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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Who were the Denisovans anyway?
Human evolution used to be the preserve of two groups of academics: the ones who liked fossils and the ones who liked stone tools. Both regarded the other as peculiar for being obsessed with the wrong part of a massive … Continue reading
Posted in Denisovan
Tagged Denisovan, DNA, Homo sapiens, Max Planck Institute, mitochondrial DNA, Neanderthal, Palaeogenomics, Species X, Svante Pääbo
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Side by side by Homo
Of the many and varied animals that lived alongside the earliest members of our own genus, Homo, few are as captivatingly enigmatic as the hominins that are grouped together as ‘robust australopithecines’, or placed in the genus Paranthropus. These are … Continue reading
“Nice Beaver!”
Childhood stories probably influence how we see familiar creatures. If someone talks about beavers, I think about Narnian beavers. In the delightful C. S Lewis book The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, the good beavers have cozy homes, make … Continue reading
Posted in Giant Beaver
Tagged Archaeoindris fontoynontii, Black Bear, C. S. Lewis, Carex, Castor canadensis, Castoroides ohioensis, Clovis culture, Giant Beaver, Laurentide Ice Sheet, Najas flexilis, Native American, Ohio beaver, Pocumtuck, Science Museum of Minnesota, The Lion, the witch and the Wardrobe, Yonger Dryas
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The long reign of terror
Something has survived. Bold capital letters spell out the above chilling sentence on the back cover to Michael Crichton’s sequel to Jurassic Park. No blurb. No description of the novel. Those three words say enough. That short, simple, yet powerful … Continue reading
Posted in Terror Bird
Tagged Cariamiformes, Cretaceous, Florentino Ameghino, Francisco P. Moreno, Glyptodon, Gompothere, Great American Interchange, Isthmus of Panama, Jurassic Park, K-Pg extinction, K-T extinction, Kelenken guillermoi, Mesembriornis milneedwardsi, Michael Crichton, Museo de la Plata, Paleociconia australis, Paleogene, Phorusrhacids, Phorusrhacos longissimus, Seriemas, Terror Bird, Titanis walleri, Toxodon
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A sticky end for the Monster Birds
California. A state well known for endlessly perfect sandy beaches, sun, wine, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Hidden below the surface of this famous American state lies a more complex history that only reveals itself when we look a little closer. Locked … Continue reading
Posted in Teratorns
Tagged A Game of Thrones, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Big Bird, California, California Condor, Cathartidae, Ciconiiformes, Condor, Dire Wolves, Ground sloths, Hollywood, La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angles, mammoths, Pack rats, Page Museum, Smilodon, Teratornis merriami, Teratornis woodburnensis, Teratornithidae, Teratorns
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The last Giant Deer
There’s been recurring themes in much of the research we’ve undertaken while finding new Twilight Beasts for this blog. Overkill, as discussed by Ross in his harrowing blog on the Steller Sea Cow is one of them; environmental changes caused … Continue reading
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