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Gods, Graves, Glyphs
Weekly Digest #272
Saturday, October 3, 2009 |
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| Epigraphy and Language |
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Symbols akin to Indus valley culture found
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· 09/29/2009 3:17:55 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 27 replies ·
· 356+ views ·
· Manorama Online ·
· Tuesday, September 29, 2009 ·
· unattributed · |
Of the identified 429 signs, "a man with jar cup", a symbol unique to the Indus civilisation and other compound letters testified to remnants of the Harappan culture, spanning from 2300 BC to 1700 BC, in South India, Varier, who led the excavation at the caves said. The "man-with-the-jar" symbol, an integral remnant commonly traced in parts where the Indus Valley civilisation existed, has even more similarities than those traced in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, he said. The 'man-with-the-jar' has been a distinct motif of the Indus valley symbols. The Edakkal engraving has retained its unique style as the engraver...
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| Multiregionalism |
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Europe's oldest stone hand axes emerge in Spain [900,000 years B.P.]
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· 09/27/2009 6:26:16 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 36 replies ·
· 685+ views ·
· Science News ·
· Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 ·
· Bruce Bower · |
A new analysis finds that human ancestors living in what is now Spain fashioned double-edged stone cutting tools as early as 900,000 years ago, almost twice as long ago as previous estimates for this technological achievement in Europe. If confirmed, the new dates support the idea that the manufacture and use of teardrop-shaped stone implements, known as hand axes, spread rapidly from Africa into Europe and Asia beginning roughly 1 million years ago, say geologist Gary Scott and paleontologist Luis Gibert, both of the Berkeley Geochronology Center in California. Evidence of ancient reversals of Earth's magnetic field in soil at...
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| Prehistory and Origins |
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Human Ancestors Conflicted on Monogamy
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· 09/28/2009 7:40:40 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 33 replies ·
· 522+ views ·
· Discovery News ·
· Thursday, September 24, 2009 ·
· Michael Reilly · |
When it comes to love, we Homo sapiens are a peculiar breed: We thrill at the thought of torrid affairs while dreaming about the perfect someone with whom we can spend the rest of our lives. Some of this never-ending tug-of-war for our hearts is certainly cultural, but according to a new study it's also encoded in the finger bones of Neanderthals and the upright walking primate Australopithecus... In humans and primates, the ratio between the index and ring fingers is thought to be a telltale marker for how much of the androgen class of hormones -- and specifically, testosterone...
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| Ardipithecus ramidus, "Ardi" |
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Oldest known human ancestor rewrites evolution theories
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· 10/01/2009 12:18:15 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Pharmboy ·
· 82 replies ·
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· Canada.com ·
· October 1, 2009 ·
· Ken Meaney · |
Probable life appearance in anterior view of Ardipithecus ramidus ("Ardi"), ARA-VP 6/500.Photograph by: Handout, Illustrations 2009, J.H. Matternes An international team of scientists unveiled Thursday the results of 15 years of study of one of the oldest known human ancestors, Ardipithecus ramidus, which they say overturns much of what we know about human evolution. And surprisingly, it's also rewriting the story of our relation to gorillas and chimpanzees, our closest living relatives, and their development as well. Yohannes Haile-Selassie, one of the authors involved in the research and the man who discovered the first pieces of the most complete...
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Scientists discover pre-human ancestor who lived 4.4 million years ago
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· 10/01/2009 3:57:48 PM PDT ·
· Posted by JoeProBono ·
· 26 replies ·
· 644+ views ·
· miamiherald ·
· 10.01.09 ·
· ROBERT S. BOYD · |
WASHINGTON -- Move over, Lucy. A 4-foot-tall female nicknamed Ardi, who lived 4.4 million years ago in Africa, has replaced you as the earliest best known ancestor of the human species. Ardi's nearly complete skeleton is 1 million years older than Lucy's, pushing back the point when hominids - pre-human primates - are known to have split from the evolutionary line that led to chimpanzees and gorillas, an international team of scientists announced Thursday. "Ardi is not a chimp. It's not a human. It's what we used to be," said paleontologist Tim White, an authority on human evolution at the...
