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Researchers at Binghampton University in New York have examined the ear bones of two different hominins - Paranthropus robustus and Australopithecus africanus - from around 2 million years ago. They have found evidence to support the ...
The Green River Formation of Wyoming is famous for its fish fossils. It was a series of lakes in the Eocene and its limestones throw up fish by the trailerload, but now and again fossil hunters ...
After a couple of delays, all the things I bought at the Tucson show in January and February are finally here. A big chunk of yesterday was spent getting the crates moved from the back of ...
Many museums have a store of material that has been carefully collected, gently wrapped, then set aside for preparation and study. Sometimes there can be a very long time between a couple of those stages. One Canadian ...
A couple of days ago on the Facebook page, I linked to a story about how there are possibly a great many dinosaurs mistakenly assigned as new species. This has always been a problem - if ...
If you have an iron metoerite, it's a good idea to show it a bit of attention from time to time. Iron is iron, and even the more stable meteorites can show a little rust over ...
Today - February 12th - is Charles Darwin's birthday. You've probably heard of him. There's a movement to hold an international Darwin Day on this date, as a celebration of all things scientific. Not a bad ...
Next Friday I'm off to the big trade fair in Arizona. If there's something you'd like me to look for whilst there, please let me know. I will be back in te shop on the 11th ...