Pluvi Tweets about this fantastic photo of Cassowaries, and once again damns the lizards of Jurassic Park. Early adapters can risk looking weird, but those who cling to the old paradigm too long can come to look like Flat – Earthers…
Month: April 2015
Paradigm Shifted?
From Lucas Machias comes a link to this paper on Tyrannosaurid combat and cannibalism in Science Daily, with a nice illo by Luis Rey of two big mean birds. It is not even remarked on…
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On our rockstar Helen, by Jonathan Katz, an uncommon observation. “… the writer Wilfred Sheed wrote once in the New Yorker that “every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.” Sheed wasn’t being nasty, he was being honest. I loved Macdonald’s talk and a I loved her book, but I died a little tonight. …
Skeleton of Ottoman War Camel Discovered in Austria
Archaeologists in Austria have excavated the intact skeleton of a camel in a suburb of Vienna. It appears this camel was used by the Ottoman Army in the failed siege of Vienna in 1683. Detailed analysis of the remains showed that it had worn a harness and had been ridden. Additionally, it proved to be …
Neanderthal Hearing
Remember about three weeks ago when I posted about Neanderthal jewelry and said the more we find out about them, the more like us they seem? Maybe I was a little hasty. For the first time, researchers in France have been able to isolate and identify the bones from the inner ear of a Neanderthal. It …
The Cutting Edge of Social Trends
An article in the New York Times tells us that coloring books for adults is now “a thing” as we say these days. One popular adult coloring book has sold 1.4 million copies since 2013. The article tells us that many of these crayon enthusiasts buy multiple copies of the same coloring book so they …
Some Archaeology News from Alberta
A number of years ago I did a post about a Pleistocene horse-kill site that had been found in Alberta. This was the first Paleoindian horse-kill site ever found. A few years later a Paleoindian camel-kill site, also the first ever found, was located near by. The first assessment by Brian Kooyman, who excavated the …