| Subject | Date Asked |
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| apatosaurus | 8/17/2008 |
Q: and how abundant they were thanks
A: I'm afraid nobody knows what colour Apatosaurus was, since skin colouration does not survive the ...
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| dimetrodon | 8/16/2008 |
Q: Which traits exactly does a fossil need to have in order to be classified as a dinosaur? Why is a ...
A: The word "dinosaur" refers to a specific group of animals, which did not include Dimetrodon. ...
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| spinosaurus vs t-rex | 7/11/2008 |
Q:
A: The reason you can't find the answer to this question is that there is no good answer. ...
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| dinosaurs | 5/9/2008 |
Q: Are the dinosaurs fed their babies with milk?Thanks.
A: No, dinosaurs did not feed their babies with milk - this is something that only mammals do. ...
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| Foraminifera | 4/3/2008 |
Q: where would the nucleus be in a multilocular protozoan such as Nummulites? I assume they have just ...
A: since I know next to nothing about them). After a little research, however, I can answer your ...
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| Co-evolution | 3/30/2008 |
Q: Please help me understand how two separate animals can evolve the same adaptations; for example the ...
A: The subject of convergent evolution is fascinating, but it's really not much of a mystery. Animals ...
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| Dogs | 3/12/2008 |
Q: We all know that dogs are primarily a domesticated subspecies originating from the gray wolf, Canis ...
A: That's an interesting question, B.J.! And the answer, I suspect, is that greater differences than ...
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| octopus | 3/12/2008 |
Q: Can you tell me please why octopuses did not evolved to land dwelling animals? Their relatives ...
A: and thanks for your question. You make an interesting point! The answer may lie in the mollusc ...
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| How did certain animals survive? | 2/27/2008 |
Q: When the dinosaurs an dother life forms went extinct about 65 million years ago, how did aquatic ...
A: The short answer is that we don't yet have all the answers to those questions, and the matter is ...
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| first dinosaur | 1/30/2008 |
Q: i need to know about the worlds first dinosaur and why it is a milestone in evolution
A: Scientists don't actually know what the first dinosaur was, but I can certainly tell you which of ...
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| Can Haldane's "fossil rabbit" idea be reversed? | 1/20/2008 |
Q: As you may know, J.B.S. Haldane once replied to a question on how Darwinian evolution could possibly ...
A: The answer is "absolutely not". Complex life-forms arose from simple life-forms, but this does not ...
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| size of dinosaurs | 1/10/2008 |
Q: I'm curious why the prior organisms of our planet (arthropods, dinosaurs, etc.) from millions of ...
A: This is a very good question and one about which there has been much debate among scientists. And ...
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| help plz | 1/9/2008 |
Q: what functions did the crest of a Parasaurolophus have?
A: The crest of a Parasaurolophus was probably used for several reasons. The major reason may have ...
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| Biggest head | 11/13/2007 |
Q: Can a T-rex head grow larger to 7 feet or more? (Because I heard T-rex have the most largest skull ...
A: No, the biggest known T-rex skull is a little over 5 feet long, and it is far from being the largest ...
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| Jaguars | 11/7/2007 |
Q: i'm doing a project on jaguars, relating mainly to its evolution (tree of life) and more ...
A: I have actually answered a question on the evolution of jaguars already, so I'm going to cheat and ...
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| Theropod dinosaurs | 11/7/2007 |
Q: What features are diagnostic of theropods and what types of behavior can we infer from these ...
A: Unfortunately after a couple of days of mulling it over, I really don't have a good answer for you. ...
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| Proboscidean ears | 11/5/2007 |
Q: I was researching for a project on elephant evolution when I ran across an interesting theme-every ...
A: This is an excellent question, but I am afraid the answer is most unsatisfactory. The truth is that ...
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| dinosaursandhumans | 9/2/2007 |
Q: Is this possible and if not so then why? now i understand that evidence that supports this always ...
A: The overwhelming scientific consensus is that dinosaurs (excluding birds) died out 65 million years ...
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| paleontology | 7/17/2007 |
Q: I am only 10 and decided to become a paleontologist what college and degreases do i have to pass to ...
A: Thsnk you for your question - it's great that you are planning to become a paleontologist. The ...
