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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 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 6, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by JoeB
Tetrapod fossils from the Late Permian of Shanxi Province, China. Chinese Permian Tetrapods have been known for decades. Dicynodon sinkianensis, now revised as Jimusaria sinkianensis, from the Guodikeng Formation of ...
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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
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
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
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
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
Oct 2, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Word
First I have ever heard about Antarctica.
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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
Dec 6, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB
Investigating tides as an environmental driver during the Fish-Tetrapod transition. Only once in Earth’s history did vertebrates make the transition from an aquatic to terrestrial environment; trackway evidence ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 21, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by JoeB
Huerzelerimys asiaticus: A new species of Murine Rodent from Gansu Province, China. Huerzelerimys is a genus of the Murinae lived in Eurasia in Late Miocene.The genus has been known in Europe for a long time, but only ...
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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
Oct 18, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by JoeB
Identifying fragmentary Mammal teeth from the Early Eocene of Ellesmere Island, Canada. Lower Eocene (Wasatchian-aged) strata of the Margaret Formation, Eureka Sound Group on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut preserve evidence ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 10, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by JoeB
Determining the ownership of Human, Hominin, and Hominid remains from archeological and palaeontological sites. All humans can claim a common ancestral link to some Hominin and Hominid remains: this is one of the ...
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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
Oct 22, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by JoeB
Looking for the origin of the Rhinocerotoids. Both morphological and molecular studies support the idea that Rhinocerotoidea and Tapiroidea form a monophyletic group Ceratomorpha. The Ceratomorphs have abundant, diverse...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 24, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by JoeB
Exploring the relationship between Litopterns and Perissodactyls The Mammalian group Litopterna was coined by Florentino Ameghino in 1889, as a Suborder of the Perissodactyla, with the aim to include the aberrant ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 8, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Druvius
Love it when we learn something new about Neanderthals, our lost cousins.They weaned their kids the same age as humans:
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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
Oct 9, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by JoeB
Sinobaatar pani: A new species of Multituberculate Mammal from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, with insights into the evolutionary development of the Mammalian middle ear. Attachment of the ectotympanic bone to the ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 20, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by JoeB
Ischyromys douglassi: Morphometric analysis of an anatomically protrogomorphous Rodent, and its implications for the evolution of the group. Several adaptations enable gnawing in Rodents. They possess a single pair of ...
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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
Oct 14, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by JoeB
Fuxinoconodon changi: A new species of Eutriconodont Mammal from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China. The Eutriconodonta were a group of Mammals globally distributed during the Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous, but ...
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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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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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