists say. A fossilized skeleton of Velafrons coahuilensis was found in the north-central state of Coahuila—the most complete dinosaur ever found in Mexico, Reuters reports. "Velafrons was probably a beach bum," says one paleontologist. The dino would have been about 30 feet long. More »

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      Mexico  • dinosaur  • Cretaceous Period

  • August 2007

    • Racing T-Rex? You'll Need a Head Start

      BBC  |  Aug 22, 07 6:47 AM CDT

      Racing T-Rex? You'll Need a Head Start

      (Newser) - If a professional soccer player raced a T-Rex, chances are the athlete would wind up a dino snack, according to a new computer model projection. The simulation, which is the first to rely mainly on data from fossils rather than modern descendants of prehistoric beasts, showed the 6-ton carnivore steaming to a top speed of 18mph, the BBC reports. More »

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      science  • fossil  • dinosaur

  • July 2007

    • Chinese Make Dino Soup

      Associated Press  |  Jul 4, 07 7:48 AM CDT

      Chinese Make Dino Soup

      (Newser) - Chinese villagers in Henan province dug up a ton of fossilized dinosaur bones, using them to make traditional medicines, including soup and poultices. The villagers, not entirely inaccurately, believed that they were ‘dragon bones’ from flying dragons. Once they learned of their value to paleontologists, the villagers donated the uneaten bones to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. More »

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      China  • medicine  • fossil  • paleontology  • dinosaur

  • June 2007

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