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ifuckingloveminerals: Stewartite, Laueite Hagendorf South…

ifuckingloveminerals: Stewartite, Laueite Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany Geology Nerd

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Huge dinosaur footprint discovered in South America

Huge dinosaur footprint discovered in South America There’s a good chance that if flesh-eating dinosaurs were still around today, we wouldn’t just have to worry about their sharp teeth. Scientists recently uncovered a record-setting footprint in Bolivia. It is the … Continue reading

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Antarctic fossils reveal creatures weren’t safer in the south during dinosaur extinction

A study of more than 6,000 marine fossils from the Antarctic shows that the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs was sudden and just as deadly to life in the polar regions. Previously, scientists had thought that creatures living … Continue reading

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Antarctic fossils reveal creatures weren’t safer in the south during dinosaur extinction

A study of more than 6,000 marine fossils from the Antarctic shows that the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs was sudden and just as deadly to life in the polar regions. read more (e) Science News – Paleontology … Continue reading

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bijoux-et-mineraux: Opal Pineapple – White Cliffs, New South…

bijoux-et-mineraux: Opal Pineapple – White Cliffs, New South Wales, Australia This looks like it could have possibly replaced some dog?s tooth calcite. Geology Nerd

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ifuckingloveminerals: Vivianite Hagendorf South Pegmatite…

ifuckingloveminerals: Vivianite Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany Geology Nerd

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Nepali textile find suggests Silk Road extended further south than previously thought

The first results of textile and dye analyses of cloth dated between 400-650 AD and recovered from Samdzong 5, in Upper Mustang, Nepal have today been released by Dr Margarita Gleba of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of … Continue reading

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ifuckingloveminerals: Laueite Hagendorf South Pegmatite,…

ifuckingloveminerals: Laueite Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany Geology Nerd

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South Africa’s Sterkfontein Caves produce two new hominin fossils

Two new hominin specimens, a finger bone and a molar, that were found in South Africa’s Sterkfontein Caves seem to be from early hominins that can be associated with early stone tool-bearing sediments that entered the cave more than two … Continue reading

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South Africa’s Sterkfontein Caves produce 2 new hominin fossils

Two new hominin fossils have been found in a previously uninvestigated chamber in the Sterkfontein Caves, just North West of Johannesburg in South Africa. read more (e) Science News – Paleontology & Archaeology

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