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Analysis of oldest sequence from a human ancestor reveals close link with Denisovans

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This letter was written by David Waterston, a professor of anatomy at what was then called University of London, King's College. It is republished in its entirety

Researchers have determined the recipe used to preserve meats that were buried along with Egyptian pharaohs. Cynthia Graber reports

The plant-eating dinosaur drowned 70 million years ago. Its fossilized remains are so well preserved that some of its skin left impressions in the nearby rock

The oldest known genome of a modern human solves long-standing puzzles about the New World's genetic heritage

The fossil of a tyrannosaurid and ceratopsid, which captures them as if they died in combat, could fetch millions of dollars

Genetic analysis moves dog domestication from wolf ancestors to possibly as far back as 30,000 years ago, in Europe, when humans were still hunter-gatherers. Wayt Gibbs reports.

The discovery of Panthera blytheae fossils strengthens an Asian origin for pantherine carnivores

The bone is the first snout ever found that belongs to the Apatosaurus, commonly referred to as the Brontosaurus

The early bird's anatomy matches that of modern flightless birds, a paleontologist says

Scientists in Utah say they have discovered Tyrannosaurus rex's "great-uncle," a massive predator with a thick skull and large teeth dubbed the "king of gore." Bones of the 24-foot (7.3-meter) -long dinosaur, slightly smaller than T.