Auctioneer: T. rex fossil headed for museum Nov 12, 2009
AP Photo - FILE - In this Thursday, May 13, 2004 picture, fifth graders from the Laurel Highlands School district peer through the glass surrounding the PaleoLab at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History as Norm Wuerthele, right, and Alan Tabrum work on "Samson" after the unveiling of the dinosaur head in the Pittsburgh museum. The specimen, considered by experts to be the most complete skull of a Tyrannosaurus Rex ever discovered, will be on display as scientists work on removing the embedded... (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Paleontologists discover new Mesozoic mammal Oct 9, 2009
"What is most surprising, and thus scientifically interesting, is this animal's ear," says Dr. Zhe-Xi Luo, curator of vertebrate paleontology and associate director of science and research at Carnegie Museum of Natural History. "Mammals have highly sensitive hearing, far better than the hearing capacity of all other vertebrates, and hearing is fundamental to the mammalian way of life. The mammalian ear evolution is important for understanding the origins of key mammalian adaptations.". (Xinhuanet, China)
Scientists discover link to ears in fossil Oct 9, 2009
Dr. Zhe-Xi Luo of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History was part of a team of scientists announcing the discovery of the prehistoric mammal. An article authored by Dr. Luo and other scientists appears in the latest issue of Science, released today. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
New Mesozoic Mammal Illuminates Ear Evolution Oct 9, 2009
"What is most surprising, and thus scientifically interesting, is this animal's ear," says Dr. Zhe-Xi Luo, curator of vertebrate paleontology and associate director of science and research at Carnegie Museum of Natural History ... The article in Science is authored by Dr. Qiang Ji of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (Beijing), Dr. Zhe-Xi Luo (Carnegie Museum of Natural History) and Mr. Xinliang Zhang (Henan Provincial Geological Museum), along with other collaborators ... (Credit: Mark A.... (Science Daily)
Erie County home to plant never before recorded in Pa. Sep 26, 2009
Specimens will be stored at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, the Tom Ridge Environmental Center at Presque Isle State Park and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. "This discovery of the dwarf scouring rush in Pennsylvania demonstrates that our natural areas still can yield surprises, even in the twenty-first century," said Shaun Fenlon, WPC's vice president of conservation programs. (EurekAlert!)
Visitors can spend a night at the museums Sep 24, 2009
Bill Wade/Post-Gazette The dinosaur hall at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Art, history and science enjoy places of honor in the 'Burgh, the land where Andy Warhol spent his formative years and Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine, where Lewis & Clark launched their expedition west and President Washington led troops against the Whiskey Rebellion. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Botanical treasure found in Girard Sep 16, 2009
Specimens of the plant will be stored this winter in the research collection at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, the Tom Ridge Environmental Center in Erie and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. They will not be publicly displayed, Tracey said. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Myanmar fossil may shed light on evolution Jul 5, 2009
In this photo taken Tuesday, June 30, 2009, Dr. Chris Beard, a paleontologist at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History , talks about newly discovered fossils from Myanmar while sitting in a courtyard at the Carnegie Museums complex in Pittsburgh ... The pieces of 38 million-year-old jawbones and teeth found near Bagan in central Myanmar in 2005 show typical characteristics of primates, said Dr. Chris Beard, a paleontologist at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh and a member of... (USA Today -- Tech)
Inquiry reopened in discovery of poet's remains Jul 3, 2009
The pieces of 38 million-year-old jawbones and teeth found near Bagan in central Myanmar in 2005 show typical characteristics of primates, said Dr. Chris Beard, a paleontologist at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh and a member of the team that found the fossils. Another lead evaporates. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Burmese Fossil Indicates Apes Arose in Asia, Not Africa Jul 2, 2009
The pieces of 38 million-year-old jawbones and teeth found near Bagan in central Burma in 2005 show typical characteristics of primates, said Dr. Chris Beard, a paleontologist at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh and a member of the team that found the fossils. "When we found it, we knew we had a new type of primate and basically what kind of primate it was," Beard said in a telephone interview from Pittsburgh. (Fox News)
New Fossil Primate: Common Asian Ancestor? Jul 1, 2009
According to Dr. Chris Beard a paleontologist at Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a member of the international team of researchers behind the Myanmar anthropoid findings the new primate, Ganlea megacanina, shows that early anthropoids originated in Asia rather than Africa ... The fieldwork is a long-term collaboration by scientists from several institutions in Myanmar; as well as the University of Poitiers and the University of Montpellier in France; Carnegie... (Science Daily)
Primate ancestor may be from Asia, not Africa Jul 1, 2009
"At some point later in time, probably only a few million years after Ganlea was alive, one or more primitive anthropoid primates, which would have been descendants of an earlier Asian ancestor, made their way from Asia to Africa," explained Beard, a Carnegie Museum of Natural History paleontologist. "There, they continued to evolve, and some of them eventually became modern Old World monkeys, apes and humans," he added. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Rendell offers $500 million cut in budget Jun 27, 2009
Elimination of state money for all museums, including Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Carnegie Science Center. Reduction of customized job training money by $9 million. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Fossil may solve mystery of dinosaur fingers Jun 18, 2009
"Limusaurus is another one of those discoveries that makes one excited to be a paleontologist," said Matthew Lamanna of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, who was not involved in the new study. "The discovery of a toothless, plant-eating Jurassic ceratosaur, from Asia of all places, is something that nobody in our field ever expected.". (MSNBC -- Technology)
Ancient creatures survived arctic winters Jun 6, 2009
