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		For releases beyond the previous twelve months, please see the Archived Releases section below. May 12, 2008 • The King of the Dinosaurs Returns to Carnegie Museum of Natural History: Final Phase of Dinosaurs in Their Time Opens on Father’s Day, June 15, 2008 • Carnegie Museum of Natural History Tyrannosaurus rex Fact Sheet • Available Images May 8, 2008 Carnegie Museum of Natural History presents In Harmony with Nature II: Photos by Donald M. Robinson Available Images March 26, 2008 April Events at Carnegie Museum of Natural History: Special Events, Lectures, and Classes March 14, 2008 Discounted Admission to Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History Starting Thursday, March 20 March 14, 2008 Wertz Gallery: Gems and Jewelry presents Time Machines: Watches from the H.J. Heinz Collection Available Images March 10, 2008 Artist Workshop at Powdermill Nature Reserve: Depicting Nature with Scientific Illustrator Mark Klingler March 3, 2008 Oldest Fossil Primate from North America Discovered in Mississippi Available Images February 28, 2008 Samuel Taylor named director of Carnegie Museum of Natural History January 11, 2008 Carnegie Museum of Natural History Announces the Winner of the 2007 Carnegie Mineralogical Award January 4, 2008 • The Scoop on Poop! Largest exhibition ever mounted about the science of scat • What do you really know? The Scoop on Poop! Trivia January 2, 2008 Carnegie Museum of Natural History announces 2008 Exhibit and Lecture schedule December 20, 2007 Christmas comes early for Carnegie Museum of Natural History when 4.65-carat sapphire arrives December 13, 2007 Acting CMNH co–director and vertebrate paleontology curator reviews the latest research progress on early mammal evolution in Nature November 30, 2007 Expanded Powdermill Visitor Center unveiled December 2, home to cutting-edge Eco–Technologies November 27, 2007 Museums Report Record Number of Attendees for Thanksgiving Weekend November 5, 2007 Carnegie Museum of Natural History Illustrator Published in Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City Available Images November 1, 2007 The Highly Anticipated Dinosaurs in Their Time Opens to the Public November 21, 2007 November 1, 2007 Discovery of An Ancient Mammal with New Teeth October 18, 2007 World’s Largest Dinosaur Mural Wins Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize October 16, 2007 The Dinosaurs of Carnegie Museum of Natural History Ask Residents of Western Pennsylvania: "You Want a Piece of Me?" October 4, 2007 Giant Plant-Eating Dinosaur Waddled Across Ancient China Available Images September 10, 2007 Carnegie Museum of Natural History Researchers Help Match Fossilized Skeletons to Fossil Tracks Available Images August 29, 2007 Dazzling Wertz Gallery: Gems and Jewelry to open September 28, 2007 Available Images August 27, 2007 Luxe Life: Masterpieces of American Jewelry, First Exhibit in Wertz Gallery opens September 28, 2007 Available Images August 21, 2007 Call for DinoMite Days dinosaurs August 20, 2007 Online Tickets Now Available for Dinosaurs in Their Time June 20, 2007 New Mammal Species Sparks Research into the Explosive Rise of Present–Day Placental Mammals Available Images May 31, 2007 World-Renowned Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems Reopens on June 9, 2007 Available Images May 21, 2007 • Carnegie Museum of Natural History Presents ¡CARNAVAL! • Origins of Carnival: Ritual, Masquerade, Play and Renewal Available Images April 23, 2007 New Hiking Guide to the Geology of North Park has been Published and is Now Available April 16, 2007 Celebrate Earth Day at Carnegie Museum of Natural History Saturday, April 21 April 13, 2007 Carnegie Museum of Natural History Researcher Featured on "Pittsburgh Genius" April 7, 2007 2007 Award goes to Ellis School Student during Annual Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science March 15, 2007 Chinese and American paleontologists discover a new Mesozoic mammal Available Images February 26, 2007 Carnegie Museum of Natural History announces 2007 Exhibit Line-up February 6, 2007 Carnegie Museum of Natural History Presents Bizarre Beasts: Past and Present February 6, 2007 Carnegie Museum of Natural History Announces Winner of the 2006 Carnegie Mineralogical Award January 26, 2007 Dr. John Wible, Curator of Mammals at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, is named Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Mammalian Evolution January 20, 2007 Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Names Interim Co-Directors For Carnegie Museum of Natural History January 20, 2007 Citizens Bank Foundation Free Day on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History Sets Attendance Record January 7, 2007 Dr. Bill DeWalt, Director of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Announces Resignation



