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Old 07-12-2016, 02:28
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https://www.inverse.com/article/2432...-fields-museum

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-fish-fo...s-evolved.html

http://www.seeker.com/how-humans-los...129791485.html

https://www.theguardian.com/science/...walked-on-land

https://theconversation.com/our-idea...-of-life-68416

http://www.eartharchives.org/article...ion-years-ago/
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Old 07-12-2016, 02:57
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I know people do read this thread even though no one replies much so I just wanted to get the festive cheer out of the way (love the feathers on this rexy).

https://img.ifcdn.com/images/c61bc30...187130e2_1.jpg
Awww. Sweet. Sort of.
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Old 07-12-2016, 03:17
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Awww. Sweet. Sort of.
My God a reply on this thread!

Pass me the smelling salts!
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Old 07-12-2016, 03:30
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Here's a glass of fizz, G and T whatever you'd like Keyser.

Most of the time I don't understand what you're talking about but I'm always interested.
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Old 07-12-2016, 03:59
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Here's a glass of fizz, G and T whatever you'd like Keyser.

Most of the time I don't understand what you're talking about but I'm always interested.
Thanks, I often feel as if I am just talking to myself.
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Old 08-12-2016, 19:06
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Actual dinosaur tail feathers preserved in amber:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38224564
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Old 08-12-2016, 19:09
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Was just reading about this, how cool!
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Old 08-12-2016, 19:28
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I read about it here too:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2...bought-market/

The seller thought it was some sort of plant. I wouldn't have realised it was a dinosaur feathered tail either
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Old 08-12-2016, 20:27
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I think that is totally fascinating because not only does it show the structure of the feathers but the colours were also revealed.

I hope that more, similar finds can be obtained since it's usually insects that are found in amber.
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Old 10-12-2016, 07:49
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Old 10-12-2016, 12:32
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Just posted this in another thread.

It's been known about or suspected by some for over a century but took time to reach the mainstream - in art for example.

http://dinogoss.blogspot.co.uk/2016/...rs-in-art.html

The trouble is that very fossil sites in the world are able to preserve feathers.

It is now suspected that quills, proto-feathers or feathers were sported by all dinosaur groups.

I love this illustration of feathered ceratopsians (Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum) by the superb Mark Witton for example.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QIoIvGRR_2...s%2BWitton.jpg
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Old 13-12-2016, 21:24
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Was just reading about this, how cool!
I do wonder how this will affect Hollywood's portrayal of dinosaurs because dinosaurs with fluffy feathers will probably be quite a bit less intimidating and menacing. Not only that, it appears that dinosaurs didn't so much roar as honk like geese:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/di...chur-1.3803212

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiikBWDqmsQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqxNpFgUojE
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Old 13-12-2016, 21:40
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I do wonder how this will affect Hollywood's portrayal of dinosaurs because dinosaurs with fluffy feathers will probably be quite a bit less intimidating and menacing. Not only that, it appears that dinosaurs didn't so much roar as honk like geese:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/di...chur-1.3803212

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiikBWDqmsQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqxNpFgUojE
But listen to the intimidating call of the Cassowary and imagine animals tens, hundreds or even thousands of times heavier (in the case of the largest sauropods).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dcQO6Zb8Eg
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Old 22-12-2016, 20:34
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A few last recent stories before Christmas.

http://www.eartharchives.org/article...m-collections/

http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/...overed-205692/

http://www.livescience.com/57300-din...s-it-aged.html

http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2016...-to-gigantism/

Finally a nice little video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfrfAJmXxjA
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:39
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Yet more tales of the long, long dead.

http://www.eartharchives.org/article...ories-of-2016/

http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2016...ember-23-2016/

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160...st-neanderthal
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Old 28-12-2016, 08:24
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http://www.eartharchives.org/article...thed-in-china/

http://www.livescience.com/57320-gia...s-of-2016.html

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/mud...eo-art-of-2016
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Old 28-12-2016, 21:58
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It's been a truly incredible year - with a veritable treasure trove of remarkable new fossil species preserved for all eternity in amber.

Enjoy folks.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...sin-180961579/
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Old 28-12-2016, 22:48
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It's been a truly incredible year - with a veritable treasure trove of remarkable new fossil species preserved for all eternity in amber.

Enjoy folks.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...sin-180961579/
And wonderful new ways to examine them in detail without breaking the originals.
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Old 28-12-2016, 22:53
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And wonderful new ways to examine them in detail without breaking the originals.
Yes indeed.

This is truly the golden age for Palaeontology - who knows what wonderful new discoveries 2017 will bring?.
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Old 01-01-2017, 01:40
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http://www.seeker.com/our-connection...169789944.html

http://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk...16-part-1.html

http://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk...16-part-2.html
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Old 02-01-2017, 23:36
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What is the definition of life?

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170...-all-are-wrong

The long lost Garden of Eden of the peaceful Ediacarans.

http://www.eartharchives.org/article...-complex-life/

The estimated incubation period for a non-avian dinosaur egg.

http://phys.org/news/2017-01-hatch-d...gg-months.html
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Old 02-01-2017, 23:46
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Have any of your links covered the dino tail found in amber?????
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Old 02-01-2017, 23:49
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Have any of your links covered the dino tail found in amber?????
Yes - an absolute shitload of them on post 1335 and also read post 1443!

More on the dinosaur incubation story.

http://www.earthtouchnews.com/discov...-time-to-hatch
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Old 02-01-2017, 23:52
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Yes - an absolute shitload of them on post 1335!.

More on the dinosaur incubation story.

http://www.earthtouchnews.com/discov...-time-to-hatch
Ive just seen some of those photos. All that insect life. Almost alien....
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