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Permalink Reply by Jay on August 6, 2011 at 1:23am

The transitional species Tiktaalik was found in the Canadian Arctic on Ellesmere Island. The creature lived 375 million years ago. It's discoverers lead by Neil Shubin relied upon evolutionary theory itself to know where to look for such a creature: in rock layers dating to that time frame and in fresh water sediment beds.

 

-Jerry A. Coyne "Why Evolution is True"

 

Permalink Reply by Pierre H. Vachon on September 8, 2011 at 1:31pm

Here's a couple of blog posts I wrote on evolution:

 

Darwin's 200th B-Day And Drinking Milk

If It Ain't Real, Then Nothing's Real

Yes: It's In The Roll Of The Dice, Baby!

 

Permalink Reply by Jon H on November 15, 2011 at 9:04am

Fish evolving to have hands near Australia

Permalink Reply by Suzanne Olson-Hyde on November 16, 2011 at 6:44am

A crocodile-nosed Dinosaur has been found in Australia - 

http://www.livescience.com/14595-crocodile-nosed-dinosaur-australia...

 

There are a number of dinosaur sites in Australia - 

http://home.alphalink.com.au/~dannj/sites.htm

 

This next one is the most recent, and it is really interesting. There was a heap of Paleontologists looking for dinosaur bones, where a couple had been found before, but a lil' ole' sheep farmer worked out where the bones would be, because his hundred year old fence had been pushed out of the ground, and Voila. a brand new species.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8224279.stm