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Origin of anatomically modern humans

earth-pages - Research News from the Earth Sciences [2017-06-10 17:35:52]   recommend this post  (2004 visits)

How evolution proceeds and species arise are affected by many different processes. But, if members of every generation of the clade that led from the probable common ancestor of ourselves, Neanderthals, Denisovans and other hominins of the last 700 [...]

Pregiudizi di pelle nell'evoluzione dei tyrannosauridi

Theropoda [2017-06-07 14:43:00]   recommend this post  (1638 visits)

Bell et al. (2017) descrivono tracce di epidermide in alcuni esemplari di tyrannosauridi, e utilizzano questi dati per ricostruire l'evoluzione del tegumento in Tyrannosauroidea. Non tutti i frammenti di pelle sono collocabili con precisione sul [...]

Earthquake swarm in Krýsuvík volcano

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2017-06-09 21:53:09]   recommend this post  (1609 visits)

Yesterday (08-June-2017) and today (09-June-2017) there has been a earthquake activity in Krýsuvík volcano. This earthquake activity doesn’t appear to be connected to the volcano, rather this is a normal rifting valley earthquake activity taking [...]

Offshore wind turbines vulnerable to Category 5 hurricane gusts

AGU Meetings [2017-06-07 16:50:28]   recommend this post  (1591 visits)

Offshore wind turbines built according to current standards may not be able to withstand the powerful gusts of a Category 5 hurricane, creating potential risk for any such turbines built in hurricane-prone areas, new University of Colorado [...]

Minor earthquake activity in Hekla volcano

Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [2017-06-09 20:59:04]   recommend this post  (1538 visits)

Today (09-June-2017) there has been earthquake activity in Hekla volcano. Largest earthquake only has the magnitude of 1,0 and greatest depth is 2,2 km. Hekla is to the right on this image. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met … [...]

Barnhill Gate Estate

Outcrop - The Blog of the Avon RIGS Group [2017-06-10 15:28:00]   recommend this post  (1464 visits)

Some images taken on the Barnhill Gate Estate showing the houses and the geological exposures of the faces of the old Barnhill Quarry. Photo credits David Moore

New papers on paleoseismology, tsunami, and active tectonics (Jun 2017)

paleoseismicity.org [2017-06-04 20:54:57]   recommend this post  (1406 visits)

Today’s paper list is rather long; presumably all the papers written during the winter are coming to publication now. We have lots of different topics today, so I will skip the summary and just say: Enjoy reading! Mackens, S., Klitzsch, N., [...]

The Verdict

James’ Empty Blog [2017-06-10 14:47:00]   recommend this post  (1387 visits)

I'm probably supposed to be doing some climate science, but that's not been top priority recently (might be different if someone was paying me to do it). Actually there is some slow progress and there will probably be something to report eventually. [...]

Los dinosaurios espaciales de Misha Sgro

Koprolitos [2017-06-07 20:33:00]   recommend this post  (1339 visits)

Aunque comenzó Estudios Medievales, la canadiense Misha Sgro se encuentra actualmente estudiando Diseño Gráfico. Especializada en ilustración tradicional y coloreado digital, le encanta realizar fanart de películas y series de televisión. [...]

Sauropods stomping turtles: a much neglected theme in palaeo art

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [2017-06-08 10:00:26]   recommend this post  (1281 visits)

I floated this idea on Fist Full of Podcasts, and Andrew Stuck gave it a shout-out in the comments, so I’m promoting it to a post. The idea, briefly, is that sauropods grew fast and had enormous energy demands and even though horsetails and pine [...]