The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), an international organization of 2,200 members, has urged Louisiana legislators to repeal the Louisiana Science Education Act, sometimes referred to as the creation law, and to “prohibit the injection of religious content in America’s public school classrooms.” The SVP is one of numerous scientific organizations to publicly oppose the law, including the National Association of Biology Teachers, American Institute of Biological Sciences, and the... Read Full Story
Paleontology is as we know it is the study of ancient llife . Paleontology has reached a new and powerfull potential in the 21 first century , but what did the Romans or Greeks do when they found these monstrous bones of the creatures that lived before them?They used there imagination ! Thats why we have stories of Cyclopes and sea serpents being defeated by brave and heroic heroes . The Roman General Quintus came to Tangeir , Morocco around 81B.C and was told by the the people of... Read Full Story
What is the Paleontology Option in Earth Sciences? The Paleontology Option offers students a general geology degree with an emphasis in paleontology. ... Read Full Story
Copyright Š 1998 by Edward F. Frank and Richard Benson. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, August 1998 • 103. Edward F. Frank and Richard Benson-Vertebrate ... Read Full Story
Paranthropus appeared in his remains
a southern man robust in cheek and jaw
who gathered nourishment from nature’s grains
and picking leaves and nuts then ate them raw.
His face did not seem gentle, yet contained
an intricate design to fit a niche
untouched by wilder creatures that remained
a coarsened treasure only in his reach.
But in his teeth, the hardest parts he grew,
we see the signs that adaptation, bland,
had led him to eat softer foods to chew
a niche abandoned for... Read Full Story
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The Paleontology Option offers students a general geology degree with an emphasis ... The Paleontology Option, therefore, examines biological and geological ... Read Full Story
