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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
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 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
Oct 19, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by JoeB
Amynodontopsis jiyuanensis: A new species of Amynodont Rhinocerotoid from the Middle Eocene of Henan Province, China. The Amynodontidae is an extinct family of Rhinocerotoidea (Mammalia, Perissodactyla), ranging from ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 18, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by JoeB
Dinosaur trackway discovered beneath reservoir in Argentina. A Dinosaur trackway has been discovered in an area usually covered by the waters of a reservoir in Neuquen Province, Argentina. The footprints were discovered...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 15, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by JoeB
Magallanodon baikashkenke: A new species of Gondwanatherian Mammal from the Late Cretaceous of Chile. Even though South America has an impressive fossil record of Cretaceous terrestrial Vertebrates, Mammals are still ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 5, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by LuvLayne
Even among its extinct relatives, Megalodon was unequalled in length and mass.
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Aug 19, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by JoeB
Looking for a conection between the length of the Earth's days and the development of an oxygen-rich atmosphere. A day on Earth (i.e. the period between one sunrise and the next) lasts for 24 hours, but four billion ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Sep 29, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by Notlost
There was a child's milk tooth found close to the opening of the chamber, so there might be Neanderthal burials there.
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 27, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by JoeB
Patagoniapteris artabeae: A new species of Dipteridacean Fern from the Triassic of Argentina. The Family Dipteridaceae today contains ten species of Ferns divided into two genera, found in tropical and subtropical areas...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 12, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by NoSheep
LINKNew burials found in Saqqara
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Aug 28, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by JoeB
Understanding ocean chemistry in the Western Interior Seaway during the Cenomanian–Turonian Extinction Event. The boundary between the Cenomanian and Turonian stages of the Cretaceous Period is marked by a mass ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 26, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by Triphid
Around 200 million years ago this dinosaurs wandered across a piece of boggy ground stepped in the algae covered water and mud leaving behind a trail of footprints that were found in a coal seam in a Coal in Ipswich, Australia in the 1960's. ...
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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
May 27, 2023May 2023

Posted by Beowulfsfriend
An article on pinpointing the oldest continously lived in city. My favorite line was on Jericho, which is a contender: 'The city of Jericho, known for an infamous war in the Old Testament that probably didn't happen.........." The article also raises...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
May 4, 2022May 2022

Posted by skado
Discovering ancient cave art using 3D photogrammetry: pre-contact Native American mud glyphs from 19th Unnamed Cave, Alabama Read article at this link: If the following video is not available here, there’s a link to it in the ...
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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
Mar 12, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by JoeB
Dating the Lantian Biota. Fossils from the Ediacaran Period record a remarkable transition from a world in which there were almost no multicellular organisms to one in which such organisms dominated almost all marine ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 22, 2022Dec 2022

Posted by Beowulfsfriend
Archeologists find previously unknown Mayan settlements about 2000 years old.
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 29, 2022Nov 2022

Posted by Mooolah
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Sep 14, 2022Sep 2022

Posted by Charlene
This is an awesome read. I find the discovery of megalithic structures most intriguing at such an early inhabited site..
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Mar 29, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by yvilletom
A Search on kinds of anthropology gets There are four types of anthropology: cultural anthropology, archaeology, physical (biological) anthropology, and linguistic anthropology. These four types allow anthropologists to study the total variety ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 20, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by JoeB
Looking at the use of potters wheels by the Indus Civilisation of northwest India. The invention of he wheel is considered to be one of the most significant milestones in Human history. Wheels are useful not just as a ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Apr 8, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by JoeB
The Cabeço da Amoreira burial: An Early Modern Era West African buried in a Mesolithic shell midden in Portugal. The Tagus and Sado valleys of central Portugal contain numerous shell middens, dating back to the Late ...
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Shared from News & Links
Sep 20, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by BirdMan1
Giant Penguin Of New Zealand:
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jan 31, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by JoeB
Small carbonaceous fossils from the Early Cambrian of North Greenland. The major Cambrian Burgess Shale-type Lagerstätten provide crucial glimpses into flourishing communities of soft-bodied Metazoans from early on in ...
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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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