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A for people who are interested in paleontology, archeology, and anthropology. Pseudoscience, ancient aliens, etc. discouraged.

A for people who are interested in paleontology, archeology, and anthropology. Pseudoscience, ancient aliens, etc. discouraged.

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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Sep 4, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by JoeB
A fossil Jewel Beetle from the Middle Miocene of the Satovcha Basin, Bulgaria. The Satovcha Basin, located in the southwestern Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria, records a sequence of sedimentary and volcanic deposits laid ...
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Aug 30, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by BirdMan1
New Perspective on the Peopling of SE Asian Islands:
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Feb 12, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by JoeB
Hydrodamalis gigas: Applying genomics to the extinct Steller’s Sea Cow. The Steller’s Sea Cow, Hydrodamalis gigas, was first described by German naturalist and explorer Georg Wilhelm Steller in 1741, and became ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Aug 26, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by JoeB
Sakhalinencyrtus leleji: A new species of Encyrtid Wasp from Middle Eocene Sakhalinian Amber. The Encyrtidae are a large family of parasitoid Chalcid Wasps, primarily targeting members of the Hemiptera (True Bugs), ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Feb 14, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Beowulfsfriend
Oldest stone tools ever found not made by human hands. The tools, made by one of our closest homo relatives date from 2.6 - 3 million years ago.
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jan 29, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by JoeB
An Aphidlion preserved in Baltic Amber along with several Aphids. The term 'Aphidlion' refers to the larvae of some Neuropteran Insects (Lacewings) which are specialised for hunting Aphids. They are related to Antlions,...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 4, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by JoeB
Trying to decipher the evolution of flight in Bats. Powered flight has evolved in four Animal groups independently, Insects, Pterosaurs, Birds, and Bats, potentially with more than one origin of flight in each of these...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 22, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by JoeB
Hystrix brevirostra: A new species of Porcupine from the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene of Gansu Province, China. Old World Porcupines, Hystrix spp., are some of the Old World largest Rodents ranging from Late Miocene to ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 10, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by JoeB
Vertebrate fossils from the Late Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica. The Southern Hemisphere biota has been profoundly influenced by Mesozoic-Cainozoic continental breakup and climatic change. Before its ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 18, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Amzungu
LINKScientists Find Out Why the Terracotta Army's Weapons Were So Well Preserved
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 24, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Theresa_N
Earthquake shook Portland less than 10,000 years ago:
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 27, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by JoeB
Mukupirna nambensis: A new species of Vombatiform Marsupial from the Oligocene of South Australia. The three living species of wombat (Vombatus ursinus, Lasiorhinus latifrons and Lasiorhinus krefftii; family Vombatidae)...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Sep 18, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by JoeB
Baringochromis senutae, Baringochromis sonyii, and Baringochromis tallamae: Three new species of Cichlid Fish from the upper Miocene of the palaeolake Waril in Central Kenya. The tropical freshwater Fish family ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 2, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB
Understanding the rural landscape around the ancient city of Petra. The ancient city of Petra is rightly known for its long-distance trade connections and spectacular funerary architecture, but its inhabitants’ ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Sep 21, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by JoeB
Scleropages sanshuiensis: A new species of Asian Arowana from the the Eocene of Guangdong, China. Scleropages (Asian Arowanas) are superstars in an aquarium for their ornate colouration in some variants. Fish ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 16, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Surfpirate
Can you dig it?
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 13, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by JoeB
Evidence for a Reptile-like physiology in Early Jurassic stem-Mammals Recent discoveries and analyses have revolutionised our knowledge of Mesozoic Mammals, revealing novel aspects of their ecology, development, ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 8, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB
Lingulate Brachiopods from the Lower Devonian of the Spanish Central Pyrenees. Lochkovian and Pragian strata from selected sections in the Spanish Central Pyrenees have provided one of the best Conodont sequences in the...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Sep 22, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by JoeB
Triplicatella opimus: Redescription of a Orthothecid Hyolith from the early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte. Hyoliths are a group of extinct Palaeozoic marine animals, which possessed distinct conical calcareous shells...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 7, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by JoeB
Evidence of seasonal torpor in an Early Triassic Antarctic Lystrosaurus. Antarctica is today the coldest and driest continent with extreme variation in light availability throughout the year, restricting vertebrate life...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Sep 23, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by JoeB
Neobolus wulongqingensis: A Cambrian Brachiopod with encrusting kleptoparasites. Parasitism is an enduring symbiotic relationship in which the parasite is nutritionally dependent upon the host for at least part of its ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Sep 28, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by JoeB
Brachiopod communities of the Early Cambrian Guanshan Lagerstätte of Yunnan Province, China, and their associated facies. Discoveries of spectacular soft-bodied animal assemblages from Cambrian Konservat-Lagerstätten ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 6, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by BirdMan1
Jurassic Feather Finds a Home?
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 10, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by mkeaman
Neanderthals - 176,000 years ago! Amazing.
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Shared from Academic (e.g., Science)
Apr 13, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Druvius
Like Gilligan's Island, except with monkeys:
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Posted by JoeBKite-like structures in the western Sahara Desert.

Posted by TriphidAn Aussie Indigenous Message Stick.

Posted by TriphidIndigenous Australian Aboriginal Rock art dated somewhere between 20 and 30 thousand years old.

Posted by TriphidIndigenous Australian Aboriginal Rock art dated somewhere between 20 and 30 thousand years old.

Posted by TriphidIndigenous Australian Aboriginal Rock art dated somewhere between 20 and 30 thousand years old.

Posted by TriphidIndigenous Australian Aboriginal Rock art dated somewhere between 20 and 30 thousand years old.

Posted by JoeBDortoka vremiri: A new species of Dortokid Turtle from the Late Cretaceous of the Hațeg Basin, Romania.

Posted by JoeBThe Cabeço da Amoreira burial: An Early Modern Era West African buried in a Mesolithic shell midden in Portugal.

Posted by JoeBMusivavis amabilis: A new species of Enantiornithine Bird from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of northeastern China.

Posted by JoeBTorosaurus in Canada.

Posted by JoeBStone tools from the Borselan Rock Shelter, in the Binalud Mountains of northeastern Iran.

Posted by JoeBDating the Lantian Biota.

Posted by JoeBBashanosaurus primitivus: A new species of Stegosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Chongqing Municipality, China.

Posted by JoeBDetermining the time of year when the Chicxulub Impactor fell.

Posted by JoeBSão Tomé and Príncipe: Possibly the last country on Earth never to have been visited by a working archaeologist.

Posted by JoeBMambawakale ruhuhu: A new species of Pseudosuchian Archosaur from the Middle Triassic Manda Beds of Tanzania.

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