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Fossils Shed New Light on Human Past
(Our ancestors were more modern than scholars had assumed)
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· 10/02/2009 7:10:16 AM PDT ·
· Posted by SeekAndFind ·
· 8 replies ·
· 310+ views ·
· Wall Street Journal ·
· 10/2/2009 ·
· Robert Lee Hotz · |
After 15 years of rumors, researchers made public fossils from a 4.4 million-year-old human forebear they say reveals that our ancestors were more modern than scholars had assumed, widening the evolutionary gulf separating humankind from apes and chimpanzees. The highlight of the extensive fossil trove was a female skeleton a million years older than the iconic bones of Lucy, the primitive female figure that has long symbolized humankind's beginnings. An international research team led by paleoanthropologist Tim White at the University of California, Berkeley, unveiled on Thursday remains from 36 males, females and young of an ancient prehuman species called...
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| Hobbits |
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Hobbit species may not have been human
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· 09/30/2009 8:51:41 AM PDT ·
· Posted by BGHater ·
· 23 replies ·
· 666+ views ·
· The Australian ·
· 30 Sep 2009 ·
· Cheryl Jones · |
AFTER five years of arguments over the so-called hobbits, the University of New England paleoanthropologist who formally described the tiny new hominin species from the Indonesian island of Flores is facing another wave of controversy. This time, Peter Brown could raise the ire of some of the scientists who supported him in an academic debate that degenerated into an international scandal. Brown, who initially placed the species in the human genus Homo and named it Homo floresiensis, is considering stripping the hobbits of their human status. More remains have been found, and the species is now represented by six to...
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| Biology and Cryptobiology |
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Dragon's Paradise Lost: Komodo Dragons
Most Likely Evolved In Australia, Dispersed To Indonesia
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· 10/02/2009 4:11:59 PM PDT ·
· Posted by JoeProBono ·
· 23 replies ·
· 745+ views ·
· sciencedaily ·
· Oct. 1, 2009 · |
The world's largest living lizard species, the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), is vulnerable to extinction and yet little is known about its natural history. New research by a team of palaeontologists and archaeologists from Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia, who studied fossil evidence from Australia, Timor, Flores, Java and India, shows that Komodo Dragons most likely evolved in Australia and dispersed westward to Indonesia.
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| Asia |
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Confucius's 2,560th Anniversary Held at His Birthplace
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· 09/27/2009 10:44:24 PM PDT ·
· Posted by nickcarraway ·
· 2 replies ·
· 209+ views ·
· Xinhua ·
· 9/28/09 · |
A grand ceremony was held in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, on Monday to commemorate the 2,560th birthday of Confucius, the great ancient Chinese thinker and philosopher revered around the world. More than 10,000 people, including his descendants, scholars and representatives from foreign embassies in China and international organizations, attended the ceremony at the Confucius Temple in Qufu, his birthplace. Confucius and his disciples advocated positive self-discipline, healthy living, maintaining harmony in family life, peace and order in the country, peace in the world. His thoughts are still studied worldwide.
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| Precolumbian, Clovis, and PreClovis |
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Dig reveals ancient fields:
Network of 3,000-year-old canals by Santa Cruz may be most intricate...
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· 09/30/2009 7:49:47 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 13 replies ·
· 364+ views ·
· Arizona Daily Star ·
· Sunday, October 27, 2009 ·
· Otto Ross · |
The discovery of a prehistoric irrigation system in the Marana desert is giving archaeologists a deeper glimpse into one of the first groups of people to farm in the Tucson basin. "What we're looking at is, perhaps, the earliest sedentary village life in the Southwest with people depending on agriculture as a primary food source," said project director Jim Vint. For more than 3,000 years, an elaborate ancient irrigation system has remained hidden deep beneath the sand in Marana. In January, excavation at the Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility at Ina Road and Interstate 10 revealed the ancient irrigation...
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| Helix, Make Mine a Double |
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Saami not descended from Swedish Hunter-Gathers
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· 09/28/2009 8:11:25 PM PDT ·
· Posted by BGHater ·
· 16 replies ·
· 456+ views ·
· Science blogs ·
· 24 Sep 2009 ·
· Razib Khan · |
A few weeks ago I posted on a paper, Genetic Discontinuity Between Local Hunter-Gatherers and Central Europe's First Farmers.Another one is out in the same vein, Ancient DNA Reveals Lack of Continuity between Neolithic Hunter-Gatherers and Contemporary Scandinavians: The driving force behind the transition from a foraging to a farming lifestyle in prehistoric Europe (Neolithization) has been debated for more than a century...Of particular interest is whether population replacement or cultural exchange was responsible...Scandinavia holds a unique place in this debate, for it maintained one of the last major hunter-gatherer complexes in Neolithic Europe, the Pitted Ware culture...Intriguingly, these late...