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| Which universities? | 6/12/2007 |
Q: I've been really intereted in Palaeontology since I was 5 or 6 and now I'm in my first year of my ...
A: Here's a link to a page at the Natural History Museum's website that will answer your question in ...
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| Paleo-meteorolgy | 6/10/2007 |
Q: This may be way out of your area. Feel free to speculate. Today the Arctic and Antarctic regions ...
A: Yes, this is really not my area, but Ill risk low ratings because it's an interesting topic and I'm ...
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| Was t-rex the worst predator? | 5/30/2007 |
Q: Was Giganatousaurus a bigger predator than T-Rex?and spinasaurus? and is it truth that a T-Rex canīt ...
A: Giganotosaurus, at 45 feet long, was a little longer than T. rex, but at just over 5 tons it was ...
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| Qualifications for Palaeontology | 5/17/2007 |
Q: I'm doing my GCSEs next year and I'd like to know what qualifications I would need to become a ...
A: I've never been a qualified palaeontologist, as my profile states, but nevertheless I have a pretty ...
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| Saber-toothed Tiger | 5/4/2007 |
Q: My son is writing a research paper on how the saber-toothed Tiger became extinct? I'm having a hard ...
A: and thanks for your question. The truth is that nobody knows, but there are several theories. At ...
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| American lion (Ice Age) | 4/29/2007 |
Q: This question concerns the last Ice age. The American lion was found 10,000 years ago between the ...
A: The American lion seems to have preferred warmer temperatures, at least latterly, though it was ...
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| Hi | 4/28/2007 |
Q: Sorry for the long question. Anyways, for that one question, I just want to know where all the ...
A: I think the problem here lies in your conception of transitional fossils. Every animal that ever ...
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| Dinosaurs and humans? | 4/26/2007 |
Q: The internet seems to be full of Christian websites telling us that dinosaurs and humans co-existed. ...
A: You are absolutely right - the fundamentalists who believe that humans coexisted with dinosaurs are ...
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| Baryonyx | 4/17/2007 |
Q: My son is doing a report on Baryonyx. I have tried to help him find out as much info as possible, ...
A: The common names for male, female and young animals that are around today, such as stag, doe, faun, ...
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| Andrewsarchus | 4/10/2007 |
Q: What was the timeline of their extinction. Thanks
A: Unfortunately Andrewsarchus is known from only one fossil, so we cannot be sure for how long the ...
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| dinosaurs | 4/8/2007 |
Q: Why were some dinosaurs so huge?
A: The reason some dinosaurs were able to grow so large is simply because they could. Throughout the ...
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| Urban Myth question | 3/20/2007 |
Q: I've twice heard a story about how the Earth supposedly had far more oxygen in the air in the ...
A: SO sorry about the delay in my response - I have been away and not checking my emails. On to your ...
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| Giant barn owls | 2/23/2007 |
Q: I would like to know as much as possible about Tyto gigantea and Tyto riveroi. I'm specially ...
A: Unfortunately I have not been able to find out much about these birds. I had not even heard of them ...
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| Evolution of Jaguars | 1/9/2007 |
Q: I know this is sporadic but would like to know how I can portray the evloution of the jaguar. We are ...
A: You've picked a tricky challenge. How far back do you want to go in showing the evolution of the ...
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| Extinction | 1/8/2007 |
Q: What do you believe was the main reason for the extinction of the sabre toothed cats? Also, do you ...
A: and thanks for your question. True sabre-toothed cats (genus Smilodon) lived in North and South ...
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| extiction | 12/11/2006 |
Q: what are the possiblities of the dinosaurs and most of the Mesozoic era life coming to end because ...
A: You are absolutely correct that there was a super-volcanic eruption at the end of the Cretaceous. ...
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| dinosaurs scientific names and their evolution | 10/6/2006 |
Q: .please help me....?
A: I think you will find the following link useful: http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/names/dinosi.htm If ...
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| A follow up on ' Do modern birds still possess an open acetabulum?' | 10/2/2006 |
Q: First of all, I'd like to thank you for your quick and informative reply. You said that modern ...
A: It seems I'm not such a good expert after all - I made a deductive leap after insufficient research, ...
