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Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs snuffed out in their prime
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Dinosaurs were at the top of their game when the asteroid wiped them out – that’s the finding of a new study which overturns scientists’ …
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Palm fossils suggest Tibet had high mountains and deep valleys
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Tibetan plateau is believed to have been formed due to the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates 50 million years ago. But a new study has now …
Chicago, IL
Field Museum’s Hundreds Of Volunteers Look For Fossils, Lead Tours: ‘There’s No Better Place To Learn’
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SOUTH LOOP — There are few jobs in Chicago where you can work beside giant dinosaurs or dig through dirt for fossils. But at the Field Museum, …
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University of Cambridge
Earliest known animal was a half-billion-year-old underwater blob
newscientist.com - Alice Klein
A strange soft-bodied sea creature that lived over half a billion years ago may have been the first animal species on Earth, fossil evidence suggests. …
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Jurassic Park
Parkasaurus Is A Cuter Jurassic Park Operation: Genesis
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One of my favorite games is the park builder Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis. It was released back in 2003. The recent Jurassic World Evolution was a …
Triassic
Earliest equatorial frogs reported from Triassic rocks at Petrified Forest National Park
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PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — In a research article published today in “Biology Letters,” a collaborative group of paleontologists from …
South Carolina
Shrouded in mystery, ancient marine fossils take shape in a College of Charleston lab
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The shattered skulls of at least three ancient dolphins are mixed up on a table in a cramped workroom at the College of Charleston. Some days, the …
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Events | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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Paleobiology Symposium – Life’s Greatest Hits: Key Events in Evolution Friday, March 29, 2019, 10:00 am – 4:30 pm Ground Floor, Baird Auditorium Cost: …
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Paleontology
Mary Anning, One of the First Female Fossilists
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Looking for fossils is painstaking work. Sometimes you have to dig deep underground. Other times, you have to trek cliffs and chisel your way through …
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Ankle and big toe of ‘lousy’ biped hint at human stride
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New research provides evidence for greater reliance on two-legged walking than the ancient fossil record had indicated before. Bipedalism is the …
Dinosaurs
New 'wallaby' dinosaur discovered in Australia. Here's what it looked like
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SALT LAKE CITY — Scientists say they have discovered a new dinosaur that was about the size of a wallaby.• A group of researchers recently discovered …
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Palaeontology
New Australian-Antarctic dinosaur found in Victoria
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A new dinosaur species that lived 125 million years ago has been discovered from a fossil found in Victoria. The dinosaur, which is thought to have …
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Teenage T. rex was already chomping on prey, new research shows
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New research from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh indicates that even as a teenager the Tyrannosaurus rex showed signs that it would grow up to …
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‘Micro snails’ scraped from sidewalk cracks help unlock mysteries of Earth’s evolution
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Every step you take, you're likely walking on a world of unseen and undescribed microbial diversity. And you don't need to head out into nature to …
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March 11, 2019, 10:30 a.m. Many living fossils still alive today have bizarre, eccentric traits that make them seem more like aliens than anything …
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David H. Koch Hall of Fossils—Deep Time Supporting Deep Time is an investment unlike any other to create a smarter, more sustainable future. Iconic …
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Monkeys
Fossils from Kenya solve an ancient monkey mystery: Discovery of 22-million-year-old teeth fills in a 6-million-year gap
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A fossil from a newly discovered species of monkey that lived in Africa 22 million years ago is a 'missing link' in primate evolution, say scientists. …
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Tibet
The ‘roof of the world’ was raised more recently than once thought
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New studies suggest that the Tibetan Plateau may have risen to its dizzying heights after 25 million years ago.
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New tiny dinosaur discovered in Australia
Fox News - Chris Ciaccia
The land down under is now the land before time. A new dinosaur species that lived 125 million years ago has been discovered in Australia, one so small, it was likely the size of a wallaby. Known as Galleonosaurus
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Turkey
Millions of years old fossils on exhibition in Kayseri, central Turkey
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Fossils with a history dating back to as much as 7.5 million years are now being displayed at an exhibition in central Turkey's Kayseri province. The …
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East Africa
Rethinking Humanity's Roots
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If you want to explore our origin story, keep an eye out for the white stinkwood trees. That, at least, is what paleoanthropologist Christine …
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Kalamkari works depicting underwater life to unveil in Mumbai
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Mumbai, March 10 Baroda-based artist Lavanya Mani may use traditional Kalamkari dyeing and handcrafting but her works are highly inspired by …
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Hirt is museum's Friday guest speaker
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For the past few years, Hirt has aided the museum in identifying geological materials in its collection, as well as sharing his expertise to identify …
Bronx Zoo
Dinosaur safari ride coming to Bronx Zoo
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- Visitors to the Bronx Zoo will have the option of taking a safari ride to view and learn about 40 life-size, animatronic dinosaurs as part of its …
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Ice Age
Treasure Trove of Ice Age Fossils Unearthed During LA Subway’s Purple Line Expansion
theepochtimes.com - Louise Bevan
Los Angeles may be brimming with Hollywood relics (some of our most beloved big-screen actors are among them) but historical artifacts of a very …
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These Are the Dinosaurs That Didn't Die - Fossils
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Science
Fossil fats suggest animal life got started later than previously thought
newatlas.com - Michael Irving
In the world of palaeontology, new discoveries often proclaim things are older than we previously thought – after all, once an age record has been …
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Ice Age
Graham Hancock Claims Los Angeles Fossils Are Linked to Younger Dryas Comet
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In a month’s time, Graham Hancock will release his new book, America Before, which attempts to document what he claims to be evidence for a lost …
Science (India)
Palm fossils reveal new topography of Tibet
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doi:10.1038/nindia.2019.28 Published online 6 March 2019 The fossils bear testimony to a large valley system with a floor less than 2.3 kilometres …
Physics
Physicists Suggest Hunting 'Dark Matter Fossils' Deep Underground
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In the elusive hunt for dark matter, some researchers are looking underground. The mysterious, unseen substance makes up more than 85 percent of the …