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"Suppose one of our palaeontologists found the remains of a million-year-old human," said archaeologist Mike Pitts of the Stonehenge Riverside Project.

Burial law is threatening archaeological research, say experts Robin McKie 2010

The site is best known for the discovery there, in 1974, of the remains of a 3.5-million-year-old human ancestor called Lucy.

Attack Stirs Ethiopia, Eritrea Tensions Solomon Moore 2012

You do not simply learn about archaeopteryx, the famous 150 million-year-old reptile-bird dug up in Germany in 1861, but also learn that the quarry worker who found the fossil had a bad cough and traded his find for medical treatment to a doctor and amateur paleontologist, who in turn sold it to the British Museum.

Flocking Together Jonathan Rosen 2011

Every time we log on to the Internet or pump 200 million-year-old fossil fuels into our cars, we affirm this story in deed, if not in thought or understanding.

William Grassie: Big History: Engaging the New Narrative of Science William Grassie 2012

While they declined to divulge their customers it's well know that actors Nicolas Cage and Leonardo DiCaprio got into a bidding war for a 67-million-year-old tyrannosaurus skull, much like the one on sale this Thursday, at a Los Angeles I.M. Chait auction in 2007.

The Art of Selling Dino Dung Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

A series 2009 studies in Science reported on the 4.4-million-year-old fossil of "Ardi," of the extinct Ardipithecus ramidus primate species that carried human traits.

New 'Apes' film revisits old ideas in science 2011

By comparing modern leaves to leaves preserved in 15-million-year-old clay deposits, we can estimate how much CO2 was in the air when the ancient leaves were alive.

Turnstyle: In a High School Lab, Glimpses of an Ancient Climate Turnstyle 2011

By comparing modern leaves to leaves preserved in 15-million-year-old clay deposits, we can estimate how much CO2 was in the air when the ancient leaves were alive.

Turnstyle: In a High School Lab, Glimpses of an Ancient Climate Turnstyle 2011

A series 2009 studies in Science reported on the 4.4-million-year-old fossil of "Ardi," of the extinct Ardipithecus ramidus primate species that carried human traits.

New 'Apes' film revisits old ideas in science 2011

Every time we log on to the Internet or pump 200 million-year-old fossil fuels into our cars, we affirm this story in deed, if not in thought or understanding.

William Grassie: Big History: Engaging the New Narrative of Science William Grassie 2012