Category Archives: Paleontology

Making, Maintaining, and Using Serious Field Notes

Posted on 9 February 2012 by

But if you want to do serious natural science you have to keep good field notes. Continue reading →

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Fossils Collected by Charles Darwin Rediscovered

Posted on 19 January 2012 by

British scientists have found scores of fossils the great evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin and his peers collected but that had been lost for more than 150 years. Continue reading →

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Bird, Dinosaur Feathers Caught in Amber

Posted on 30 September 2011 by

This important study provides a clear look into the evolution of plumage, including, for the first time, “protoplumage” that adorned non-avian dinosaurs. To get a clear look at the feathers, scientists sanded away amber that was close to the feathers until just a few millimeters remained between the feathers and the surface of the amber. Continue reading →

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