Paleontology – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:30:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Paleontology – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Fossil Hoofbeats: Uncovering the Deep-Time Journey of Horses in the Americas https://brewminate.com/fossil-hoofbeats-uncovering-the-deep-time-journey-of-horses-in-the-americas/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:12:12 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=231353 Horse fossils are abundant and widespread across North America. By Stephanie KillingsworthPh.D. Student in Geological SciencesThompson Earth Systems

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]]> Would You Like to Buy a Dinosaur?: Fossil Hunting and Discovery in the 19th Century https://brewminate.com/would-you-like-to-buy-a-dinosaur-fossil-hunting-and-discovery-in-the-19th-century/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:41:29 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=215446 Mary Anning’s reputation in the world of paleontology. Introduction Mary Anning (1799–1847) was an English fossil hunter, dealer

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]]> Is It Really Possible to Recreate Dinosaurs from Their DNA? https://brewminate.com/is-it-really-possible-to-recreate-dinosaurs-from-their-dna/ Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:01:32 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=160269 Ever since moviegoers saw the first ‘Jurassic Park,’ millions have wondered if scientists could make a dinosaur in

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]]> Petrified Trees Are Revealing South America’s Primeval History https://brewminate.com/petrified-trees-are-revealing-south-americas-primeval-history/ Fri, 13 Aug 2021 17:03:45 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=157361 Using remnants of fossilized trees, scientists and an artist figured out what the forest looked like long before

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]]> New Dinosaur Relative Was ‘King’ of Antarctica https://brewminate.com/new-dinosaur-relative-was-king-of-antarctica/ Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:43:26 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=118144 The discovery of a new species related to dinosaurs, an iguana-sized reptile whose genus name, Antarctanax, means “Antarctic

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]]> Hundreds of Pterosaur Eggs Help Reveal the Early Life of Flying Reptiles https://brewminate.com/hundreds-of-pterosaur-eggs-help-reveal-the-early-life-of-flying-reptiles/ Mon, 04 Dec 2017 19:05:08 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=41677 Alexander Kellner (Museu Nacional/UFRJ) By Dr. Elizabeth Martin-Silverstone / 11.30.2017 Postgraduate Research Assistant in Palaeontology University of Bristol

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]]> The Challenges and Opportunities for Research in Paleontology for the Next Decade https://brewminate.com/the-challenges-and-opportunities-for-research-in-paleontology-for-the-next-decade/ Sun, 22 May 2016 18:51:40 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=7180 Maiasaura peeblesorum cast – University of California Museum of Paleontology – Berkeley, CA / Wikimedia Commons   By

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]]> A Virtual World of Paleontology https://brewminate.com/a-virtual-world-of-paleontology/ Sun, 15 May 2016 03:07:31 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=6397 By Dr. John A. Cunningham, et.al. Postdoctoral Researcher School of Earth Sciences University of Bristol Volume 29, Issue

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]]> Stephen Jay Gould: Did He Bring Paleontology to the ‘High Table’? https://brewminate.com/stephen-jay-gould-did-he-bring-paleontology-to-the-high-table/ Thu, 12 May 2016 00:16:21 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=6049 By Dr. Donald Prothero Professor of Geology and Paleontology Occidental College Note:  The author published this in 2009,

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