AvatarMatt MagnusonFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo16 hours agoResearchers discovered a 240-million-year-old ‘Dragon’ in Chinathebrighterside.news - Joseph ShavitIn the Year of the Dragon, scientists have made an exciting discovery: a complete fossil of an aquatic reptile resembling a "Chinese dragon" due to …
AvatarMatt MagnusonAvatarAvatar2 days ago'Jurassic Park' Vindicated As Triceratops Shown To Have Lived in HerdsNewsweek - Jess ThomsonIt turns out that Jurassic Park got another aspect of dinosaur life right: triceratops may indeed have lived and moved in herds. There had been no …
AvatarMatt Magnuson3 days agoNew Discovery at Pompeii Provides Clues About Greater Roman Empire Constructiontheamazelab - Amaze LabIn the year 79 AD Mount Vesuvius erupted. The storied explosion hit the nearby town of Pompeii with fiery gas and debris, casting the city in a layer of ash that has preserved it for nearly 2,000 years.
AvatarMatt MagnusonFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 days agoHarvard Researcher Says That 536 A.D. Was History’s Worst Year — Here’s Whyallthatsinteresting.com - Bernadette DeronIf you think this year is bad, this research by Harvard archeologist Michael McCormick shows that things could be much worse on Earth.The post …
AvatarMatt MagnusonAvatarAvatar3 days agoWhen were sea levels highest?Live Science - By Meg DuffSea levels were extraordinarily high during the last period of the dinosaur age. But ocean levels may have been even higher before that. Sea levels …
AvatarMatt MagnusonAvatarAvatar4 days agoEvolutionary Origins of Hair Identified in The Most Unlikely of Animalsverified_publisherScienceAlert - Tessa KoumoundourosStrange as it might seem for a hairless creature, frogs have provided us with some critical clues on the origins of our luscious locks – a defining …
AvatarMatt MagnusonFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo4 days agoUnique Roman helmet found in Leicestershire field on display againbbc.co.uk - By Dan MartinA unique Roman cavalry helmet discovered by amateur archaeologists searching a field more than 20 years ago is being displayed in a museum. Fragments of the iron helmet were found at an Iron Age site at Hallaton, near Market Harborough in Leicestershire, in 2001. The rebuilt helmet has now gone on …
AvatarMatt MagnusonFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo6 days agoEvery human alive today originated from one African country, study findsthebrighterside.news - Joshua ShavitIn the world of genetic research, the last twenty years have witnessed remarkable progress. This journey has led to the accumulation of genomic data …
AvatarMatt Magnuson6 days agoThe Unknown War Between Ancient Greeks and Chinagreekreporter.com - Nick KampourisGreece and China have been two of the world’s most unique civilizations, but how many of us knew that the two nations have actually been at war …
AvatarMatt MagnusonAvatarAvatar6 days agoLike 'walking through the woods of millions of years ago': Ancient ecosystem brimming with dinosaur tracks discovered in AlaskaLive Science - By Patrick PesterFossilized footprints, tree stumps and feces discovered in Alaskan mountain foothills is a glimpse into life on Earth 100 million years …
AvatarMatt MagnusonAvatarAvatarObsidian blades with food traces reveal 1st settlers of Rapa Nui had regular contact with South Americans 1,000 years agoLive Science - By Kristina KillgroveThe earliest settlers of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, appear to have had some sort of contact with people from South America as early as …
AvatarMatt MagnusonFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoScientists finally identified the cause of Earth's last ice agethebrighterside.news - Joseph ShavitFor quite some time, paleo-climate specialists have been perplexed by two enigmas: What was the origin of the ice sheets that defined the final ice …