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Fossil tracks belonging to large, carnivorous dinosaurs (Theropods) have been discovered near Inverloch by palaeontologists from Monash University and Museum of Victoria.It is the first time tracks of this kind have been found in Victoria. The three separate tracks show at least two or three partial toes, about 35 cm long and based on track […]

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Moore, the trustee of a pension fund that holds about 500,000 shares of Countrywide stock worth about $9.6 million, said in an Oct. 8 letter to SEC Chairman Christopher Cox that he was “shocked” to learn that CEO Angelo Mozilo “apparently manipulated his trading plans to cash in” as the subprime crisis was heating up.
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Science Daily — The earliest domesticated pigs in Europe, which many archaeologists believed to be descended from European wild boar, were actually introduced from the Middle East by Stone Age farmers, new research suggests.
The research by an international team led by archaeologists at Durham University, which is published recently in the journal Proceedings of the […]

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PARIS (AFP) - Ten million-year-old fossils discovered in Ethiopia show that humans and apes probably split six or seven million years earlier than widely thought, according to landmark study released Wednesday.The handful of teeth from the earliest direct ancestors of modern gorillas ever found — one canine and eight molars — also leave virtually no […]

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LONDON (Reuters) - The smallest dinosaur could reach speeds of nearly 40 mph (64 kph) and even the lumbering Tyrannosaurus rex would have been able to outrun most modern-day sportsmen, according to research published on Wednesday.Scientists using computer models calculated the top speeds for five meat-eating dinosaurs in a study they say can also illustrate […]

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