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I personally think that the evidence that the 'gigapod' Amphicoelias existed is very strong indeed - and several sets of vast footprints around the world certainly show that sauropods could reach this size (or even larger),
It's just a question of time before we find the fossilised skeletal remains to prove it. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/...-have-existed/ What is it that makes us human? http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160...something-else |
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David Attenborough's new documentary about the vast (as yet unnamed) 37 metre long Titanosaur discovered in 2014.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...giant-dinosaur http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-...ggest-dinosaur http://svpow.com/2016/01/12/no-david...-of-its-femur/ Tristan the T. rex research. http://www.naturkundemuseum.berlin/e...search-tristan New mass estimates for the prehistoric Giraffe relative Sivatherium giganteum, more on Machimosaurus rex and how the remarkably preserved animals and plants of Lujiatun may have met their demise. http://www.livescience.com/53348-gir...-ruminant.html http://www.natureworldnews.com/artic...-bus-video.htm https://theconversation.com/dinosaur...-torrent-40402 |
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It is interesting to speculate if any of our relatives/direct ancestors survived long enough to become distant legends in folk memory.
For example Trolls = Neanderthals? Another legendary animal the Unicorn may well have had it's origins in the very last surviving Elasmotherium. Who knows? Just something to think about. ![]() Also the Greek legend of the Cyclops was from people finding mammoth skulls - mistaking the central hole where the trunk emerged for a single eye socket. |
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Its been suggested the Chinese style dragon is based on fossil serpentine sea reptiles that would've occasionally been exposed relatively whole in the desert.
Also the Greek legend of the Cyclops was from people finding mammoth skulls - mistaking the central hole where the trunk emerged for a single eye socket. ![]() Head crest sexual display in Protoceratops and the story behind the illustration (most notably the reason for the lack of filaments or bristles). http://www.theguardian.com/science/l...lays-new-study https://archosaurmusings.wordpress.c...oceratops-art/ Charting the growth of Chasmosaurus. https://uofa.ualberta.ca/science/sci...y/babydinosaur Finally, life and rocks may have co-evolved together. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...rth-180957807/ |
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The 37 metre long reconstruction of the (as yet unnamed) Titanosaur makes it's debut at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH).
I still think that the estimated mass of this gigantic animal (70 tons or so) is rather low but then again (as detailed before on here) sauropods had a variety of weight saving adaptations to ensure that they weighed as little as was biomechanically possible. http://www.livescience.com/53383-tit...saur-amnh.html http://www.livescience.com/53382-tit...um-photos.html The brutal battles of the Nimravids. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...les-180957841/ |
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A brilliant National Geographic feature article on the evolution of the eye.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/20...n-of-eyes-text How ironic that the utterly lethal Box jellyfish have (remarkably) evolved to stage three vision - talk about the eyes of a cold blooded killer!
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Various stories.
The most interesting of which is the new paper on the Titanosaur Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi and the evolution of the sauropod hind foot - they had to carry a tremendous amount of weight after all. http://www.nature.com/articles/srep19165 http://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk...on-a-diet.html http://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk...-dinosaur.html http://gimpasaura.blogspot.ca/2016/0...-dinosaur.html http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2016...-russian-seas/ |
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A brilliant National Geographic feature article on the evolution of the eye.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/20...n-of-eyes-text How ironic that the utterly lethal Box jellyfish have (remarkably) evolved to stage three vision - talk about the eyes of a cold blooded killer! ![]() Anyway, if we are picking favourites, the bay scallop is mine... that critter will be watching you wherever you are. |
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I have always found it odd that anti-evolutionists choose the eye as an example for their challenges to evolution when I have always thought it one of the greatest examples of why evolution makes such perfect sense.
Anyway, if we are picking favourites, the bay scallop is mine... that critter will be watching you wherever you are.
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Stories to give that incredibly dumb Creationist redneck Palin nightmares.
http://news.discovery.com/animals/ex...yes-160120.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNVqekz_SCk http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03fsy6x http://www.earthtouchnews.com/discov...rs-of-all-time http://phys.org/news/2016-01-fossil-...ries-huge.html http://www.hakaimagazine.com/article...our-first-fish https://anatomistsguide.wordpress.co...ian-dinosaurs/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/scie...-unveiled.html |
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David's new documentary is on Sunday on BBC1 - it should be very interesting.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35362731 More on Notocolossus - yet another massive Titanosaur. http://svpow.com/2016/01/20/notocolossus-is-a-beast/ India's 'Dinosaur Princess' and the possible role of sleep in our rise to dominance over the planet. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel...957798/?no-ist http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160...need-so-little |
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An excellent article by Mark Witton on one of the the prehistoric 'supercrocs' - the monstrous Deinosuchus.
http://markwitton-com.blogspot.co.uk...igatoroid.html The very sad (and incredibly recent) tale of the poor extinct Moas. https://twilightbeasts.wordpress.com...e-moa-is-lost/ |
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Creationists really shot themselves in the foot when using the eye as an argument against evolution.
