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Because Lagerstätten are incredibly good at preservation, we can get the earliest representatives of organisms like Syllipsimopodi, an early ancestor of octopus. These finds help fill in the missing pieces to the Tree of Life.
https://t.co/gGFQ5Lz6xG

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2022-08-18

Greece’s most famous ancient treasures are marble statues.
But a Bavarian soldier’s discovery in 1838
of a diamond-encrusted skull
set off an international bone rush!
Colossal fossils of Greece https://t.co/Cd2OJC08fo via

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2022-08-14

The bizarre Jakapil kaniukura from the early Late Cretaceous of Argentina, it represents a previously unknown dinosaur lineage - but was it a biped? Our blog takes a look:https://t.co/za9sYgNmaj

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2022-08-14

Happy ~! Went through my folders and dug these fossils up, maaaan are they old 🤣

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2022-08-13

So my job involves going to the local museum and I just lose my mind when I see the fossils, so forgive me as I be a nerd and show you the skull of a Columbiana mammoth, American lion feat. my hand (bruh), complete skeleton of a Sabre tooth cat and short faced bear🥹

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2022-08-10

[ oc ] Town-by-Train places

Withers Bay - A small outcropping of land that juts out of the beach & overlooks the water. Back in the town's heyday it was a popular spot for large ships to dock. Now it's an empty place taken over by nature and fossils, save for some lonely houses

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2022-08-09

Late to the party but here's day one of with my favorite boys who you all will be seeing this week: Bonz and Rex!! Decided to do the Cooking Together prompt today so enjoy ❤️

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2022-08-08

Its the last day of There are no gaps left on our geological map, but fear not, we have one time period left: the Pleistocene!

This lasted from 2.5 million to 12000 years ago and covers a time of environmental change often called the Ice Age

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2022-08-07

Oh, so THAT'S how they get Pokémon from fossils...
Let's welcome Archen to the team!

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2022-08-06

in 1908, a pickaxe struck the side of a remarkable skull. It was the discovery of the Neanderthal known as the Old Man from La Chapelle, one of the most important specimens in the history of paleoanthropology.

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2022-08-03

Welcome to Day 3 of We hope you are enjoying the tweets and activities so far!

Today we are taking you later into the Carboniferous - the environment has shifted and Yorkshire is now part of an enormous tropical river delta.

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2022-08-03

Endocranial ontogeny and evolution in early Homo sapiens: The evidence from Herto, Ethiopia
https://t.co/ZqzeuFfxvz

Fossils show populations living in Africa 160 kya already evolved brains equivalent in size of today, but braincases were shaped differently

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2022-08-03

It contains several Scheuchzer 'Easter eggs' based on frontispieces from his works, including an ibex high up, and a guy digging for fossils.

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2022-08-02

Is possible but not necessarily, it just means the corpses were well preserved enough to fossilize
There are even some areas irl that do present a very high concentration of fossils, due to the way sediment accumulates in the ocean floor

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2022-08-02

Learn more about jaguar fossils at https://t.co/9Yj1pDfaH8 and enjoy this beautiful reconstruction by one of our collection managers

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2022-07-30

We had a fab time at our first Creative Planet workshop today: Frottage Fossils with Megan Bowyer!

Next up is an Animal Art workshop with Ayeisha Muir! Free drop-in for 12-25 yr olds, Wed 3 August 1-4pm. 🦊🐁

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2022-07-30

we gotta implement "perfect" reconstructions of the fossils! what do you think of these designs?

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2022-07-29

not vending, but i'll be at otakon this weekend bustin out some cosplays for the first time in years!!

i’ll be handing out rocks/minerals/crystals/fossils to anyone who stops me for pics or chats as zhongli (while supplies last)

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2022-07-28