World History
It's real life CSI for dinosaur detective. This article at CNN caught my eye. I almost did not include it here as it is not about history directly. It instead deals with scientists studying pre-history dinosaurs. Still, I think I can justify a link to this page here on the basis of pre-history.
The article deals with scientists working in the field trying to uncover dinosaur bones in Montana. The researchers are good at identifying dinosaur species from bone fragments. They also look for signs of breaks that have healed and for signs of disease. Literally, the field work is similar to the work done by forensic experts who examine human remains.
Also, the research can only be done is some areas of the world. The article notes, "Even though dinosaurs lived all over the world, their fossilized remains can only be found in places where the right age rock is exposed at the surface of the ground. In the United States that includes parts of Utah, Wyoming and Montana. Take Michigan, for example. Even though Michigan had dinosaurs at one time, the right age rock isn't there anymore. The rocks exposed to the ground are 300 million years old -- too old for dinosaurs."
Here are some other sites I found on this topic:
Dino Land - Interviews with paleontologists, news on recent fossil finds, virtual tours of famous fossil sites and museums, and a tribute to the greatest dinosaur discoveries of the century.
Dinosauria On-Line - A tool for researching dinosaurs. Contains the Journal of Dinosaur Paleontology, a collection of essays and e-mail discussions whose topics range from what Archaeopteryx used its wings for, to evolution.
Debates about Dinosaurs - Summaries of major debates in dinosaur paleontology, including dinosaur metabolism, the connection between dinosaurs and birds, and the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction.
Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette - Articles, recent fossil discoveries and other dinosaur news from the last 245 million years.
- Oz Fossils: The Age Of Reptiles
I discovered a nice site on pre-historic Australian fossils. It is The Eromanga Sea - OZ Fossils: The Age of Reptiles. Readers can learn about the Pliosaurs and Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Ammonites, and Beleminites that lived in the shallow sea that...
- Complete Primate Skeleton From The Middle Eocene Of Messel In Germany: Morphology And Paleobiology
There is PLoS ONE report, with photos, for the Darwinius masillae fossil, known as the Ida fossil or "missing link". It is titled Complete Primate Skeleton From the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: Morphology and Paleobiology. Darwinius masillae represents...
- Review - Under A Green Sky
I just finished reading Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future. It was written by Peter D. Ward. I found it interesting but somewhat hard to read due to some choices the author...
- They Came To Bury Kennewick Man, Not Praise Him
They came to bury Kennewick Man, not praise him. This is a "History in the News" column from USA Today. It recounts some of the findings that scientists have discovered about Kennewick Man who died about 9,300 years ago. This study almost did not happen....
- Prehistory: Largest Feathered Dinosaur
This is a little late in the year for a prehistory entry but here is one anyway. This fossil discovered in China is over 125 million years old and is the largest feathered dinosaur every discovered. Scientists say the adult was at lest 30 feet long and...
World History
It's real life CSI for dinosaur detectives
It's real life CSI for dinosaur detective. This article at CNN caught my eye. I almost did not include it here as it is not about history directly. It instead deals with scientists studying pre-history dinosaurs. Still, I think I can justify a link to this page here on the basis of pre-history.The article deals with scientists working in the field trying to uncover dinosaur bones in Montana. The researchers are good at identifying dinosaur species from bone fragments. They also look for signs of breaks that have healed and for signs of disease. Literally, the field work is similar to the work done by forensic experts who examine human remains.
Also, the research can only be done is some areas of the world. The article notes, "Even though dinosaurs lived all over the world, their fossilized remains can only be found in places where the right age rock is exposed at the surface of the ground. In the United States that includes parts of Utah, Wyoming and Montana. Take Michigan, for example. Even though Michigan had dinosaurs at one time, the right age rock isn't there anymore. The rocks exposed to the ground are 300 million years old -- too old for dinosaurs."
Here are some other sites I found on this topic:
Dino Land - Interviews with paleontologists, news on recent fossil finds, virtual tours of famous fossil sites and museums, and a tribute to the greatest dinosaur discoveries of the century.
Dinosauria On-Line - A tool for researching dinosaurs. Contains the Journal of Dinosaur Paleontology, a collection of essays and e-mail discussions whose topics range from what Archaeopteryx used its wings for, to evolution.
Debates about Dinosaurs - Summaries of major debates in dinosaur paleontology, including dinosaur metabolism, the connection between dinosaurs and birds, and the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction.
Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette - Articles, recent fossil discoveries and other dinosaur news from the last 245 million years.
- Oz Fossils: The Age Of Reptiles
I discovered a nice site on pre-historic Australian fossils. It is The Eromanga Sea - OZ Fossils: The Age of Reptiles. Readers can learn about the Pliosaurs and Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Ammonites, and Beleminites that lived in the shallow sea that...
- Complete Primate Skeleton From The Middle Eocene Of Messel In Germany: Morphology And Paleobiology
There is PLoS ONE report, with photos, for the Darwinius masillae fossil, known as the Ida fossil or "missing link". It is titled Complete Primate Skeleton From the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: Morphology and Paleobiology. Darwinius masillae represents...
- Review - Under A Green Sky
I just finished reading Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future. It was written by Peter D. Ward. I found it interesting but somewhat hard to read due to some choices the author...
- They Came To Bury Kennewick Man, Not Praise Him
They came to bury Kennewick Man, not praise him. This is a "History in the News" column from USA Today. It recounts some of the findings that scientists have discovered about Kennewick Man who died about 9,300 years ago. This study almost did not happen....
- Prehistory: Largest Feathered Dinosaur
This is a little late in the year for a prehistory entry but here is one anyway. This fossil discovered in China is over 125 million years old and is the largest feathered dinosaur every discovered. Scientists say the adult was at lest 30 feet long and...