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| Do modern birds still possess an open acetabulum? | 10/1/2006 |
Q: As I understand it, dinosaurs are characterised by this key trait of an open acetabulum in the ...
A: The perforate acetabulum in dinosaurs is shared by primitive birds, including Archaeopteryx, but the ...
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| Dinosaur models | 8/21/2006 |
Q: In other words what makes a good dinosuar model?
A: Dinosaur models vary greatly in terms of accuracy. The models you are likely to find in toy shops ...
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| Dinosaurs | 8/9/2006 |
Q: We all know that there are still single celled organisms on our planet. Are these Cells evolving, ...
A: Single-celled organisms are evolving all the time. In fact they tend to evolve much more quickly ...
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| Dinosaurs | 8/7/2006 |
Q: the reason being is my theroy is they could have cauesed global warming of a kind, so the tempreture ...
A: I'm afraid there is no possibility of the dinosaurs causing global warming simply by virtue of their ...
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| Baryonyx walkeri | 8/4/2006 |
Q: While I was searching and reading through a book called The Dinosaur Investigator's Handbook, they ...
A: If you want to see what Baryonyx looked like, just type "baryonyx" into Google's image search. Or ...
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| prehistoric animals | 7/6/2006 |
Q: thank you
A: The largest species of mammoth was the imperial mammoth, which lived in California. It grew to a ...
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| sabre toothed tiger | 7/5/2006 |
Q: were dinosaurs and sabre toothed tigers ever alive at the same time?were any non-dinosaur creatures ...
A: The answer to your question, if I follow the traditional definition of the word "dinosaur", is: no, ...
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| britishmuseum | 6/17/2006 |
Q: Hallo -I would like to about the tyrannosaurus skeleton that was once dislayed in the british museum ...
A: The skeleton was originally called Dynamosaurus, and this would have been the correct name for T. ...
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| dinosaurs weight | 5/11/2006 |
Q: Hallo-I would like to ask you what is known about the dinosaur called pelorosaurus.I would also like ...
A: Pelorosaurus was actually one of the first dinosaurs to be found (in 1850, in England). It is a ...
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| Paleontology | 3/19/2006 |
Q: My name is Zach Liechty, I have been doing research on dinosaurs for a while for a school project. ...
A: and thanks for your interesting and unusual question. Why care? Well, people care about dinosaurs ...
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| tyrannosaurus rex/creationism | 3/17/2006 |
Q: My first question has to do with the continued comparisons of T rex to Giganotosaurus. I was ...
A: Why would the organism have to develop a brain simultaneously? A brain is not dependent on sight. ...
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| Dinosaurs | 2/27/2006 |
Q: How did the dinosaurs become extinct?
A: A meteorite impact was almost certainly involved in the dinosaurs' extinction. A huge crater, 160 ...
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| ergaster | 2/14/2006 |
Q: i was wondering whether you could give me the names of any species that would have lived in Africa 3 ...
A: and thanks for your question. I'm afraid the answer is not as interesting as you might have hoped. ...
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| triceratops | 9/17/2005 |
Q: I was wondering why triceratops is always put at 30ft long since there is no skeletons in any museum ...
A: and thanks for your question. This phenomenon is really quite common. The skeletons in museums ...
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| What was the biggest dinosuar | 6/13/2005 |
Q: What was the biggest dinosuar?
A: Although we can't be certain, since we keep discovering new dinosaurs all the time, the largest ...
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| Diatryma Gigantea | 5/5/2005 |
Q: i believe i sent you a question earlier but i put the wrong email address. In a science project i am ...
A: Here is what I wrote last time... Hi Andrew. Thank you for your question, which is truly excellent ...
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| two questions about entelodonts | 5/4/2005 |
Q: My name is Alison Presswood and I go to Westminster. My science teacher requires us to contact a ...
A: The smallest entelodont that I know about was a species of Archaeotherium that was just four feet in ...
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| Diatryma Gigantea | 5/1/2005 |
Q: i am studying Diatryma Gigantea. I cannot find the actual meaning of this name what is it. Also my ...
A: which is truly excellent as it is proving impossible for me to find the answer! Here's what I have ...
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| Quetzalcoatlus | 4/28/2005 |
Q: my name is Jill Giornelli. I am in seventh grade and we are doing projects on extinct species in my ...
