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Late Miocene ape maxilla (upper jaw) discovered in western India November 14, 2018
An ape maxilla (upper jaw) from the Late Miocene found in the Kutch basin, in western India, significantly extends the southern range of ancient apes in the Indian Peninsula, according to a new study.
Deep-time evolution of animal life on islands November 14, 2018
A new article describes two new fossil relatives of marsupials that shed light on how a unique island ecosystem evolved some 43 million years ago during the Eocene.
Rare fossil bird deepens mystery of avian extinctions November 13, 2018
Today's birds descend from a small number of bird species living before the dinosaur extinction. Some of the birds that went extinct, the enantiornithines, were actually more common than and out-competed modern bird ancestors. Analysis of a newly described fossil, the most complete known from the Americas, demonstrates, too, that the enantiornithines were as agile […]

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Massive impact crater from a kilometer-wide iron meteorite discovered in Greenland November 14, 2018
An international team has discovered a 31-km wide meteorite impact crater buried beneath the ice-sheet in the northern Greenland. This is the first time that a crater of any size has been found under one of Earth's continental ice sheets.
Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth's interior November 14, 2018
Slow-motion collisions of tectonic plates under the ocean drag about three times more water down into the deep Earth than previously estimated, according to a first-of-its-kind seismic study that spans the Mariana Trench.
Climate control of Earth's critical zone November 14, 2018
New research by geoscientists shines a light on this hidden world from ridgetops to valley floors and shows how rainfall shapes the part of our planet that is just beyond where we can see.

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Congrats to Antonis Vradis @da_slow who has been successful with his application to the Urban Studies Foundation @USForg for a seminar series on ‘The Welcoming City’: https://t.co/gGru0dHj7k

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Just a few of the work spaces that our curators and scientists work in behind the scenes @Museum_Cardiff #workspace #Museum30 @NatHistConserve

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John R. Hutchinson@JohnRHutchinson·

Congrats to @sesamoidstreet from @MCZpaleo on their new paper on forelimb biomechanical modelling of echidnas! Way cool. https://t.co/b3ZEXU9nw2

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Just one of the work spaces @Museum_Cardiff. Our curators look after, maintain and grow our collections, as well as increase our knowledge and understanding of the specimens within them #museum30 #workspace

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Julian Kiely @JulianPalaeoART·

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I am very happy today... @JoschuaKnuppe's #PaleostreamBook has Just Arrived!!! This is a lovely book and I would definitely recommend all 'Streamlings' to get a copy. It is a simple, yet wonderful book which, for me, is very nostalgic and hold many great memories! Thanks!

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A Palaeontology Behind The Scenes Guided Tour at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History

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Wednesday 5th December 2018 – Members evening

Wednesday 13th March 2019 – Speaker -Richard Forrest “Excavating a Pliosaur”

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A Palaeontology Behind The Scenes Guided Tour at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History