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Magician Dorian to bring prehistoric magic to Meridian library on July 31
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (112+ words) The event will feature a live string quartet performing a se" The first tip, experts says, to stay hydrated and keep water" The Meridian-Lauderdale County Public Library will host "Paleo Palooza," a dinosaur-themed magic show featuring Magician Dorian, on Friday,…...
Re-evaluating Lamarck's Contribution to Evolutionary Thought
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (681+ words) The rehabilitation of Lamarck and the important work of scholars of the past (i. e. , Sinnott) and present (i. e. , Turner) suggest an interesting conclusion. Source Coyne, with his usual over-confident obstreperousness, insists that "Lamarck got what drove evolution completely wrong." He argues this…...
One In A Million: Scientists Stunned By 450-Million-Year-Old Sea Creature Fossil That Still Has Soft Tissue Intact
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (658+ words) University of Oklahoma Paleontologists discovered intact soft tissue from a crinoid that lived 450 million years ago. In the prehistoric animal kingdom, before dinosaurs walked the Earth, and even before any animals and plants occupied dry land, starfish-like creatures known as…...
Fossils found decades ago reveal an extinct giant salamander
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (74+ words) (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! A reconstruction of the Ajimu giant salamander, which is believed to have inhabited the lakes and marshes of the Ajimu region approximately 3. 5 million years ago when its environment was warmer and more humid. Today, this area is…...
National Geographic Museum of Exploration showcases USF professor's bronze reconstruction of iconic "first bird" dinosaur
4+ hour, 33+ min ago (587+ words) By Joey Garcia, University Communications and Marketing" At age 8, Ryan Carney won a drawing contest by depicting his future self as a paleontologist on a fossil excavation" Ryan Carney with his finished Archaeopteryx sculpture" Archaeopteryx is one of the world's…...
Nehprii Amenii's HUMAN | An Octopus, a Seahorse, and the Fate of Humanity
9+ hour, 11+ min ago (140+ words) Brooklyn Bridge Parents This family-friendly mythic theatrical experience blends puppetry, music, and movement in a world where humans are extinct." The Octopus needs to decide if it will give up one of its three hearts in order to create a…...
New Species of Long-Necked Dinosaur Identified in Thailand | Sci. News
4+ hour, 34+ min ago (160+ words) Paleontologists working in northeastern Thailand have identified a new species of mamenchisaurid sauropod dinosaur, offering fresh evidence that a group of giant sauropods once thought to be almost exclusively East Asian also roamed mainland Southeast Asia....
'Unearth a Story' continues
13+ hour, 8+ min ago (535+ words) Let's face it, when the new year starts, we are burned out from Christmas music," Egg production drops perceptibly at our place as the month of June approaches. T" Then, on Tuesday, July 21 at noon, we'll celebrate a fantastic summer…...
Scientists Discover 5, 000-Year-Old Wolves That May Have Traveled by Boat with Humans
8+ hour, 23+ min ago (17+ words) People. com...
Beyond: Brookfield Zoo Chicago Gets Jurassic with Dinos! , a Months-Long Exhibit that Brings Prehistoric Beasts to Realistic Life
6+ hour, 29+ min ago (523+ words) Third Coast Review Earlier this month, my family and I (including one very excited four-year-old nephew) made our way to the zoo to explore the exhibits and namely take in the new Dinos! installation featuring animatronic dinosaurs, a special menu…...