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The Animal Self (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/22/magazine/22animal.html)
Art History Doubles on the Nature Science Update Web Site (http://www.nature.com/nsu/020107/020107-11.html)
"Bigger is Better" View of Evolution Gains Credence (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/28/science/28cope.html)
Clergy Letter Project Background (http://www.butler.edu/clergyproject/clergy_project.htm)
A Cowlike Dinosaur Comes Into Focus (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/16/science/16dino.html)
Darwin Still Rules, but Some Biologists Dream of a Paradigm Shift (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/26/science/26essay.html)
Darwin's Cheque Found in Portrait Frame (http://www.nature.com/news/2006/061218/full/061218-2.html)
Earliest Fire Sheds Light on Hominids (http://www.nature.com/nsu/040426/040426-16.html)
Elephant Theory in Nessie Search (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4779248.stm)
Ethiopia is Top Choice for Cradle of Homo sapiens (http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050214/full/050214-10.html)
Evidence of a "Lost World": Antarctica Yields Two Unknown Dinosaur Species (http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/newsroom/pr.cfm?ni=52)
Extinct and with Tiny Brain, but a Clever Little Relative? (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/04/science/04skull.html)
Flores Man (http://www.nature.com/news/specials/flores/index.html)
Flying Reptiles Came in Miniature (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7239862.stm)
Fossil Find Breaks Age Record (http://www.nature.com/nsu/040126/040126-1.html)
Fossil Find "Oldest Land Animal" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3427499.stm)
Fossil Meat Found in 380 Million-Year-Old Fish (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070212-fossil-tissue.html)
Fossil Pushes Upright Walking Back 2 Million Years, Study Says (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/09/0902_040902_upright_hominid.html)
From a Few Genes, Life's Myriad Shapes (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/26/science/26devo.html)
Geological Time Gets a New Period (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3721481.stm)
Giant Bird-Like Dinosaur Fossil Found in China (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/science/13cnd-dino.html)
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Long-Lost Relative of Whales Found? (http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2007/1219/2)
Mammoth Hair Offers New Style of Research (http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070924/full/070924-11.html)
Man-Sized Sea Scorpion Claw Found (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7104421.stm)
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Oil Drillers Strike World's Deepest Dinosaur (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/04/0426_060426_dinos.html)
Oldest Rodent Cache Found — Filled with Fossil Nuts (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/12/1210_031210_fossilburrow.html)
Paleontologists Reconstruct a Monster Frog (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/science/18frog.html)
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Transforming the Alchemists (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/01/science/01alch.html)
Trilobite was Ancient Snack Food (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3622091.stm)
Twin Fossil Find Adds Twist to Human Evolution (http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070806/full/070806-5.html)
Two Dinosaurs from Africa Give Clues to Continents' Split (http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/04/040531.sereno.shtml and http://www-news.uchicago.edu/citations/04/040531.sereno-cnn.html)
The Wedge Strategy (http://antievolution.org/features/wedge.html)
Whale "Missing Link" Discovered (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7150627.stm)
Who's Afraid of Darwin? (http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/33038/)
Wikipedia: Dover Trial (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitzmiller_v._Dover_Area_School_District)
"Zombie Worms" Found off Sweden (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4354286.stm)
A special thanks to all of the following:
Lou Taylor for his helpful biographical recommendations
Don McCuan for keeping tabs on Natural History gems
James Hayward of Andrews University for his article and excellent references for more information
Fr. Tom Winder of the U.S. Jesuit Conference for tracking down leads on Athanasius Kircher
Bryan Small of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science for his review of the timeline and helpful suggestions
Carl Lindstrand for his suggestion of and information on the skvader
Durant Carpenter for helping me scan documents and save money, and to whom I will no longer be civil since I swallowed my pride and said thank you
Lyle Bush for lots of good advice
Somerville Anderson of the Institute for Evolutionary Studies for generous support
Glenn Branch of the National Center for Science Education for always-helpful information
Narrative text and graphic design © 1996-2008 by Michon Scott - Updated May 10, 2008