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Dinosaurs Grew Fast and Bred Young 63

Smivs writes "It is thought that dinosaurs were able to breed before they were fully grown, much like todays mammals. This ensured that they could breed before they were predated in the violent world of the Mesozoic era. Calcium-rich medullary bone, which, in birds, is used to produce egg shells, was found inside the fossilized shin-bones of two specimens: the meat-eating Allosaurus and the plant-eater Tenontosaurus.Sarah Werning and Andrew Lee of the University of California, Berkeley, deduced from growth rings inside the bone that the two females were aged eight and 10, very young for dinosaurs, which lived to about 30. 'This shows us beyond any doubt how fast dinosaurs grow,' said Kevin Padian, a professor at UC Berkeley's Museum of Palaeontology. 'They're growing as fast as big birds and big mammals.'"
America Online

Submission + - Gaim is now Pidgin

naugrim writes: Finally the reason for the long delay on the release of Gaim 2.0 has been made known... legal discussions with AOL. So now there won't be a Gaim 2.0, but instead a Pidgin 2.0. Gaim is dead! Long live Pidgin!

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