Archaeology & Paleontology

Magazine articles on archaeology, paleontology, artifacts, prehistoric origins.

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IEEE Spectrum February 2009	Relief for Digital Relics Three-dimensional laser scans are beginning to gain traction in archaeologist finds.
Scientific American February 2009 Kate Wong	New Fossil Shows how the Turtle Got Its Shell Odontochelys semitestacea, the oldest turtle fossil yet, has a fully formed lower shell, or plastron, but lacks a fully formed upper shell
Scientific American December 2008 John Rennie	Dynamic Darwinism: Evolution Theory Thrives Today The naturalist would approve of how evolutionary science continues to improve
Scientific American December 2008 Peter Brown	Digging Ancient Iraq: How Mesopotamia Has Weathered the War How badly damaged are the archaeological remains of ancient Mesopotamia?
Science News September 28, 2008 Sid Perkins	Book Review: A History Of Paleontology Illustration By Jane P. Davidson Although artists have been creating pictures of fossils for more than 500 years, Davidson's book is the first to comprehensively tackle the topic of how those remains have been portrayed through the ages.
Wired September 22, 2008 Andrew Curry	Pleistocene Park: Where the Auroxen Roam In theory, we could re-create conditions that last existed when mammoths walked the earth and the environment was healthier and more diverse.
Scientific American September 2008 Charles Q. Choi	Mammoth Sequences: A Hunt for DNA from the Extinct Titans of the Klondike Duane Froese and Ross MacPhee on an excavation dig to collect material that might hold Pleistocene genetic clues to mammoths
High on Adventure August 2008 Vicki Andersen	John Day Fossil Beds Situated within the deeply eroded layers of volcanic ash, the John Day Formation is a well-preserved history of the flora and fauna that flourished during 40 million years of the Cenozoic Era.
TIME Europe July 23, 2008 William Lee Adams	When Hadrian Ruled the World The image of an overextended empire mired in conflict in the Middle East sounds eerily familiar, and the British Museum builds on this geopolitical relevance in "Hadrian: Empire and Conflict," a fascinating study of the Roman ruler.
Scientific American July 2008 Michelle Press	Reviews: "A View of Science, Reason and Religion" Fossils in America, science and religion, and Saturn's giant moon are the topics of some new science books reviewed in this article.
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