A: I am sorry it has taken me so long to reply. Quetzalcoatlus has no close living relatives - it was ...
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| FOSSILS | 3/4/2005 |
Q: Have you ever heard of fossilzed teeth that were uncovered, without the creature they were attached ...
A: and thanks for your question. I believe you are referring to conodonts, the 'teeth' or denticles ...
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| Age of the Earth | 2/15/2005 |
Q: I am fed up with creationists insisting the earth is 10,00 years old. I am looking for as many ...
A: and thanks for your question. Carbon-dating is a reliable enough dating technique, but it is never ...
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| Hello,
My name is Chelsea;... | 1/14/2005 |
Q: My name is Chelsea; I am a student at Cass City Middle School in Michigan. We were asked to e-mail ...
A: There are many ways to research the history of life. Books are always helpful - a good library or ...
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| DAting Methods | 12/29/2004 |
Q: I asked a creationists about current dating methods and this is what he said, is what he's saying ...
A: and thanks for your question. This is a huge subject and to properly answer all of the horrors ...
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| Dinosaurs and Birds | 10/13/2004 |
Q: Im working on a website about the evolution of dinosaurs into birds and I need help narrowing it ...
A: I have taken some time to research this question and figure out which five animals to list. Firstly ...
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| Dinosaurs | 9/14/2004 |
Q: We are being serious with this question. Who would win in a bout, a Velociraptor or a Pterodactyl?
A: There's really no such thing as 'a pterodactyl'. If you mean 'a pterosaur' (i.e. one of the flying ...
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| climate in dinosaur times | 7/26/2004 |
Q: I have an unusual question, but if a person would be magically transported to some random spot in ...
A: and thanks for your question! It's an interesting one, because much of California was underwater ...
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| Dinosaurs | 7/5/2004 |
Q: Could any dinosaurs fly?
A: and thank you for your question. This is an interesting one, because it depends on your definition ...
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| Dinoasaurs | 7/5/2004 |
Q: Were more dinosaurs plant-eaters or meat-eaters?
A: Most dinosaurs were definitely plant-eaters. In any habitat, you've got to have more plant-eaters ...
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| Dinosaurs | 7/5/2004 |
Q: How small were the smallest dinosaurs?
A: If we're not counting birds, then there are a couple of candidates for the title of 'smallest ...
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| Dinosaurs | 7/5/2004 |
Q: How long were the longest dinosaurs?
A: and thank you for your question. This is a particularly difficult question, because the truth is ...
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| from dinosaurs to birds | 6/22/2004 |
Q: I have a few more questions which stem from your response. You say that birds evolved from a group ...
A: Yes theropods were 'lizard-hipped'. But so were the first birds. The characteristic 'bird hip' ...
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| from dinosaurs to birds | 6/16/2004 |
Q: Being a creationist, I find your profile very interesting. I do not know much about the view of the ...
A: I have been busy lately and haven't checked my email in about a week - not a very good excuse I ...
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| Andrewsarchus | 5/19/2004 |
Q: Is there any evidence about the behavior of the Andrewsarchus? For example, did it travel by itself ...
A: and thanks for your question. Since Andrewsarchus is known only from a skull, there is not much ...
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| Arctodus Simus Yukonensis | 5/14/2004 |
Q: My name is Emily, and I am doing a seventh grade fossil project. I have a few questions that I would ...
A: and thanks for your interesting question. Arctodus simus yukonensis - now I had to look this up and ...
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| Dilophosaurus | 5/13/2004 |
Q: I am doing a report for my sience class on the dilophosuarus. I had aWhat is the height of a adult ...
A: and thanks for your question. Dilophosaurus was twenty feet in length, and about eight or nine feet ...
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| dinosaurs/Archaeopteryx | 5/2/2004 |
Q: My name is Aaron Byrne. I am a 7th grade student at Westminster in Atlanta, Georgia. My science ...
A: and thanks for your very interesting question. I am a huge fan of Archaeopteryx, but one thing I've ...
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| Baryonyx | 4/23/2004 |
Q: my name is Erin Yu-Lee and I am a seventh grader at Westminster. Currently, I am working on a fossil ...
A: and thanks for your question. We can't tell much about the behaviour of Baryonyx, but we can guess ...
