Monthly Archives: September 2015

We are made of star stuff

Posted on September 25, 2015 by twilightbeasts

“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies, were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of star stuff.” (Carl Sagan, Cosmos) New hominin … Continue reading →

Posted in Homo naledi | Tagged Australopithicus africanus, Australopithicus sediba, Cradle of Humankind, Dawn of Humanity, Dinaledi Chamber, hominin, Homo naledi, Lee Berger, National Geographic, Rising Star, Rising Star Expedition, Sesotho, South Africa, Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, University of Witwatersrand | 10 Comments

The Lynx effect

Posted on September 19, 2015 by twilightbeasts

Here at TwilightBeasts we like to focus on the Pleistocene. That magic time when everything was bigger, badder, and weirder than now. But it’s a simple fact that every species now extant must have had an ancestor during the Pleistocene. … Continue reading →

Posted in Lynx | Tagged American bobcat, ancient DNA, bobcat, Canadian lynx, Caracal, Caracal caracal, cats, caves, felidae, Iberia, Iberian lynx, Issoire lynx, lynx, Lynx canadensis, Lynx issiodorensis, Lynx lynx, Lynx pardinus, Lynx rufus, Northern lynx, Pleistocene, Portugal, refugia, Ross Barnett, Spain | 8 Comments

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