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A mound strewn with dinosaur bones is seen October 2009 in Zhucheng, ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:55:26 GMT

(AFP/File) - A mound strewn with dinosaur bones is seen October 2009 in Zhucheng, in northeast China's Shandong province. Paleontologists in China have uncovered more than 3,000 dinosaur footprints, state media reported, in an area said to be the world's largest grouping of fossilised bones belonging to the ancient animals.(AFP/File)

An animatronic Diplodocus is seen on display at the interactive ...

(AP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:51:53 GMT

(AP) - An animatronic Diplodocus is seen on display at the interactive dinosaurs exhibition in London, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. The exhibition entitled Dinosaurs Unleashed, features the largest collection of animatronic dinosaurs in UK, set up as a full-scale, lifelike prehistoric adventure display in central London. The display runs until April 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

A animnatronic Tyrannosaurus rex is seen on display at the interactive ...

(AP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:51:22 GMT

(AP) - A animnatronic Tyrannosaurus rex is seen on display at the interactive dinosaurs exhibition in London, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. The exhibition entitled Dinosaurs Unleashed, features the largest collection of animatronic dinosaurs in UK, set up as a full-scale, lifelike prehistoric adventure display in central London. The display runs until April 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

A pair of animatronic Ornitholestes are seen on display at the ...

(AP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:50:11 GMT

(AP) - A pair of animatronic Ornitholestes are seen on display at the interactive dinosaurs exhibition in central London, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. The exhibition entitled Dinosaurs Unleashed, features the largest collection of animatronic dinosaurs in UK, set up as a full-scale, lifelike prehistoric adventure display in central London. The display runs until April 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

An animatronic Diplodocus is seen on display at the interactive ...

(AP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:40:56 GMT

(AP) - An animatronic Diplodocus is seen on display at the interactive dinosaurs exhibition in central London, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. The exhibition features the largest collection of animatronic dinosaurs in UK. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Deciphering microscopic clues hidden within fossils, scientists ...

(AFP/Yale-HO) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:23:57 GMT

(AFP/Yale-HO) - Deciphering microscopic clues hidden within fossils, scientists have uncovered the vibrant colors that adorned a feathered dinosaur extinct for 150 million years, a Yale University-led research team reports online in the journal Science.(AFP/Yale-HO)

This undated handout image provided by the National Geographic ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:01:43 GMT

(AP) - This undated handout image provided by the National Geographic Society shows a Anchiornis huxleyi, in flying colors. Just days after one group of researchers reported that some dinosaurs had russet-colored feathers, another set of scientists says their ancient fossil appears to have had a Mohawk crest and stripes. The reports are the first to confidently assign colors to dinosaurs, long a subject of speculation among researchers and school children. (AP Photo/National Geographic Society)

This image provided by Don DeBlieux shows a jaw of a newly discovered ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:14:48 GMT

(AP) - This image provided by Don DeBlieux shows a jaw of a newly discovered fossil mouse from central Utah, shown on a fingertip Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010 in Salt Lake City. Related to living deer mice, this fossil species is named for Jeff and Denise Roberts who discovered the site and alerted paleontologists at the Utah Geological Survey.(AP Photo/Mike DeBlieux)

This Hubble Space Telescope picture, from the January 29, 2010, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:16:09 GMT

(Reuters) - This Hubble Space Telescope picture, from the January 29, 2010, shows a bizarre X-pattern of filamentary structures near the point-like nucleus of the object and trailing streamers of dust. Astronomers have found a comet-like object they believe was created by the collision of two asteroids, possible siblings of the rogue rock blamed for killing the dinosaurs millions of years ago. The object, known as P/2010 A2, was circling about 90 million miles (144 million km) from Earth in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter when it was spotted last week by the Hubble Space Telescope. REUTERS/NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA)/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SCI TECH) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

This Hubble Space Telescope picture, from the January 29, 2010, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:05:47 GMT

(Reuters) - This Hubble Space Telescope picture, from the January 29, 2010, shows a bizarre X-pattern of filamentary structures near the point-like nucleus of the object and trailing streamers of dust. Astronomers have found a comet-like object they believe was created by the collision of two asteroids, possible siblings of the rogue rock blamed for killing the dinosaurs millions of years ago. The object, known as P/2010 A2, was circling about 90 million miles (144 million km) from Earth in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter when it was spotted last week by the Hubble Space Telescope. REUTERS/NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA)/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

The skull of the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous dinosaur ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:25:08 GMT

(Reuters) - The skull of the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous dinosaur called "Haplocheirus sollers" is seen at a Chinese Academy of Sciences' workshop on the outskirts of Beijing, January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Barry Huang

The skeleton of the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:28:12 GMT

(Reuters) - The skeleton of the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous dinosaur called "Haplocheirus sollers" is seen at a Chinese Academy of Sciences' workshop on the outskirts of Beijing, January 26, 2010. China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage than includes birds. Picture taken January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Barry Huang (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)

US paleontologists said they have uncovered a new dinosaur species ...

