Scientists reconstruct face of 16,000-year-old human in southern China using 3D technology
Chinese scientists in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China used 3D technology to reconstruct the face of a ...
Stone tool discovery shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic
New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans' neighbors, new technologies meant ...
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An overview of artist Brian Engh’s lecture on paleoart
On Wednesday, March 26, artist Brian Engh visited the Virginia Tech Museum of Geosciences to give a lecture on paleoart.
Oldest known phosphatic stromatoporoid sponge discovered in south China
International scientists have uncovered the oldest known phosphatic stromatoporoid sponge, dating back approximately 480 ...
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Unknown human species in East Asia used sophisticated tools at the same time Neanderthals did in Europe
The tool we've identified is called a Quina scraper. This type of stone tool is well known from archaeological sites in ...
Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic, like in Europe and Middle East
Archaeologists have thought that ancient people in East Asia completely skipped the Middle Paleolithic. Our discovery challenges the long-standing notion that while ancient people in Europe and Africa ...
TrowelBlazers and the Cult of Visibility: A Critical Look at the Intersection of Science, Media, and Branding
TrowelBlazers, co-founded by Tori Herridge, aims to spotlight forgotten women in science — but has it become more about ...
A New Dinosaur Museum Rises From a Hole in the Ground in New Jersey
The museum hopes that after learning about the planet’s prehistoric past, people will do more to preserve Earth’s future.
Creature preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists say
A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew among dinosaurs 99 million years ago evolved a bizarre mechanism, ...
Giant, Ancient Life Form Doesn’t Fit Into Any Known Branch of Life
Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...
No Man’s Sky adds paleontology in Relics update, launching today
No Man's Sky's newest update allows players to find and dig up fossils on its trillions of procedurally generated worlds.
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30,000-year-old fossilized vulture feathers 'nothing like what we usually see' preserved in volcanic ash
"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ...