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Written by rockhoundblog on
  www.rockhoundblog.com    Hello, I just started a rockhound blog last week and I would love for you to check it out!  Its a nonprofit blog that all about lapidary/rockhounding.  Its about family values, education, showing off your latest finds and telling people about your local spots in your city to rockhound.  I am hoping to build a national database on rockhound locations so anyone can access this info when they want to check out rockhounding.  This will not hurt rockclubs but I believe make them more sought out as it will get more people interested in lapidary :)  I welcome anyone to post ... Read Full Story
Written by victoriahume on
Part of the plot in my story involves the creation of false fossils to fool the scientific community and support the anti-evolutionary claims of an extreme anti-science cult. So, I've been researching reports of human tracks that have been found alongside dinosaur footprints. The TalkOrigins website has a great summary of some of the 'man tracks' that have been found in recent years. Most of the tracks have turned out to be geological formations or dinosaur footprints that have been eroded or had sediment deposited within them to make them appear more human like. I find the footprints known as the Burdick Tracks very ... Read Full Story
Written by floydcraig on
Odds are 50/50 that the dinosaur that left this mark in Montana was a Tyrannosaurus rex, says the scientist who announced the find yesterday. Whatever it was, it was big. "We have two large theropods to choose from [in this region], Nanotyrannus and T. rex," Phil Manning (pictured) told National Geographic News via email. "So either [dinosaur] (or an unknown) could have generated the track." Referring to some breathless headlines of the past 24 hours, he added, "You can imagine which one the media wants! "Unless you find an animal dead in its tracks, it is nigh impossible to identify the track maker," added ... Read Full Story
Written by oneworld on
Happy Holidays! And no, I’m not talking about TREX the stock ticker, but T-Rex of the Jurassic kind. If you are having a hard time finding that perfect gift for the paleontologist or fossil collector that is on your Christmas list, you should swing by Paleodirect.com and browse around. You will receive many thanks and accolades for years to come from your fortunate gift recipient. As an investment, high quality rare fossils do not depreciate –unless you break it. Fossil collecting is one of the most undervalued markets in the field of rare collectibles. With international demand growing, deposits being depleted and new laws ... Read Full Story
Written by dualmp on
Fossils of the most primitive primate ever discovered have been unearthed near Yellowstone National Park, a find that scientists say could redraw humans’ family tree. (...) Read Full Story
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Posted by ScrantonArea 2 hours 9 minutes ago ( http://scranton-apartments-and-homes.com ) View profile Category : News | Tags : dinosaur bones Scientists in China say they believe a group of dinosaur fossils discovered in the east of the country could be the largest collection ever found. Read Full Story
Written by dualmp on
Break time from all the serious stuff. Watch this funny stand up comic clip of Lewis Black talking about evolution and fossils. Read Full Story
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Deep under the sea, a fossil the size of a sand grain is nestled among a billion of its closest dead relatives. Known as foraminifera, these complex little shells of calcium carbonate can tell you the sea level, temperature, and ocean conditions of Earth millions of years ago. That is, if you know what to look for.  
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In 1999, an American Museum of Natural History expedition used Landsat images like this one to locate a new site of dinosaur and early mammal fossils in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. With Landsat 5 and 7 data the scientists can identify areas comprised of sedimentary rocks where vegetation is sparse, requ....This item belongs to: image/nasa.This item has files of the following types: JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata  
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