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| Andrewsarchus | 4/23/2004 |
Q: My name is Mary Austin Williams. I'm in seventh grade at the Westminster Schools in Atlanta, ...
A: and thank you for your question. Andrewsarchus is not very well known, because only its skull and a ...
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| Smilodon | 12/18/2003 |
Q: When was Smilodon discovered? Who discovered it? Can you give me a couple of facts about the ...
A: and thanks for your question. Smilodon was discovered in Brazil in 1842 by a paleontologist named ...
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| Macrauchenia | 12/15/2003 |
Q: My name is Caroline, I'm in 7th grade. I am working on a science project about the Macrauchenia. It ...
A: and thank you for your question. Macrauchenia was an interesting animal, a late representative of a ...
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| archaeopteryx | 10/9/2003 |
Q: I want to konw when,where & in what kind of sediment where archaeopetrix fossils found thank you
A: Archaeopteryx is one of my favourite prehistoric animals and I never get tired of talking about it. ...
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| Peteinosaurus | 11/20/2002 |
Q: I am doing a project on the Peteinosaurus. Here are my questions. 1.Do you know who discovered the ...
A: and thanks for your question. My goodness, your class is giving me a lot of work! Let's see now, ...
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| Quetzalcoatlus | 11/18/2002 |
Q: My name is Ryan Engelberger. I am a 7th grade student at Westminster in Atlanta, Georgia. My ...
A: Quetzalcoatlus, as you may be aware, was the largest of the pterosaurs - the flying reptiles that ...
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| School Fossil Project | 11/18/2002 |
Q: My name is Adelaide. I am a seventh grader at the Westminster Schools. I am doing a project on a ...
A: and thank you very much for your question. Dimetrodon is an interesting animal! To tackle each of ...
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| Horses | 10/11/2001 |
Q: My name is Sarah and I am a high school student trying to do a science report. My science teacher, ...
A: and thanks for your question. The evolution of horses is really a great subject, and the various ...
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| Earth mass change | 8/9/2001 |
Q: I have a question that has bothered me for a number of years. I hope I am in the correct place for ...
A: A valid question, and fortunately one I can easily answer. The short answer is no. The meteorite ...
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| mass extinction | 2/15/2001 |
Q: I am a first year science student in UCD in Dublin,Ireland.I am studying geology as a subject and I ...
A: and thank you for your question. Any essay on the subject of mass extinctions would have to cover ...
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| earth history timeline | 2/6/2001 |
Q: I am looking for a book or online resource that might offer a detailed visual/illustrated timeline ...
A: I have found nothing on the web that satisfactorily fulfils your requirements. However I have ...
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| Paleontology as a career | 1/22/2001 |
Q: I'm not sure if you can answer this, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I am an independent-study ...
A: and thanks for your question. I've never done any field work - palaeontology is my hobby, not my ...
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| paleontology | 1/10/2001 |
Q: what is the oldest life form (single-celled animal or vegetable and its age? Also: How old is ...
A: The oldest lifeform is not known, as the oldest fossils we have so far discovered must have had more ...
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| Stu Pullen | 1/9/2001 |
Q: Can you please tell me what you think of Stu Pullen's site at www.theory-of-evolution.org/ ? He ...
A: This, as you are probably aware, is a huge subject and one which I cannot do justice to within a ...
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| age of earth | 10/31/2000 |
Q: I thought that the earth was about 4.5 billion years old. Our earth science teacher says that it is ...
A: The oldest rocks on Earth are about 4 billion years old, but minerals (for instance zircon crystals) ...
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| Triassic Life | 10/21/2000 |
Q: Which plants and animals could have been poisonous or dangerous back in the Late Triassic period?
A: The Triassic is one of my absolute favourite periods and its great to get a question on it. ...
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| mammalian extinction | 10/3/2000 |
Q: Like most of us, I know what I know but cant always put my finger on exactly where I learned it. ...
A: and thanks for your interesting question. The extinction event you are referring to would be the ...
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| Homo Erectus | 9/21/2000 |
Q: First, I`m not very good in English, hope you can understand my Q, sorry! As far as I know, the ...
A: Homo erectus literally means "Upright Man", and indeed you are right that this species was bipedal. ...
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