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| British Isles |
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Startling evidence of a Stone Age structure in the Solent
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· 09/30/2009 8:05:17 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 21 replies ·
· 517+ views ·
· This is Hampshire ·
· Sunday September 27th 2009 ·
· Peter Law · |
While it might have been dismissed as underwater junk by the untrained eye, the archaeologists soon realised they had discovered a vital clue to a lost civilisation. The timber was not isolated. In fact they found another 23 pieces of all shapes and sizes intersecting throughout the underwater cliff off Bouldnor, on the north coast of the Isle of Wight. They are now convinced the timber is evidence of a huge wooden structure built about 8,000 years ago by our Mesolithic ancestors. Garry Momber has been excavating the 1km-long site for more than a decade and believes it is the...
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| Anatolia |
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5,000-year-old Venus figure found in Canakkale
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· 10/02/2009 8:11:42 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 12 replies ·
· 296+ views ·
· Today's Zaman ·
· Friday, September 25, 2009 ·
· unattributed · |
A 5,000-year-old Venus figure and a seal have been found in an excavation. A 5,000-year-old Venus figure has been found as part of an excavation being carried out in Çanakkale's Ezine district. The excavation began in the field three weeks ago in cooperation with Germany's University of Tübingen. Assistant Professor Rüstem Aslan, who is vice head of the excavation, told the Anatolia news agency that the aim of the dig is to find settlements outside Troy from the Bronze Age. Some interesting findings have been unearthed during the excavation, Aslan said. "We found a 5,000-year-old Venus figure, which used to represent woman at the time, as well as a seal with which people used to mark their belongings in prehistoric ages. Such a seal is a rare piece. In addition to these items, we also found stone axes, well-processed and embellished pots and spindle-whorls, which were used for spinning wool."
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| Greece |
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"The Catastrophe" What the End of Bronze-Age Civilization Means for Modern Times
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· 09/28/2009 9:26:36 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Nikas777 ·
· 69 replies ·
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· brusselsjournal.com ·
· Tue, 2009-09-15 09:20 ·
· Thomas F. Bertonneau · |
"The Catastrophe" - Part 1: What the End of Bronze-Age Civilization Means for Modern TimesFrom the desk of Thomas F. Bertonneau on Tue, 2009-09-15 09:20 Introduction to Part I: Modern people assume the immunity of their situation to major disturbance or -- even more unthinkable -- to terminal wreckage. The continuance of a society or culture depends, in part, on that very assumption because without it no one would complete his daily round. A man cannot enthusiastically arise from bed as the sun comes up and set about the day's errands believing that all undertakings will issue vainly because the...
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| Rome and Italy |
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Nero's rotating banquet hall unveiled in Rome
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· 09/29/2009 12:55:36 PM PDT ·
· Posted by NormsRevenge ·
· 52 replies ·
· 1,410+ views ·
· AP on Yahoo ·
· 9/29/09 ·
· Marta Falconi - ap · |
ROME -- Archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled what they think are the remains of Roman emperor Nero's extravagant banquet hall, a circular space that rotated day and night to imitate the Earth's movement and impress his guests. The room, part of Nero's Golden Palace, a sprawling residence built in the first century A.D., is thought to have been built to entertain government officials and VIPs, said lead archaeologist Francoise Villedieu. The emperor, known for his lavish and depraved lifestyle, ruled from 37 A.D. to 68 A.D. The dig so far has turned up the foundations of the room, the rotating mechanism...
