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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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Oct 4, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Larimar
59 more sarcophagi found near Saqqara
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 2, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by EyesThatSmile
Anyone else fascinated by the study of DNA in archaeology and ancient history?
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 2, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by EyesThatSmile
A far-reaching volcanic eruption in AD 431. Wow.
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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
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
Sep 22, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by JoeB
Triplicatella opimus: Redescription of a Orthothecid Hyolith from the early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte. Hyoliths are a group of extinct Palaeozoic marine animals, which possessed distinct conical calcareous shells...
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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
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 24, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Theresa_N
Earthquake shook Portland less than 10,000 years ago:
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Nov 6, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Druvius
Yes, yes it would, lol.
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 5, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by mkeaman
Denisovan DNA in a Tibetan cave!
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Nov 5, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by sunhatpat
Society Bloomed
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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
Nov 2, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by JoeB
Using tarsal bones to understand Eocene Notoungulates. The South American Paleogene vertebrate record is plethoric of well-known Mammalian groups, which enclose several peculiar forms. Of these, the order Notoungulata ...
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Oct 30, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Druvius
Interesting read about Neanderthals:
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 29, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by BDair
New evidence keeps emerging, and pushing human migration out of Africa earlier.
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 27, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by sunhatpat
LINKAnother article to provoke thought. As someone who has spent countless hours reading, writing and thinking about ancient humans and the development of patriarchal structures, I found this article fascinating and insightful. It's a longish read, but ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Oct 25, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by JoeB
Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis: A second species of Rhinoceros from the Pleistocene of Serbia. The Rhinocerotid fossil record of Serbia is generally poor and low in taxonomic diversity. A small number of specimens are ...
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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
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
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 21, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by BirdMan1
"Caucasian?"
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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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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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