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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 18, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by BirdMan1
Ancient control of fire?
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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
Oct 16, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Surfpirate
Can you dig it?
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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
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
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 19, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by JoeB
Stone tools from the Borselan Rock Shelter, in the Binalud Mountains of northeastern Iran. The mountain ranges of the northeastern Iranian Plateau have an abundant supply of water and mineral resources, and are believed...
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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
Mar 5, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by JoeB
Bashanosaurus primitivus: A new species of Stegosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Chongqing Municipality, China. The Stegosaurs were a distinctive group of Ornithischian Dinosaurs whose fossils are known from the Middle ...
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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
Mar 2, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by JoeB
Determining the time of year when the Chicxulub Impactor fell. The end-Cretaceous extinction event wiped out 76% of known species on Earth, but was strangely selective in the way it did so. The non-Avian Dinosaurs were ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Feb 26, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by JoeB
São Tomé and Príncipe: Possibly the last country on Earth never to have been visited by a working archaeologist. Small oceanic islands have become sites of great interest to archaeologists in recent years, presenting...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Feb 15, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by JoeB
Mambawakale ruhuhu: A new species of Pseudosuchian Archosaur from the Middle Triassic Manda Beds of Tanzania. The Archosaurs, the group which includes modern Birds and Crocodiles, as well as the extinct non-Avian ...
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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
Jan 29, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by JoeB
An Aphidlion preserved in Baltic Amber along with several Aphids. The term 'Aphidlion' refers to the larvae of some Neuropteran Insects (Lacewings) which are specialised for hunting Aphids. They are related to Antlions,...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Jan 19, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by JoeB
Analysing silver from Phoenician hoards. From about 4000 BC onwards the use of silver became widespread in the ancient world. This was obtained by smelting lead-ores in a furnace, and then cupellatiting (oxidising) the ...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Mar 21, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by MizJ
LINKIn Peru, skull of 'marine monster' points to fearsome ancient predator | Reuters
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Jan 3, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by NoSheep
- 10 Amazing Archaeological Discoveries: Swords, Skulls and Mysterious Mummies
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 31, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by JoeB
Investigating ancient burials in western Africa. The organised disposal of the dead is considered to be an important step in the development of Human cognition, an activity driven by the needs of the living to cope with...
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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
Dec 29, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by JoeB
Iridescent plumage in a Cretaceous Bird. Modern Birds produce a wide range of pigments, enabling them to produce a wide range of coloured feathers. In many species, this is further enhanced by the addition of structural...
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Dec 28, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by JoeB
Stone tools from Sudan's Eastern Desert. The key areas for the migration of Hominins from Africa into Eurasian appear to have been the Eastern Sahara Desert of Egypt and Sudan and the Arabian Peninsula. Two distinct ...
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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
Dec 25, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by JoeB
Turtle shells, Frankinsence, and Myrrh: Trade between the nomads of Somaliland and the empires of the ancient world. Nomadic pastoralists are known to have been important to the economics of the ancient world, operating...
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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology
Dec 24, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by NoSheep
LINKScientists discover an ancient oceanic reptile that evolved exceedingly fast
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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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