(Science) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:25:05 GMT

(Science) - US paleontologists said they have uncovered a new dinosaur species in China's Gobi Desert that could explain how one dinosaur family came to look like birds.(Science)

Professor Xu Xing (L) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:24:57 GMT

(Reuters) - Professor Xu Xing (L) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Paleoanthropology and his assistant inspect the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous dinosaur called "Haplocheirus sollers" at a Chinese Academy of Sciences' workshop on the outskirts of Beijing, January 26, 2010. China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage than includes birds. Picture taken January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Barry Huang (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)

Professor Xu Xing of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:21:46 GMT

(Reuters) - Professor Xu Xing of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Paleoanthropology inspects the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous dinosaur called "Haplocheirus sollers" at a Chinese Academy of Sciences' workshop on the outskirts of Beijing, January 26, 2010. China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage than includes birds. Picture taken January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Barry Huang (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)

A worker cleans the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:17:25 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker cleans the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous dinosaur called "Haplocheirus sollers" at a Chinese Academy of Sciences' workshop on the outskirts of Beijing, January 26, 2010. China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage than includes birds. Picture taken January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Barry Huang (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)

An image showing the fossil bones of a newly discovered carnivorous ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:15:06 GMT

(Reuters) - An image showing the fossil bones of a newly discovered carnivorous dinosaur called "Haplocheirus sollers" is released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences on January 28, 2010. China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage than includes birds. REUTERS/Chinese Academy of Sciences/Handout (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

An image showing the structure of a newly discovered carnivorous ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:12:57 GMT

(Reuters) - An image showing the structure of a newly discovered carnivorous dinosaur called "Haplocheirus sollers" is released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences on January 28, 2010. China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage than includes birds. REUTERS/Chinese Academy of Sciences/Handout (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Reconstruction of two Sinosauropteryx, sporting their orange ...

(AFP/Nature) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:11:56 GMT

(AFP/Nature) - Reconstruction of two Sinosauropteryx, sporting their orange and white striped tails. Scientists on Wednesday said they had identified true colours of a dinosaur for the first time, a feat that also explained what role feathers played in the evolution of birds.(AFP/Nature/Chuang Zhao and Lida Xing)

Museum staff clean fossils in China in 2006. Scientists on Wednesday ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:11:20 GMT

(AFP/File) - Museum staff clean fossils in China in 2006. Scientists on Wednesday said they had identified true colours of a dinosaur for the first time, a feat that also explained what role feathers played in the evolution of birds.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

This photo released by Julee Morrison shows her then 18 month-old ...

(AP) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:37:56 GMT

(AP) - This photo released by Julee Morrison shows her then 18 month-old son Zac climbing over a rock wall at a dinosaur exhibit at the Museum of Natural History. Zac was mesmerized by dinosaurs and when his mom bent down to tie his older brothers shoe, he took the opportunity to go try to touch the dinosaur.

Actor Ray Romano, who gives voice to Manny in the animated movie ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:41:24 GMT

(Reuters) - Actor Ray Romano, who gives voice to Manny in the animated movie "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," poses for a portrait in Marina del Rey, California June 8, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Jerry Polizzi checks out a giant snow dinosaur in his neighbor's ...

(AP) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:09:39 GMT

(AP) - Jerry Polizzi checks out a giant snow dinosaur in his neighbor's front yard in Moreland Hills, Ohio on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

German Chanceller Anngela Merkel (C) German Environment Minister ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:15:05 GMT

(Reuters) - German Chanceller Anngela Merkel (C) German Environment Minister Norbert Rottoegen (L) and Executive Director of the Enviromental Programme of the United Nations (UNEP) Achim Steiner (R) are pictured in front of a dinosaur skeleton at the official celebration to launch the United Nations' Year of Biodiversity at the museum of natural history in Berlin January 11, 2010. Merkel urged industrialised and emerging countries to invest more in protecting wildlife and said the U.N. should create a body to put forward the scientific arguments for saving species. Germany is chair of the U.N. Convention on Biodiversity and hands over to Japan later in the year. REUTERS/Micheal Gottschalk/Pool (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a speech at the official ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:16:13 GMT

(Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a speech at the official celebration to launch the international year of biodiversity at the museum of natural history in Berlin January 11, 2010. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS)

A clutch of recovered fossilized dinosaur eggs are displayed ...

(AP) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:08:30 GMT

(AP) - A clutch of recovered fossilized dinosaur eggs are displayed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a news conference in Los Angeles in this March 15, 2006 file photo. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

A model of the head of Uberabatitan Ribeiroi, a Late Cretaceous ...

(AP) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:27:03 GMT

(AP) - A model of the head of Uberabatitan Ribeiroi, a Late Cretaceous period dinosaur, is seen at the Federal University, in Rio de Janeiro, in this Sept. 24, 2008 file photo. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A visitor looks at a reconstructed biological model of a 'Quetzalcoatlus ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:19:48 GMT

(AP) - A visitor looks at a reconstructed biological model of a 'Quetzalcoatlus northropi' at the 'Pterosaurs; Rulers of the Skies in the Age of Dinosaurs' exhibition at The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, in this June 28, 2008 file photo.(AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)