SciFri Radio: Paleontology

SciFri Radio: Ancient Skull Holds Clues to Dog Domestication
Discovery of an ancient skull sheds light on the domestication of dogs.

SciFri Radio: Seeing A Cephalopod In Ancient Bones
Could a stash of ancient bones be the work of a giant cephalopod?

SciFri Radio: David Attenborough Flies With The Pterosaurs
The BBC host talks about his latest documentary on pterosaurs, Flying Monsters 3D.

SciFri Radio: Examining Ancient Fossils for Clues to Human Origins
Paleoanthropologists discuss recent research on the physical features of an ancient hominid.

SciFri Radio: Video Pick: Reconstructing a Dino Find
We'll take a look at Eodromaeus, a newly-discovered small predator that lived about 230 million years ago.

SciFri Radio: Video Pick: The Precocious Brush Turkey
A new study looks at the early-flying brush turkey.

SciFri Radio: Amber Gives a Glimpse of Ancient India
Biological specimens trapped in amber have given scientists a new look at India, millions of years ago.

SciFri Radio: Ancient Penguin
Researchers report the discovery of a fossilized penguin predecessor, minus the traditional black tuxedo.

SciFri Radio: Video Pick of the Week: A Stocky Predator
We meet a newly discovered dinosaur that researchers describe as a 'stocky dragon' -- with claws that could pack a real punch.

SciFri Radio: Study Suggests Earlier Meat Eating In Hominids
Study authors say fossil bones have marks from the tools used for butchering.

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SciFri Videos: Paleontology

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Video: Michael Novacek on Toothy Dino Discovery
Ira talks with Michael Novacek, author of Terra, paleontologist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, about a new...

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Video: Elephants Can't Jump
John Hutchinson, a biologist at the Royal Veterinary College at the University of London, studies the locomotion of extra-large animals.

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Video: Bones Come To Life With 3-D Scans
Using CT scans, DigiMorph, a project run out of the University of Texas, has compiled hundreds of 3-D visualizations of fossils, skeletons and...

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Video: Hobbit Bones Hold Clues To Its Origin
Anthropologist Bill Jungers of Stony Brook University Medical Center shows off a new cast of the most complete skeleton of Homo...

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Video: Stashing CO2 In Rocks
Basalt formations off the East Coast of the U.S. could hold a billion of tons of carbon dioxide, according to a

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Video: Finding Dino Color In Fossil Feathers
Forget those drab grays and greens, dinosaurs might have been more colorful, according to a new study in Science. Yale graduate student...

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SciFri Newsbriefs: Paleontology

Newsbrief: Age-Old Orchid
A fossilized orchid, the first ever discovered, reveals the age of the flower family.

Newsbrief: Super-Sized Scorpion
Ancient claw indicates sea scorpions were over eight feet long.

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