A team led by Mary Dawson of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh discovered fossil alligator jaw bones. Since then, fossils of , giant tortoises, snakes and even flying lemurs one of the earliest forms of primates have also turned up. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Scientists: 'Missing Link' Fossil Not Worth Media Hype May 21, 2009
"This fossil has been hailed as the . Frankly, I've got 10 more in my basement," said Chris Beard, a curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. Though the fossil is a beautiful specimen, it is not dissimilar to many slightly less well-preserved primate fossils from around the same period. (Fox News)
Fossil sheds light on primate evolution May 20, 2009
"I actually don't think it's terribly close to the common ancestral line of monkeys, apes and people," said K. Christopher Beard of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. "I would say it's about as far away as you can get from that line and still be a primate.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
'Stunning' German fossil gives scientists new insights May 20, 2009
Dr Chris Beard, curator of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and author of The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey, said he was "awestruck" by the publicity machine surrounding the new fossil. He argued that it could damage the popularisation of science if the creature was not all that it was hyped up to be. (BBC News -- Europe)
Most complete fossil of primate revealed May 20, 2009
"It's more like our third cousin twice removed," said paleontologist Chris Beard of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History at Johns Hopkins University. "It's part of the primate family tree that is about as far away from humans as you can get and still be a primate.". (Boston Globe)
Republican state budget is bad news for the arts May 6, 2009
Also zeroed out of the budget was $226,000 each for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the Carnegie Science Center. Public televisions stations already were on notice because Gov. Ed Rendell's budget cut their allocation. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Fossil hunters discover new species Apr 28, 2009
She found a small, black bone that she showed to Mary Dawson, Curator Emeritus with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. They then found the jaw and limb bones spread on the surface. (Globe and Mail)
'Missing link' fossil seal walked Apr 28, 2009
Mary Dawson Carnegie Museum of Natural History ... "The remarkably preserved skeleton of Puijila had heavy limbs, indicative of well developed muscles, and flattened phalanges (finger or toe bones) which suggest that the feet were webbed - but not flippers," said Mary Dawson from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, US, another of the scientists involved. (BBC News -- Science)
First 'Bringing Hope To Life' Award to Howard 'Pete' Love Apr 14, 2009
Mr. Love, the retired CEO of National Steel, has served on the Parkinson Foundation's board since 1998, as well as many other charitable endeavors, such as the United Way and the Latrobe Area Hospital Charitable Foundation, and boards including the Heinz Endowments, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Mellon Bank, Monsanto and the University of Pittsburgh. He also served on the board of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and was honored by the Cathedral of Learning Society for... (PR Newswire)
The awe of an owl: an Arctic visitor in Pittsburgh Apr 5, 2009
As Stephen P. Rogers, collection manager of the Section of Birds at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, joked in an e-mail, "Why leave a place if the food is good? Was the owl seen at Primanti's yet?". The snowy owl is a striking creature in all senses of the word. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Earliest domesticated horses in Kazakhstan Mar 8, 2009
Researchers from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, and the universities of Exeter and Bristol, Britain, uncovered the evidence in Kazakhstan, the world's largest landlocked country in Central Asia. They said domestication may have begun in the area 5,500 years ago, about 1,000 years earlier than originally thought. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Earliest Domestic Horses Harnessed And Milked Mar 8, 2009
This study was carried out by the Universities of Exeter, Bristol and Winchester (UK), Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, USA), and Kokshetau University (Kazakhstan) and was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council, British Academy and National Science Foundation of America ... (Credit: Illustration by Sandra Olsen, Carnegie Museum of Natural History). (Science Daily)
Evidence of earliest known domestic horses found in Kazakhstan Mar 7, 2009
Researchers from Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pa ... "Having a domesticated animal that could be eaten, milked, ridden, used as a pack animal and potentially for haulage would have had a tremendous impact on any society that initiated or adopted horse herds," said Sandra Olsen, curator of anthropology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. (EurekAlert!)
Earlier date suggested for horse domestication Mar 6, 2009
Zaibert and Sandra Olsen of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh also found traces of bit wear that first raised the possibility that some Botai horses had been harnessed for work and riding. Both Zaibert and Olsen are members of the current excavation team that may have fixed the early time and place for the beginning of the horse-human relationship a relationship that, as Outram said, has had "immense social and economic significance, advancing communications, transport, food... (International Herald Tribune)
Powdermill director David Smith to retire Mar 4, 2009
Smith also served as interim co-director of Carnegie Museum of Natural History from January 2007 to March 2008, along with Zhe-Xi Luo, successfully overseeing the completion and grand opening of the Dinosaurs in Their Time exhibit. Powdermill, located in Rector, Westmoreland County, east of Pittsburgh, was established in 1956. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Scientists Ask: What Would Darwin Do? Feb 13, 2009
Chris Beard, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, agreed that Darwin would be happy, and then some, to see how his theory has been sustained and elaborated on since "Origin" was published. "I think he would perhaps even be shocked to see how well it has held up and to see how the theory itself has evolved through time to encompass new technologies, the modern science of sequencing entire genomes," Beard said. (Fox News)
Get Out Events, Hunting & Fishing Calendar (Today) Feb 8, 2009
Gastropod instruction with Timothy A. Pearce of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 2 p.m. Jennings Environmental Education Center, Slippery Rock. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
