1997 in paleontology

1997 in paleontology

Birds

Newly named birds

Exopaleontology

*Richard B. Hoover of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center photographs what he believes to be microfossils in the martian Murchison meteorite.

Plesiosaurs

Newly Named Plesiosaurs

Humans

* Genetecist Michael Hammer reports findings that demonstrate that after the initial "out of Africa" radiation of modern humans at about 100,000 years ago, some humans eventually returned to Africa between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago.

Pterosaurs

Newly Named Pterosaurs

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