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Roman Statues Found in Blue Grotto Cave [Capri, Tiberius' palace]
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· 09/30/2009 7:58:32 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 5 replies ·
· 403+ views ·
· Discovery News ·
· Monday, September 28, 2009 ·
· Rossella Lorenzi · |
According to the reconstruction, a swarm of Tritons headed by Neptune might have lined the rocky walls of the cave. Bathed in the magic light of the grotto, the statues stood with waters at their knees. During the Marevivo survey, aimed at finding the original bases of the three statues, divers found a total of seven bases at a depth of 150 meters (492 feet). This suggests that at least four other statues lie on the cave's sandy bottom. "The sculptures were all placed at the same level. It is likely that other statues will come to light as...
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| Epidemics, Pandemics, Plagues, the Sniffles |
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Aspirin Misuse May Have Made 1918 Flu Pandemic Worse
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· 10/02/2009 10:44:59 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 20 replies ·
· 387+ views ·
· HIV Medicine Association ·
· October 2, 2009 ·
· Unknown · |
The devastation of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic is well known, but a new article suggests a surprising factor in the high death toll: the misuse of aspirin. Appearing in the November 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online now, the article sounds a cautionary note as present day concerns about the novel H1N1 virus run high. High aspirin dosing levels used to treat patients during the 1918-1919 pandemic are now known to cause, in some cases, toxicity and a dangerous build up of fluid in the lungs, which may have contributed to the incidence and severity of symptoms,...
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| The Civil War |
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Officials think S. Carolina Civil War flag found in Iowa
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· 10/02/2009 10:35:25 AM PDT ·
· Posted by iowamark ·
· 30 replies ·
· 506+ views ·
· Cedar Rapids Gazette ·
· 10/02/2009 ·
· AP · |
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Researchers seem to have solved the mystery of what happened to the "Big Red" flag flown by Citadel cadets when they fired on a ship trying to resupply Fort Sumter three months before the Civil War. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports a 10-by-7-foot flag with a large white Palmetto tree and a white crescent on a red field has been located in storage at an Iowa museum. Researchers think it is the same flag that flew over Morris Island when cadets fired on the supply ship Star of the West, forcing the ship to...
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| Jerusalem, the City of David |
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Coins from Era of Biblical Joseph Found in Egypt
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· 09/26/2009 7:15:42 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Pride_of_the_Bluegrass ·
· 41 replies ·
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· memri · |
"In an unprecedented find, a group of Egyptian researchers and archeologists has discovered a cache of coins from the time of the Pharaohs. Its importance lies in the fact that it provides decisive scientific evidence disproving the claim by some historians that the ancient Egyptians were unfamiliar with coins and conducted their trade through barter. "The researchers discovered the coins when they sifted through thousands of small archeological artifacts stored in [the vaults of] the Museum of Egypt. [Initially] they took them for charms, but a thorough examination revealed that the coins bore the year in which they were minted...
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Egyptian paper: Coins found bearing name of Joseph
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· 09/27/2009 8:56:23 PM PDT ·
· Posted by cyst ·
· 41 replies ·
· 1,303+ views ·
· World Net Daily ·
· 9-26-09 · |
Egyptian coins carrying the name of Joseph, the biblical patriarch whose arrival in Egypt as a slave eventually provided salvation for his family during decades of drought across the Middle East, have been discovered in a cache of antique items shelved in boxes in a museum, according to a new report. The report from the Middle East Media Research Institute said the coins with Joseph's name and image were found in a pile of unsorted artifacts that had been stored at the Museum of Egypt. MEMRI, which monitors and translates reports from Middle East publications and broadcasters, said the original...
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| Let's Have Jerusalem |
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Omrit -- Herod's mystery temple?
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· 09/29/2009 7:15:34 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 8 replies ·
· 317+ views ·
· Jerusalem Post ·
· September 19, 2009 ·
· Stephen G. Rosenberg · |
Herod built three temples in honor of his patron Augustus. One stood at Sebastia (Samaria) and a second one at Caesarea. Where was the third? Some archeologists think it was at Banias itself, but that city was dedicated to the god Pan. Andrew Overman of Macalester College in the US thinks the temple was at Omrit. Overman has been digging at the site for nearly 10 years and sees in the remains all the unique characteristics and high quality of Herod's methods of building. Like the other two temples, Omrit was approached by a grand flight of stairs that led...
