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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 17, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by Theresa_N
50 ancient coffins found in Egypt:
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
May 16, 2021May 2021

Posted by JoeB
Durnonovariaodus maiseyi: A new species of Hybodont Shark from the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation of Dorset, England. The Hybodonts were a distinctive group of Sharks, which first appeared in the Late Devonian...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 24, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB
Looking for the origin of the Eukaryotes. The Eukaryotic cell is strikingly distinct from its much simpler Prokaryote relatives, possessing not only a nucleus, but also a complex cytoskeleton, a sophisticated ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Apr 11, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by BirdMan1
Europe's Oldest Moderns?
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Mar 18, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by Fernapple
Perhaps, if you think about it, the most important story ever told, and no it does not have a god in it.
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Mar 16, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by JoeB
Early Christian Era buildings uncovered in Egypt. Mud brick buildings dating back to the fourth and seventh centuries AD have been discovered in Bahariya Oasis, a natural oasis in a depression in Egypt's Western Desert,...
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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 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
Feb 14, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by JoeB
The oldest known large-scale brewery discovered in Egypt. An Egyptian-American Archaeological Mission, headed by Matthew Adams of New York University, and Deborah Vishak of Princeton University, working in north Abydos ...
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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
Jan 3, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by Theresa_N
Squatters threaten to destroy remains of a cultural artifacts from 5,000 years ago:
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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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Shared from General & Hellos
Aug 2, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by BirdMan1
3.42 Billion y/o Archaea?
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Feb 16, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by JoeB
Cantabrigiaster fezouataensis: A new Somasteroid Echinoderm from the Early Ordovician Fezouata Lagerstätte in Morocco. Asterozoans, whose most familiar members include Starfish and Brittle Stars, are the dominant group...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 15, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by JoeB
Catonyx tarijensis: Reconstruction of the cranial anatomy and palaeoneurology of a extinct Scelidotheriine Sloth from the Pleistocene of Bolivia. Sloths, Folivora, are today represented by only two genera, Bradypus and ...
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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
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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Nov 10, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Druvius
I missed this a few years ago. An unknown gibbon species was discovered in a tomb:
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 5, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB
Considering a supernova as the possible cause of the End Devonian Extinction. The Late Devonian biodiversity crisis is characterized by a protracted decline in speciation rate occurring over millions of years, ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 1, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB
'Giant' Pelagornithid Birds from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica. Bony-toothed Birds (Odontopterygiformes: Pelagornithidae) are an extinct clade of large, pelagic, volant Birds with a fossil record spanning ...
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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 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
Dec 15, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by bobwjr
LINK66-Million-Year-Old “Deflated” Football-Sized Egg Discovered In Antarctica | IFLScience
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Shared from News & Links
Oct 30, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Druvius
Interesting read about Neanderthals:
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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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