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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
May 2, 2021May 2021

Posted by JoeB
German museums agree to return Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. A consortium of German museums has agreed to begin their holdings of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. The Bronzes (which are in fact made of a variety of materials, ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Apr 23, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by JoeB
United States returns seized archaeological artefacts to Afghanistan. The United States government has formerly handed over a collection of ancient artefacts seized from a New York art dealer to the government of ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Feb 28, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by JoeB
Four-wheeled ceremonial chariot unearthed in an area of Pompeii targetted by looters. The Archaeological Park of Pompeii and the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Torre Annunziata have released a press statement ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Mar 21, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by JoeB
Torosaurus in Canada. The Ceratopsids, an iconic group of Dinosaurs which were an important part of the faunas of Late Cretaceous North America and Asia, were large, quapruped herbivores with distinctive neck frills and...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Mar 4, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by NoSheep
LINKFossil from China may be the world’s oldest stegosaur • Earth.com
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 7, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by Triphid
Add another fossil discovery to Australia's growing list. Palaeontologists have just unearthed yet another Icthyosaur fossil in Queensland, Australia, this time the jaw was found complete with teeth still in the bones and the entire jaw measured up ...
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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
Dec 30, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by JoeB
Pneumatisation in a nanoid Saltasaurid Titanosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of western São Paulo State, Brazil. The Dinosaurs were (and are) and exceptionally diverse group of Animals, and developed a wide range of ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 30, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by NoSheep
LINKScientists in China May Have Found 125-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur DNA | Ancient Origins
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jan 10, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by JoeB
Ajkaelater merkli: A new species of Click Beetle from Late Cretaceous Hungarian amber. Beetles, and Insects in general, are hyperdiverse modern organisms which play key roles in almost all modern ecosystems. They a have...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 3, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by Triphid
Approx. 1.7 BILLION years ago this rock structure was not much more than loose sand grains. Found in Australia, this deposit of Quartzite, tougher than concrete, show the traces of an animal or insect that burrowed its way through the loose sand, ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 21, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by Charlene
This is quite an enlightening article on our evolution from arboreal to bipedal.
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 5, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by Killtheskyfairy
Dino trivia?
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Sep 16, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by Notlost
Tiny, feathered therapod found in Brazil, first found there
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Sep 16, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by bobwjr
LINKKids discover giant penguin’s fossil skeleton in New Zealand | Live Science
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Sep 7, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by Notlost
Smaller than a bee hummingbird
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Sep 2, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by Notlost
Gondwanatherian skeleton fossil found nearly complete.
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Mar 29, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by JoeB
Musivavis amabilis: A new species of Enantiornithine Bird from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of northeastern China. The Enantiornithines are the most diverse group of Cretaceous Birds known, with more than 50 ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jan 11, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by JoeB
Thousands of stolen archaeological artefacts recovered in Israel. The Israel Antiquities Authority has reported the recovery of thousands of artefacts believed to have been looted from sites across the Middle East, ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jan 15, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by Nessie_W
Dinosaurs lived in a different part of the galaxy than we do.
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Shared from Academic (e.g., Science)
Apr 10, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by JoeB
Lost capital of Amenhotep III discovered. The lost capital of the Egyptian New Kingdom Pharoah Amenhotep III has been discovered, according to a press release issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jul 17, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by JoeB
Trouble in Myanmar: The worrying case of Burmese Amber. Cretaceous ‘Burmese Amber’ has been extensively worked at several sites across northern Myanmar (though mostly in Kachin State) in the last 20 years. The amber...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 29, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by Druvius
Hi, I'm Doug. I just combined the two groups at someone's request, thank you. I inherited these groups, their creator fled Agnostic because of some bad experience. :( I do love all three topics, and found a cover pic representative of all three. Some...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jan 9, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Surfpirate
Not everyone understands the importance of archeology. :)
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jan 20, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Allamanda
Amazing Iron Age find in Yorkshire -
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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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