SPACE.com – A spot
on Mars called Nili Fossae that is rich in clay mineral-rich rocks could be a prime
spot to search for the fossilized remains of Martian life that may have existed
4 billion years ago, a new study suggests.

LiveScience.com – A clawed, predatory dinosaur may have been caught in the act
of digging for mammalian prey, scientists now reveal.

AFP – Scientists in Brazil say a fossil of an elephant’s tooth found in the Amazon jungle proves the presence of pachyderms in South America some 45,000 years ago, a report said on Tuesday.

LiveScience.com – A three-horned dinosaur long known as Torosaurus may actually represent an adult Triceratops, according to paleontologists.

AP – Scientists have discovered a cave filled with 15-million-year-old fossils of prehistoric marsupials in the Outback, a rare find that has revealed some surprising similarities between the creatures and modern-day kangaroos and koalas.

LiveScience.com – More than 20 marsupials, some still suckling newborns, plunged
to their deaths 15 million years ago through a vertical cave entrance obscured
by vegetation, new fossil evidence suggests.

AFP – The last ancestor shared by monkeys and humans probably lived between 28 and 24 million years ago, several million later than previously thought, fossils unveiled Wednesday have revealed.

LiveScience.com – Our lineage might have diverged from our monkey relatives
later than previously thought, a new primate fossil from Saudi Arabia now
suggests.

LiveScience.com – As fearsome as giant tyrannosaurs such as T. rex
were, scientists have found what may be the first evidence of these
“terrible lizards” being dainty scavengers.

AP – Does a 25-foot-tall, 122-foot-long dinosaur need a permit to avoid extinction?