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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

A new start after 60: I'd had several careers but no degree then I became a palaeontologist at 62

Craig Munns pursued a degree in palaeontology at 62 while working at Geoscience Australia, focusing on invertebrate fossils and biostratigraphy analysis of drill cores from central Australia.
Science
fromNature
4 months ago

I see Mozambique's baboons as windows into hominid evolution

Gorongosa National Park's palaeontology and primatology research links fossils, living primates, and fieldwork to reveal past coastal forests and species refugia informing human-evolution studies.
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fromwww.bbc.com
4 months ago

Seeing in the new year with dinner in a dinosaur

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins used life-size dinosaur sculptures at Crystal Palace to popularize palaeontology, staging a New Year's Eve dinner inside an Iguanodon.
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fromwww.thelocal.it
5 months ago

'Immense' collection of dinosaur footprints found in northern Italy

Hundreds of over-200-million-year-old dinosaur footprints, including detailed toe and claw impressions and evidence of herd and defensive behavior, were found in the Stelvio National Park.
Design
fromArchDaily
5 months ago

Mecanoo's Natural History Museum Opens in Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Cultural District

Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi presents 13.8 billion years of Earth’s history with Arabian-focused exhibits, research laboratories, design inspired by rock formations and pentagonal geometry.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 months ago

Scientists discover new species of flesh-eating dinosaur that once roamed Wales

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fromwww.independent.co.uk
7 months ago

Dinosaur footprints from 166 million years ago discovered in UK quarry

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fromTime Out London
8 months ago

The Natural History Museum is launching a new virtual reality dinosaur adventure

Although it's still the number one destination in the country to see weird stuff that the Victorians taxidermied, the Natural History Museum has been quietly getting into cutting edge technology in recent years, with the launch of its Visions of Nature AR experience and immersive film Our Story with David Attenborough. Now it takes a further step into the 21st century via a new collaboration with the popular international virtual gaming chain Sandbox VR (which has three branches in London).
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fromwww.nature.com
10 months ago

First Rhinos, Next Dinos? Ancient Protein Sequencing Feat Offers Tantalizing View into the Past

Researchers have described proteins that they say are among the most ancient ever sequenced, pushing back the genetic fossil record to more than 20 million years ago.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
10 months ago
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The Guardian view on the public's dinomania: passion for palaeontology endures through the ages | Editorial

Public fascination with dinosaurs coexists with palaeontology’s marginal status in academia and funding.
fromMedievalists.net
10 months ago
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Did Medieval People Discover Dinosaurs? Rethinking Fossils in the Middle Ages - Medievalists.net

Medieval people may have found dinosaur fossils, interpreting them through a mythological lens due to lack of scientific understanding.
fromThe Local France
10 months ago

Eggs en Provence: France's unique dinosaur egg trove

Around 1,000 eggs, some as big as 30 centimetres in diameter, have been found here in recent years in an area measuring less than a hectare.
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fromwww.nature.com
10 months ago

First Near-Complete Denisovan Skull Reveals What This Ancient Human Cousin Looked Like

We finally have some insights into the cranial morphology of the Denisovans, which had remained a mystery since their DNA was first identified in 2010.
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