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| Near East |
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3,500-year-old burial chamber discovered in Syria [Qatna]
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· 09/28/2009 7:46:15 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 10 replies ·
· 273+ views ·
· DiscoveryOn.Info ·
· September 22, 2009 ·
· IANS · |
A team of German and Syrian archaeologists have located an undisturbed Bronze Age crypt under the former royal palace of Qatna in Syria, the University of Tübingen announced on Monday. The crypt 3,500-year-old tomb contains a significant number of artefacts, as well as human bones. The team... had already discovered a royal burial chamber undisturbed by grave robbers under the palace back in 2002. This latest crypt, discovered during excavation of the northwestern wing of the palace consists of a front chamber and a grave chamber and is 4.90 by 6.30 metres large, according to a statement from the university....
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| Paleontology |
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Sharks Swarmed on Ancient Sea Monster
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· 09/28/2009 8:10:59 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 30 replies ·
· 869+ views ·
· Discovery News ·
· Thursday, September 17, 2009 ·
· Jennifer Viegas · |
Remains of a shark-bitten, 85-million-year-old plesiosaur reveal that around seven sharks likely consumed the enormous dinosaur-era marine reptile in a feeding frenzy, leaving some of their shark teeth stuck in the plesiosaur's bones, according to a new study... the first direct evidence of the diet and feeding behavior of Cretalamna appendiculata, a now-extinct early relative of today's great white sharks... lead author Kenshu Shimada describes as "arguably the most spectacular case of shark feeding on a vertebrate carcass reported to date." ...He and colleagues Takanobu Tsuihiji, Tamaki Sato and Yoshikazu Hasegawa analyzed the shark-decimated plesiosaur, Futabasaurus suzukii, which was unearthed...
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| I'm a little dinosaur |
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Origin of birds confirmed by exceptional new dinosaur fossils
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· 09/27/2009 1:50:51 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SeekAndFind ·
· 27 replies ·
· 590+ views ·
· University of Bristol Press Release ·
· 9/26/2009 · |
Chinese scientists today reveal the discovery of five remarkable new feathered dinosaur fossils which are significantly older than any previously reported. The new finds are indisputably older than Archaeopteryx, the oldest known bird, at last providing hard evidence that birds evolved from dinosaurs. Talking from the conference in Bristol, Dr Xu Xing, lead scientist on the report published online in Nature today, said: "These exceptional fossils provide us with evidence that has been missing until now. Now it all fits neatly into place and we have tied up some of the loose ends". Professor Michael Benton, from the University of...
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China finds bird-like dinosaur with four wings
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· 09/28/2009 4:07:07 PM PDT ·
· Posted by NormsRevenge ·
· 26 replies ·
· 511+ views ·
· Reuters on Yahoo ·
· 9/28/09 ·
· Tan Ee Lyn · |
HONG KONG (Reuters) -- Chinese researchers have unearthed the fossil of a bird-like dinosaur with four wings in northeastern China, which they suggest is a missing link in dinosaurs' evolution into birds. In a paper in the journal Nature, they said they found the well-preserved fossil of the "Anchiornis huxleyi," which roamed the earth some 160 million years ago, in a geological formation in China's northeastern Liaoning province. About the size of a chicken, the fossil has a total body length of less than 50cm (20 inches) and a skull about 6cm long, lead researcher Xing Xu at the Chinese...
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Reproductive riddle unscrambled
[Fossilized eggs found inside dinosaur supports a link with birds]
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· 04/15/2005 6:39:50 AM PDT ·
· Posted by doc30 ·
· 495 replies ·
· 4,891+ views ·
· The Globe and Mail ·
· 4/15/05 ·
· By DAWN WALTON · |
Reproductive Riddle Unscrambled A pair of fossilized eggs found inside pelvis of dinosaur supports a link with birds Friday, April 15, 2005 Updated at 8:30 AM EST From Friday's Globe and Mail Calgary -- Scientists have for the first time discovered fossilized eggs inside the body of a dinosaur, which provides concrete clues about ancient reproduction and supports the theory that birds evolved from dinosaurs, according to research published today. The pair of hard-shelled eggs about the size of large, long yams were found inside the pelvis of a female oviraptorid, a meat-eating bipedal dinosaur that lived about 80 million...
