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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
Jan 9, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by JackPedigo
A recent amazing find Bison Antiquus, on one of our islands. Presented on PBS. A very interesting video.
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 30, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB
Understanding tooth attachment and replacement in Bolosaurid Parareptiles. Bolosaurid Parareptiles occupy a unique position in Amniote evolution. They were the first to develop a combination of a lower temporal fenestra...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jan 14, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by mkeaman
Humans (or humanoids) in Indonesia over 45,000 years ago
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jan 17, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by Theresa_N
50 ancient coffins found in Egypt:
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jan 18, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by mkeaman
Searching for Lost Kingdoms of the Amazon -
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 27, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB
Using X-ray computed tomographic reconstruction to understand the Dřevíč Lead Amulet. Various magical items and practices have been used for protection from potential misfortune since time immemorial. Diseases, ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 23, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB
Hominin trackways from the southern Cape Coast of South Africa The Cape south coast of South Africa has been shown to be of pivotal importance in the origin of cognitively modern Humans in the Middle Stone Age, with ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 26, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB
Immature feathers in juvenile Enantiornithines from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Avifauna. Most data concerning the integument of the non-neornithine Pennaraptora; the clade that includes all Dinosaurs (including Birds) ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Feb 23, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by JoeB
Cousteauvia kustovia: A Diving Duck from the Late Eocene of Kazakhstan. Waterfowl (order Anseriformes) are characteristic elements of modern Avian faunas and are among the most common Birds in the late Cainozoic fossil ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Feb 21, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by JoeB
New Chroniosuchian materials from the Permian and Triassic of Xinjiang Province, China The Chroniosuchians were an enigmatic clade of non-Amniotic Tetrapods with uncertain phylogenetic position. This group can be ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Feb 19, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by BirdMan1
The 8th Continent:
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Feb 13, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by JoeB
Bounomys ulantatalensis: Four new specimens of a Comb Rat from the Early Oligocene of Inner Mongolia. Ctenodactyloids, or Comb Rats are a group of Rodents found today only in Africa. They are characterised by the ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 8, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB
Middle Stone Age tools from the Kerma are of northern Sudan. One of the primary regions for understanding the process of Anatomically Modern Human dispersal and migration is the Nile Valley and the coast of the Red Sea,...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 15, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by bobwjr
LINK66-Million-Year-Old “Deflated” Football-Sized Egg Discovered In Antarctica | IFLScience
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 17, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by JoeB
Lestodon armatus: Understanding the ecology and behaviour of a Late Pleistocene Ground Sloth from the Argentine Pampas. In recent years there have been multiple studies on the Quaternary South American Megamammals ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 14, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB
Deciphering ceramics manufacturing techniques from the medieval city of Qalhât, Oman. At the beginning of the first millennium AD, the Indian Ocean became a region of long-distance trade between the Middle East, India,...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 9, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB
Glassmaking in early Umayyad Spain. The processes of innovation and transfer of skills are fundamental concerns in the study of past technologies. The advent of ancient technologies and the adoption of new ones are ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 29, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Theresa_N
Prehistoric rock art discovered in Amazon:
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 8, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB
Brittagnathus minutus: A new species of Tetrapod from the Late Devonian of Greenland. In 1987, an expedition to East Greenland mounted by the University of Cambridge and the Geological Museum Copenhagen, under the ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 5, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB
Evidence of a late Palaeozoic land connection between Appalachia and Iberia. Over the past 30 years, a broad consensus has emerged that repeated cycles of supercontinent amalgamation and dispersal have occurred since ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 24, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by JoeB
Investigating the evolutionary history of the Old World Porcupines using DNA from specimens from the Late Pleistocene of China. Hystricidae (the Old World porcupines), which includes three distinguishable genera ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 1, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB
Dating the earliest Myriapods. Understanding how organisms colonised the land, is crucial to clarify extant biodiversity and biological adaptation. But, evaluating the rate and pattern of land colonisation requires ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 18, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by BirdMan1
Ancient control of fire?
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Sep 19, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by JoeB
Bronze and Iron Age settlements at Guletta in western Sicily. The zone between coastal and interior western Sicily contains a rich matrix of archaeological resources indicative of its changing importance and functions ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 6, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by JoeB
Martensius bromackerensis: A new species of Caseid Synapsid from the Early Permian of Germany. The Caseids were a group of Synapsids that appeared in the Late Carboniferous and persisted to the Middle Permian. Most are ...
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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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