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Magazine articles on archaeology, paleontology, artifacts, prehistoric origins.
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Geotimes
June 2004
Callan Bentley
Geology and history intersect in Charleston That the Civil War began here is a venerable fact of the American saga, but it may come as a surprise to learn that some of the richest fossil deposits in the country are located near Charleston, and that a 7.6-magnitude earthquake occurred here in 1886, far from any tectonic boundary. mark for My Articles 11 similar articles
Geotimes
June 2004
Naomi Lubick
Domed Dinos Made Love Not War In the 1950s, paleontologists hypothesized that dinosaurs with skulls shaped like bowling balls butted heads, much like sheep or other modern horned animals might. But a recent reassessment of some of these fossils revealed something quite different. mark for My Articles 20 similar articles
Geotimes
June 2004
Naomi Lubick
Petra: An Eroding Ancient City Petra is an ancient city in Jordan, where carved stone facades cover red sandstone walls. Tourism has taken its toll... Preserving an Afghan landmark... Conservation changes... mark for My Articles 14 similar articles
Geotimes
June 2004
Megan Sever
Reworking the Cambrian Explosion Trilobite diversification during the Cambrian is thought to exemplify the explosion of animals and plants. New research suggests, however, that the trilobites diversified much earlier, thus calling into question the theory and possible dates of a biological big bang caused by tectonic movement. mark for My Articles 10 similar articles
Geotimes
June 2004
Megan Sever
Closing the Dating Gap Assigning dates to archaeological artifacts from the chronological gap may now be somewhat easier, thanks to a new method involving quartz crystals. mark for My Articles 12 similar articles
Geotimes
May 2004
A Whale of a Find In its devastating, furious race up the U.S. East Coast last September, Hurricane Isabel did one positive thing: It unearthed an extremely rare 8-million-year-old whale skeleton. mark for My Articles 31 similar articles
Geotimes
May 2004
Sara Pratt
Ocean Anoxia Researchers are using microfossils to date ocean anoxic events, or severe oxygen depletion in the ocean, back to 132 million years ago. The findings will open up several new avenues of inquiry including the impact of the global carbon cycle perturbation on the biosphere as a whole. mark for My Articles 156 similar articles
Geotimes
May 2004
Megan Sever
Fossilized Plague in Egypt Paleoentomologist Eva Panagiotakopulu found plague in fossilized flea remains in ancient ruins in Amarna, Egypt. She now believes the plague may have begun in Egypt rather than Central Asia. mark for My Articles 14 similar articles
Geotimes
May 2004
Sara Pratt
Ice in the Greenhouse? The greenhouse world of the Late Cretaceous, long thought to be ice-free, may have been chillier than previously predicted. mark for My Articles 85 similar articles
Geotimes
April 2004
Megan Sever
Tracks in the Colorado Sand University of Colorado researchers recently made a stunning discovery on a golf course: several well-preserved mammal tracks from the age of the dinosaurs. mark for My Articles 30 similar articles
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