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Pterosaurs Stranger Than Ever
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· 10/16/2003 8:40:50 AM PDT ·
· Posted by VadeRetro ·
· 69 replies ·
· 345+ views ·
· Discovery Channel ·
· Oct. 9, 2003 ·
· Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News · |
New pterosaur fossils and studies are revealing just how unusual these huge, flying reptiles from the dinosaur era were. Based on current findings, many pterosaurs, which lived on nearly every continent during the Mesozoic Era from approximately 248 million to 65 million years ago, possessed tweezer-like heads, body fur and incredibly large, varied head crests. The recent discoveries, outlined in the current issue of Biologist, also suggest that pterosaurs walked on four limbs instead of two, as previously believed. Paleontologists have struggled with this issue, due to the bat-like way the flying reptile's wings were attached to its fore-limbs and...
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| And Edgar Rice Burroughs |
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Cold, Scared Dinosaurs Dug Burrows
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· 09/28/2009 7:59:28 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SunkenCiv ·
· 20 replies ·
· 704+ views ·
· Discovery News ·
· Friday, September 25, 2009 ·
· Jennifer Viegas · |
Underground Haven -- Paleontologists found the world's oldest known dinosaur burrows. They were discovered in Victoria, Australia. These down under dinosaurs really went down under, as they built complex below-ground homes consisting of a long, deep tunnel leading to a large subterranean chamber, as illustrated here. [James Hays/Fernbank Museum]
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| Catastrophism and Astronomy |
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Princeton paleomagnetists put controversy to rest
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· 10/02/2009 2:00:19 PM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 6 replies ·
· 246+ views ·
· Princeton University ·
· October 2, 2009 ·
· Kitta MacPherson · |
The well-exposed layering of basalt flows in formations near Lake Superior is aiding scientific understanding of the geomagnetic field in ancient times. Nicholas Swanson-Hysell, a Princeton graduate student, examines the details of the top of a lava flow. (Photo: Catherine Rose) Princeton University scientists have shown that, in ancient times, the Earth's magnetic field was structured like the two-pole model of today, suggesting that the methods geoscientists use to reconstruct the geography of early land masses on the globe are accurate. The findings may lead to a better understanding of historical continental movement, which relates to changes in climate. By...
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| Not So Ancient Autopsies |
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Fresh doubts over Hitler's death
after tests on bullet hole skull reveal it belonged to a woman
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· 09/27/2009 10:23:10 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Free ThinkerNY ·
· 91 replies ·
· 1,901+ views ·
· dailymail.co.uk ·
· Sept. 27, 2009 ·
· Mail Foreign Service · |
Adolf Hitler may not have shot himself dead and perhaps did not even die in his bunker, it emerged yesterday. A skull fragment believed for decades to be the Nazi leader's has turned out to be that of a woman under 40 after DNA analysis. Scientists and historians had long thought it to be conclusive proof that Hitler shot himself in the head after taking a cyanide pill on 30 April 1945 rather than face the ignominy of capture. The piece of skull - complete with bullet hole - had been taken from outside the Fuhrer's bunker by the Russian...
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| World War Eleven |
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The Past Is Not Quite Past
[Victor Davis Hanson on Japan in 1941, Russia now, and more]
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· 09/29/2009 10:07:48 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Tolik ·
· 21 replies ·
· 882+ views ·
· pajamasmedia.com ·
· September 26, 2009 ·
· Victor Davis Hanson · |
War II ThoughtsWe can learn a lot about our present dilemmas through looking at the past. This month I'm teaching an intensive class on World War II, and again reminded how history is never really history. One lesson: do not judge past decisions by present considerations or post facto wisdom from a Western point of view, but understand them given the knowledge and thinking of the times from an enemy perspective.We ridicule the disastrous Japanese decision to go to war against the American colossus on December 7, 1941. But that correct analysis enjoys the benefit of hindsight, and does not...
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HBO's "The Pacific" Trailer
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· 09/29/2009 8:07:56 PM PDT ·
· Posted by Saije ·
· 39 replies ·
· 757+ views ·
· HBO ·
· 9/17/2009 ·
· HBO · |
Trailer for "The Pacific", the HBO series on the war in the Pacific during WWII
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| Pages |
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What are the best free "e-books" available online?