		For Press Releases that do not appear below, please contact Ellen James in the Media Relations Office at 412.622.3361 or by email at JamesE@CarnegieMNH.org. November 21, 2006 Carnegie Museum of Natural History unveils “Jane” the juvenile T. rex today Available Images September 13, 2006 Powdermill Marks 50 Years With Launch of First-Ever Capital Campaign July 14, 2006 Carnegie Museum of Natural History puts more dinosaurs on the floor in Supporting Cast Available Images July 11, 2006 CMNH Collection Manager named President-Elect of the American Society of Mammalogists Available Image June 16, 2006 Superbly preserved fossils from China providing new evidence of how modern birds evolved from dinosaur ancestors Available Images June 9, 2006 Carnegie Museum of Natural History presents Fur, Feathers and Fossils: The Art of Mark A. Klingler June 1, 2006 Powdermill Nature Reserve wins Western Pennsylvania Environmental award May 11, 2006 Dr. James B. Richardson, III retires from Carnegie Museum of Natural History May 5, 2006 Special Exhibits Gallery renamed R.P. Simmons Family Gallery March 9, 2006 New family of mammal really a living fossil Available Images March 2, 2006 It's "Bone Voyage" for a famous fossil February 28, 2006 Pitt Medical School and Carnegie Museum of Natural History to establish collaboration February 28, 2006 Famous fossil to be CT scanned February 23, 2006 Scientists discover Castorocauda, first swimming mammal from the Jurassic Available Images February 1, 2006 Carnegie Museum of Natural History announces gift from the R.P. Simmons Family Fund February 1, 2006 Carnegie Museum of Natural History paleontologist the subject of a Science Channel Special Available Images January 11, 2006 Chinese and American paleontologists discover a new species of Mesozoic mammal Available Images December 21, 2005 Richard King Mellon Foundation Awards $3-million Grant for Powdermill Nature Reserve Sustainability Project December 19, 2005 Carnegie Museum of Natural History receives $1 million grant from the Colcom Foundation November 30, 2005 Chris Beard Wins 2005 Phi Beta Kappa Book Award in Science October 25, 2005 Carnegie Museum of Natural History staff artist presents solo exhibition of scientific and wildlife illustrations in Washington, D.C. Available Images October 25, 2005 Carnegie Museum of Natural History to open Fisher Scientific Biotechnology Lab Available Image October 5, 2005 Carnegie Museum of Natural History's Dr. Chris Beard wins prestigous W.W. Howells Award September 14, 2005 • Carnegie Museum of Natural History announces expansion of Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems • Backgrounder – Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems • Backgrounder – Section of Minerals • Available Images March 31, 2005 Researchers discover new species of mammal with unique features March 10, 2005 Richard King Mellon Foundation gives $3 million Gift for Dinosaurs in Their Time project February 28, 2005 Samson returns: T. rex skull CT scan completed December 14, 2004 Carnegie Museum of Natural History to put new species of dinosaur on permanent exhibit Available Images July 15, 2004 State's Second Breeding Bird Atlas survey needs volunteers Available Images May 13, 2004 Samson comes to Carnegie Museum of Natural History Arguably the best T. rex skull ever found to be prepped and studied Available Images December 12, 2003 Researchers discover the earliest known relative of marsupial mammals Available Images June 16, 2003 Carnegie Museum of Natural History gets inside the head of T. rex Visit CMNH's T. rex web site October 2, 2002 Carnegie Museum of Natural History scientist wins Medal from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Available Images September 19, 2002 T. rex unveiled at Pittsburgh International Airport Available Images April 24, 2002 Researchers discover the earliest known placental mammal Fossil from the famous feathered dinosaur quarry may be last common ancestor of most modern-day mammals, including humans Read the Nature Article \| Images Available Read the Nature "News & Views" Commentary April 11, 2002 • Pittsburgh to Become Home to World's Premier Dinosaur Exhibits • BACKGROUNDER: About Dinosaur Hall • BACKGROUNDER: The History of Vertebrate Paleontology at Carnegie Museum of Natural History • New dinosaur exhibit bridges the past, present, and future of the museum's famed dinosaur collections Available Images October 17, 2001 Ice mice first mammal to migrate from North America to Europ e 50 million years ago May 24, 2001 Fossil of tiny mammal from Early Jurassic provides important evidence on the evolution of mammals Available Images April 23, 2001 New mammal from the Late Middle Eocene sheds light on the relationships of early even-toed ungulates Available Images February 14, 2001 Billie Dewalt Named Director of Carnegie Museum of Natural History Available Images January 3, 2001 Tribosphenic Mammal Discovery Available Images November 2, 2000 Ancient Running Reptile was Bipedal, say Science Researchers March 15, 2000 • Newly discovered fossils from China shed new light on the common ancestry of monkeys, apes and humans • Researchers discover fossils of tiny, thumb-sized primates Available Images March 22, 1999 Complete skeleton provides new insights of the biological evolution of the earliest mammals Available Images

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