![]() If someone actually designed that then they would need their heads examining
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Doesn't the eye actually see things upside down, and the brain have to turn it right way up again? Plus the massive blind spot here the opticnerve hits the retina.
If someone actually designed that then they would need their heads examining ![]() https://thehumanevolutionblog.files....eevolution.gif Cephalopods (for example) have no blind spot - remind me when Paul the 'Oracle' Octopus is coming back as the Messiah again?
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It is interesting to speculate if any of our relatives/direct ancestors survived long enough to become distant legends in folk memory.
For example Trolls = Neanderthals? Another legendary animal the Unicorn may well have had it's origins in the very last surviving Elasmotherium. Who knows? Just something to think about. ![]() My own view there is that the real origin of trolls is ardent and uncritical Tory supporters in the Digital Spy politics forum. But I digress so back on topic: Grisly find suggests humans inhabited Arctic 45,000 years ago (that is about 30,000+ years earlier than previously thought) Immunity from interbreeding (more light has been shed on the consequences of different types of human mating crosses) |
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For anyone interested just a quick reminder that 'Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur' is on BBC1 at 18.30 tonight.
It looks like an excellent programme. ![]() http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03dwy5z |
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For anyone interested just a quick reminder that 'Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur' is on BBC1 at 18.30 tonight.
It looks like an excellent programme. ![]() http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03dwy5z Here is the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvVIdeG29Wc Go on, you know you really want to watch it - BBC One, 6.30pm, this evening. *
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I'm going to watch the Attenborough programme at 6.30............should be good
Bit strange timing though........I'd have thought it was a natural for the BBC4 or BBC2 9pm slot which is where nearly all the decent documentaries get shown |
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Stories to give that incredibly dumb Creationist redneck Palin nightmares.
http://news.discovery.com/animals/ex...yes-160120.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNVqekz_SCk http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03fsy6x http://www.earthtouchnews.com/discov...rs-of-all-time http://phys.org/news/2016-01-fossil-...ries-huge.html http://www.hakaimagazine.com/article...our-first-fish https://anatomistsguide.wordpress.co...ian-dinosaurs/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/scie...-unveiled.html |
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I doubt many creationists would doubt that dinosaurs used to walk the earth, but would just dispute when this happened.
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I'm going to watch the Attenborough programme at 6.30............should be good
Bit strange timing though........I'd have thought it was a natural for the BBC4 or BBC2 9pm slot which is where nearly all the decent documentaries get shown |
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It turned out to be an excellent documentary and anyone who missed it can see it on BBC iPlayer here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...giant-dinosaur
![]() Last night's documentary was as good as a dinosaur programme aimed at a general audience could ever be - and David's sheer boyish enthusiasm (at the age of almost ninety) was a delight. The BBC at it's very best. :thumbsup: A couple more links. http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zcnycwx http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zyrx34j |
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Can't bloody sleep.
![]() Kulindadromeus and 'dino-fuzz'. https://qilong.wordpress.com/2016/01...nt-in-kulinda/ More on the adorable (and beautifully preserved) Chasmosaurus baby. http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....dinosaur-baby/ |
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The Carcharodon v Carcharocles dispute rumbles on.
Let's just call it Megalodon. A very nice illustration of the evolution of the massive Megatooth sharks. http://orig04.deviantart.net/0932/f/...ca-d9fte5i.jpg Yes indeed folks - Dinosaurs, Birds and Crocodilians could/can take a piss! ![]() http://svpow.com/2016/01/28/yes-folk...-pee/#comments Yet another article on the gigantic unnamed Titanosaur. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...957955/?no-ist |
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Ray Troll and his fascination with the incredible 'buzz-toothed' super shark Helicoprion.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...oll-180957923/ More evidence that humans contributed to the extinction of Australia's wonderful recent Megafauna. http://phys.org/news/2016-01-ancient...lian-bird.html http://www.livescience.com/53528-hum...xtinction.html An analysis of theropod speed. http://phys.org/news/2016-01-paleont...h-ability.html http://news.discovery.com/animals/di...urs-160127.htm Another of Brian's Palaeo profiles. http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....ys-dawn-beast/ |
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