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An Exceptional Mammoth Discovery from the North Sea
If we consider the huge number of fossil remains of ice age mammals dredged up from the floor of the North Sea, we can only conclude that the Pleistocene era must have resembled a paradise between what is now the … Continue reading
First humans arrived in North America a lot earlier than believed
The timing of the first entry of humans into North America across the Bering Strait has now been set back 10,000 years, scientists report. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Where’s the center of North America?
Where is the geographic center of a state, country or a continent? It’s a question fraught with uncertainty. Do you include water in your calculation? What about islands? What happens when the shoreline shifts? The U.S. Geological Survey alluded to … Continue reading
Where’s the center of North America? Geographer’s new method finds a new answer
Where is the geographic center of a state, country or a continent? It’s a question fraught with uncertainty. Do you include water in your calculation? What happens when the shoreline shifts? But to one geologist, the challenge of finding a … Continue reading
The saber-toothed cat of the North Sea
Somewhere around the Dutch coast, a mammoth herd, led by an experienced matriarch strolls along a trail on the cold, dry and treeless steppe – the mammoth steppe – typified by tall, tough grasses and Artemisia. The impressive herd numbers … Continue reading
Ostrich relative lived in North America about 50 million years ago
The new species is named Calciavis grandei — with “calci” meaning “hard/stone,” and “avis” from the Latin for bird, and “grandei” in honor of famed paleontologist Lance Grande who has studied the fossil fish from the same ancient North American … Continue reading
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Geologic History of North America Gets Overturned
Under the west coast of North America, seafloor from the Pacific Basin sinks back into the earth’s mantle. The subducted seafloor remains visible to seismic tomography, a geophysical imaging method that uses earthquakes as signal sources. This 3-D image renders … Continue reading
Recent connection between North and South America reaffirmed
Long ago, one great ocean flowed between North and South America. When the narrow Isthmus of Panama joined the continents about 3 million years ago, it also separated the Atlantic from the Pacific Ocean. If this took place millions of … Continue reading
Ostrich relative lived in North America 50 million years ago
Exceedingly well-preserved bird fossil specimens dating 50 million years represent a new species that is a previously unknown relative of the modern-day ostrich, according to a new paper co-authored by Sterling Nesbitt of Virginia Tech’s College of Science and part … Continue reading