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 * The largest allosauroid theropod tooth is described by paleontologists in Spain.
 * Chinese paleontologist Zhai Renjie dies from complications due to blood vessel tumors on June 22. He was 77.
 * The discovery of the new Late Jurassic ceratosaur from China, Limusaurus (pictured) is announced in the journal Nature.
 * A new species of Psittacosaurus, Psittacosaurus gobiensis, is announced.
 * Fossilized teeth of Anchitherium, a three-toed browsing horse, are discovered in Panama Canal sediments.
 * Anoiapithecus brevirostris, is a newly described 12 million year old hominid that had modern facial features.
 * A new paper published in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica suggests that sauropods kept their heads up high, not horizontally.
 * A new extinct lemur species is discovered in Madagascar.
 * Paleontologists announce the discovery of Darwinius masillae, a 47-million-year-old fossil, may represent an important intermediate form in primate evolution.
 * New research has been published in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica regarding Paleocene dinosaurs.


 * The oldest known dinosaur proteins are found in the fossilized leg of an 80-million-year-old duck-billed dinosaur!


 * The discovery of Puijila darwini, the oldest ancestor of modern pinnipeds ever found, is announced.

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 * A 54-million-year-old skull reveals early evolution of primate brains.
 * Dinosaurs may have been smaller than previously thought.
 * For the second time in a little over a year, scientists have discovered dinosaur footprints in Yemen.
 * A new study suggests that humans are more related to orangutans than to chimps.
 * A new discovery suggests that mammoths survived in Britain until 14,000 years ago.
 * A prehistoric whale is discovered on the west coast of Sweden.
 * Ancient mammals shifted diets as climate changed.