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The next item does fall within the remit of this thread:
A fossilised foot bone carries the oldest evidence of malignant cancer we’ve ever seen. Dating back 1.7 million years, the fossil from South Africa shows signs of osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer. The fossil metatarsal bone appears to have belonged to an ancient human, although the researchers who discovered it are not sure which species. Background link: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/osteosa...s-osteosarcoma
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Let's keep this thread busy.
The last woolly mammoths died of thirst: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36945909 |
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Gigantic Abelisaur footprint, Heterodontosaurus tucki and the first evidence of human cancer - at a mere 1.7 million years old!
http://www.eartharchives.org/article...ed-in-bolivia/ http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/super-scann...nosaur-1573059 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36901907 http://www.seeker.com/skeleton-of-fr...l?slide=gVZIDv http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2...ossil-science/ A superb Heterodontosaurus head reconstruction from a while back. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...f133b4d1b4.jpg |
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More stories that have happened in the last week.
![]() A couple of excellent recent T.rex reconstructions. http://orig02.deviantart.net/6086/f/...is-da9vcdk.jpg http://pre12.deviantart.net/9fe0/th/...er-dab30gm.png A radio interview and a short video on the recently discovered Abelisaur footprint. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p042wxwz http://globalnews.ca/news/2855633/gi...ed-in-bolivia/ The massive Griffinfly Meganeuropsis - possibly the largest insect of all time (although some others of this order like Meganeura and Megatypus were very close in size). http://www.eartharchives.org/article...uge-dragonfly/ Various stories on ancient crocs. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...und-in-brazil/ http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2016...ile-ancestors/ http://phys.org/news/2016-08-crocodile-ancestors.html A lack of water due to climate change may have doomed some of last Mammoths on the planet to die of thirst (already mentioned by CLL Dodge above). http://www.theatlantic.com/science/a...mmoths/493886/ http://phys.org/news/2016-08-lack-ex...oths.html#nRlv http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...ny-island.html Posted a few of these before but here is the full series. Don't agree with some of what the bloke says (he seems really obsessed with reconstructing non-avian dinosaurs to be as ugly as possible) but if nothing else they are interesting articles. Make your own mind up. http://antediluviansalad.blogspot.co...gain-part.html http://antediluviansalad.blogspot.co...n-part_24.html http://antediluviansalad.blogspot.co...gain-part.html http://antediluviansalad.blogspot.co...gain-part.html |
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Yay you're back!
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Yay you're back!![]() An unfortunate Hadrosaur with a crippling case of arthritis. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...tis-180959995/ http://www.seeker.com/first-diagnosi...956560104.html http://www.latimes.com/science/scien...nap-story.html |
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Some nice palaeo articles.
http://www.eartharchives.org/article...he-north-pole/ http://www.eartharchives.org/article...isle-of-wight/ http://www.palaeocast.com/palaeocast...-2016-results/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS54Oh7VLf0 http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...on-hypothesis/ An entire site on the massive plankton eating bony fish of the Jurassic - Leedsichthys. http://www.bigjurassicfish.com/ |
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A nice article on the massive bite of the super-caiman Purussaurus brasiliensis.
http://www.eartharchives.org/article...c-purussaurus/ The original paper. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...l.pone.0117944 |
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Some interesting recent articles.
http://phys.org/news/2016-08-total-n...nhallmark.html http://www.seeker.com/scientific-fra...l?slide=KVZwMo http://www.earthtouchnews.com/discov...ossilised-poop http://www.dinosaurhome.com/the-evol...mus-14454.html http://www.eartharchives.org/article...n-1-000-teeth/ |
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More palaeo stuff and a great article by Mark Witton on the prehistoric super-rhino Paraceratherium.
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The most infamous fraud in palaeontology has been further studied and a likely perpetrator has been identified:
Study reveals culprit behind Piltdown Man, one of science’s most famous hoaxes |
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More palaeo articles.
The one on Quetzalcoatlus is ok but Hatzegopteryx may have been as large and perhaps more robustly built. ![]() http://www.eartharchives.org/article...l-of-all-time/ http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...cave-lion-dna/ http://davidsamateurpalaeo.blogspot....ver-diets.html |
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A veritable shitload of new stories.
![]() http://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blo...saur-s-travels http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...ife-ever-made/ http://siberiantimes.com/science/cas...human-history/ http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blo....html?spref=tw http://antediluviansalad.blogspot.co...rt-i-hind.html http://www.eartharchives.org/article...south-america/ http://www.earthtouchnews.com/discov...oric-cave-lion http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2016...ugust-26-2016/ |
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The Making of North America short documentary series from the USA's PBS broadcaster is excellent and there's a lot of palaeontological and geological content:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fAZ6K-WlUk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5R6fohRHqQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fAZ6K-WlUk |
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The Making of North America short documentary series from the USA's PBS broadcaster is excellent and there's a lot of palaeontological and geological content:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fAZ6K-WlUk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5R6fohRHqQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fAZ6K-WlUk ![]() An almost complete composite skeleton of a Dodo is coming up for auction. http://images.earthtouchnews.com/med...2016_08_28.jpg http://www.earthtouchnews.com/discov...ds-for-auction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvD4fRHstuU |
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Thanks for those.
![]() An almost complete composite skeleton of a Dodo is coming up for auction. http://images.earthtouchnews.com/med...2016_08_28.jpg http://www.earthtouchnews.com/discov...ds-for-auction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvD4fRHstuU If a non-UK private owner does buy it then I'd like to see an export bar put in place so that a UK institution can be given time to raise the funds to buy it. |
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I sincerely hope that Dodo skeleton is bought by a museum, university or research institute for study purposes and not by an unthinking wealthy private collector even if it means that the specimen goes abroad.
If a non-UK private owner does buy it then I'd like to see an export bar put in place so that a UK institution can be given time to raise the funds to buy it. Cutting edge scientific research (DNA samples for example) could be very interesting in revealing the mysteries of this giant flightless pigeon. |
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A belated post mortem on "Lucy":
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37194764 But was she pushed? |
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The most infamous fraud in palaeontology has been further studied and a likely perpetrator has been identified:
Study reveals culprit behind Piltdown Man, one of science’s most famous hoaxes |
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A belated post mortem on "Lucy":
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37194764 But was she pushed? ![]() He are another few articles on the old dear and also the possibility of an aquatic piscivorous ankylosaur! ![]() http://www.seeker.com/early-humans-o...991075454.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2...uman-ancestor/ http://phys.org/news/2016-08-fall-tr...-ancestor.html http://www.eartharchives.org/article...-turtle-mimic/ |
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