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Two restorations of "Ardi", a 45% complete skeleton of Ardipithecus ramidus published in this week's issue of Science. Restorations (including the full skeletal restoration below) by artist Jay Matternes.
The stories of "Ida" and "Ardi" could hardly be more different.
Ida was a lemur-like…
The whole of natural history fascinates me, but everyone has their own favorite topics, and one of the most intriguing subject areas (to me, at least) is predator/prey interactions. Herbivores are interesting in their own right, surely, but for me it is the predators that are the most thought-…
Color-coded diagram of a small bone bed containing at least twelve individuals of the Permian synapsid Suminia. From Frobisch and Reisz (2009)
When I hear the phrase "early human relative" I cannot help but think of an ape-like creature. Something like Sahelanthropus fits the bill nicely; it…
Chucking stones at baboons; the first hominin passtime? From The Making of Man.
For the Australian anatomist Raymond Dart, the fossilized bones scattered among the caves of South Africa were testimonies to the murderous nature of early humans. The recovered skulls of baboons and our…
ZOMG! Those are funny. Did you also see the Moa and the Mammoth? The wack-a-mole with the Saiga is the funniest, IMHO.
are you inta theres? I am!
(sorry. Couldn't resist.)
I love these advertisements. It's interesting to note that the producers chose to use non-dinosaurs in these ads.
Speaking of which, that's a freakin' huge dinoceratan...
Bora; I never got to see them on tv, but it looks like all of them are on YouTube. The "saiga" is really a Syndyoceras, though. I wish they were still around too!
Hai; It was definitely good to see some mammals featured prominently, and Eocene ones at that! I just wish someone would get around to studying the dinoceratans again. When the best review of the group was published over a decade ago we have got a problem.
Cup o' Noodles may be the last thing on my mind when watching those commercials, which are nonetheless awesome.
Too funny.
It's a little closer in geological time than dinosaurs and humans at least. I'd call this a good reminder of the lack of science knowledge in this country. It's a good thing uintatheres didn't survive into the age of modern humans, because I'll bet "big game" hunters would love a six-horned trophy on their walls!
The one with the brontotheres is my personal favourite.