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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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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).
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Awww. Sweet. Sort of.
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Here's a glass of fizz, G and T whatever you'd like Keyser.
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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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Actual dinosaur tail feathers preserved in amber:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38224564 |
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Actual dinosaur tail feathers preserved in amber:
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Actual dinosaur tail feathers preserved in amber:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38224564 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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Actual dinosaur tail feathers preserved in amber:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38224564 I hope that more, similar finds can be obtained since it's usually insects that are found in amber. |
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Actual dinosaur tail feathers preserved in amber:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38224564 Just catching up with it now. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...ers-180961355/ http://www.livescience.com/57133-amb...il-photos.html http://www.livescience.com/57142-fea...-in-amber.html http://phys.org/news/2016-12-amber-s...feathered.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2...ma-cretaceous/ http://www.seeker.com/a-dinosaurs-bl...135948585.html |
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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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Was just reading about this, how cool!
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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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 ![]() https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dcQO6Zb8Eg |
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An interesting new website and several recent stories.
http://www.wildprehistory.com/ http://www.eartharchives.org/article...urs-of-alaska/ http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161...hed-half-a-ton http://www.skeletaldrawing.com/home/...turydimetrodon http://www.earthtouchnews.com/discov...iced-dinosaurs http://www.livescience.com/57202-meg...ter-myths.html http://siberiantimes.com/science/cas...e-bisons-tail/ |
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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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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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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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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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And wonderful new ways to examine them in detail without breaking the originals.
This is truly the golden age for Palaeontology - who knows what wonderful new discoveries 2017 will bring?.
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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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Have any of your links covered the dino tail found in amber?????
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Have any of your links covered the dino tail found in amber?????
![]() More on the dinosaur incubation story. http://www.earthtouchnews.com/discov...-time-to-hatch |
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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 |
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