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· 09/26/2009 7:41:33 PM PDT ·
· Posted by GeronL ·
· 87 replies ·
· 1,544+ views ·
· GeronL · |
For someone who might have missed some classics or have just decided to stop being a DUmmie... what free ebooks would you recommend? From any source, could be from Mises "library" or from Gutenberg. Links if you got them!
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| The Framers |
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Freedom vs Consolidated Government
- In honor of Samuel Adams birthday 9/27/1722
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· 09/27/2009 1:39:45 PM PDT ·
· Posted by listenhillary ·
· 3 replies ·
· 144+ views ·
· tenthamendmentcenter.com ·
· August 22, 1789 ·
· Samuel Adams · |
Freedom vs Consolidated Government Editor's Note: Samuel Adams, American Patriot and Revolutionary Leader, was born on September 27, 1722. In celebration of his birth, we present the following letter, sent by him to Elbridge Gerry, on August 22, 1789. I wrote to you hastily two days ago, and as hastily ventured an Opinion concerning the Right of Congress to control a Light-house erected on Land belonging to this sovereign and independent State for its own Use and at its own Expense. I say sovereign and independent, because I think the State retains all the Rights of Sovereignty which it has...
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| Climate |
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Algae and pollen grains provide evidence
of remarkably warm period in Antarctica's history
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· 10/01/2009 4:51:14 AM PDT ·
· Posted by decimon ·
· 14 replies ·
· 231+ views ·
· Louisiana State University ·
· Oct 1, 2009 ·
· Unknown · |
Palynomorphs from sediment core give proof to sudden warming in mid-Miocene era BATON ROUGE -- For Sophie Warny, LSU assistant professor of geology and geophysics and curator at the LSU Museum of Natural Science, years of patience in analyzing Antarctic samples with low fossil recovery finally led to a scientific breakthrough. She and colleagues from around the world now have proof of a sudden, remarkably warm period in Antarctica that occurred about 15.7 million years ago and lasted for a few thousand years. Last year, as Warny was studying samples sent to her from the latest Antarctic Geologic Drilling Program, or...
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| Longer Perspectives |
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The Yamal Implosion
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· 09/30/2009 11:30:22 PM PDT ·
· Posted by SteveH ·
· 17 replies ·
· 679+ views ·
· Bishop Hill ·
· September 29, 2009 ·
· Bishop Hill · |
The Yamal Implosion September 29, 2009 There is a great deal of excitement among climate sceptics over Steve McIntyre's recent posting on Yamal. Several people have asked me to do a layman's guide to the story in the manner of Caspar and the Jesus paper. Here it is. The story of Michael Mann's Hockey Stick reconstruction, its statistical bias and the influence of the bristlecone pines is well known. McIntyre's research into the other reconstructions has received less publicity, however. The story of the Yamal chronology may change that.
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| Religion of Peace |
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Report: Islam in America's Classrooms, History or Propaganda?
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· 10/01/2009 9:23:16 AM PDT ·
· Posted by Nachum ·
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· Act for America ·
· 1/28/2009 ·
· ACT! for America, Mission Viejo Chapter
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Truth in Education Joint Sub · |
Introduction Imagine that one afternoon you ask your child or grandchild who is in 7th grade, "What did you learn in school today?" Much to your surprise they answer, "I learned about the African exodus to America after our country was founded." "African exodus to America?" you ask. "I never heard it called that before." "Yes, it's all here in my textbook. My teacher says that earlier explanations of how Africans came to the new world as "slaves" were written by uninformed, America-hating authors who have been discredited." You open her brand-new textbook to the chapter on "The African Exodus...
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Elderly Dales man banks £410,000 after rare notes found in his house clearance[UK]
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· 10/01/2009 10:59:45 AM PDT ·
· Posted by BGHater ·
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· Yorkshire Post ·
· 01 Oct 2009 ·
· Simon Neville · |
Clearing out your home can uncover all sorts of trinkets long forgotten, but for one resident of the Yorkshire Dales it led to the discovery of six genuine treasures he never knew he had. And now the rare Australian banknotes hiding under the lining paper of his chest of drawers have fetched a staggering £410,490 at auction. The elderly owner in his 80s, who wants to remain anonymous, was due to move into a retirement home and called in his local auctioneers to go through the house and see what they could sell for him. Rodney Tennant, of Tennant's Auctioneers,...
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