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What’s so particular about South Devon?
Make a journey to the South Devon coast round Easter time and you might be certain to return throughout scholar events from universities engaged in fieldwork. What’s it about this space that makes it so common as a centre for … Continue reading
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Human bones in south Mexico: Stalagmite reveals their age as 13,000 years old
A prehistoric human skeleton found on the Yucatán Peninsula is at least 13,000 years old and most likely dates from a glacial period at the end of the most recent ice age, the late Pleistocene. A German-Mexican team of researchers … Continue reading
Dolphin that existed along South Carolina coast long ago
Researchers have discovered a species of extinct dolphin off the coast of South Carolina. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
The geology and fauna of the South Ferriby foreshore
The large working quarry at South Ferriby, North Lincolnshire (SE991204) is a well known and productive source of Late Jurassic and Cretaceous fossils, exposing beds from the Upper Oxfordian stage, Upper Jurassic (Ampthill clay, Ringsteadia psuedocordata zone) to the Terebratulina … Continue reading
The West Coast Fossil Park, Western Cape, South Africa
While planning a touring holiday, which encompassed part of the west coast of South Africa, I spotted the words “fossil park” on the map, about 150km north of Cape Town, some distance from a village called Langebaanweg. Intrigued to find … Continue reading
Gorgeous Rhodochrosite Crystals From South Africa
Rhodochrosite | #Geology Formula: MnCO3 System: Trigonal Colour: Pink, rose, red, … Lustre: Vitreous, Pearly Hardness: 3½ – 4 Tenacity: Brittle From N’Chwaning I mine, South Africa Photo Credit: László Tóth Geology IN
Ancient South Carolina whale yields secrets to filter feeding’s origins
The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived. And yet they feed almost exclusively on tiny crustaceans known as krill. The secret is in the baleen, a complex filter-feeding system that allows the enormous whales to strain … Continue reading
South African cave yields yet more fossils of a newfound relative
Probing deeper into the South African cave system known as Rising Star, which last year yielded the largest cache of hominin fossils known to science, an international team of researchers has discovered another chamber with more remains of a newfound … Continue reading
The Formation of Gold deposits in South Africa
South African ‘Gold Rush’ Nugget Mounted on a Gold Bar Brooch and a piece At a first glance, the Witwatersrand basin, the largest known gold resource on our planet, is not automatically related to ocean research. However, in its 3 … Continue reading