David M. Raup, an iconoclastic and influential paleontologist who challenged accepted tenets with data-based analyses of fossil finds, died on July 9 in Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Oldest known stone tools found in Kenya
Scientists in northwestern Kenya have found stone tools dating back 3.3 million years. They are now the oldest stone tools yet discovered. Their makers may or may not have been some sort of human ancestor. They may challenge the notion that our own most direct ancestors were the first to bang two rocks together to create a new technology.
Feathery fossils re-date early birds
Scientists in China report a new fossil species: the oldest member yet of the evolutionary branch that produced modern birds.
Brontosaurus dino name is revived
The iconic name Brontosaurus, which was once used to describe a titanic family of dinosaurs, is being revived after it was killed off more than a century ago.
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