Natural Science Forum / Biology / Paleontology / August 2005

Here is a relatively new paleontology discussion board.
http://s9.invisionfree.com/PaleoBoard/
Covers a wide range of topics, some technical, some for the layman.
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That raises the interesting question of why we don't have any
Dunkleosteus fossils except for the skulls and the surrounding armor.
Is it just because the armor was so heavy that it separated from the
rest, leaving the smaller bones scattered and unidentifable?  Or was

a kind forward of a post on aus.science
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Dear Carole,
The thing of importance is leaving aside the theories, the beliefs, the

OK, Paleo newbie here.
In a TTC lecture on anthropology I was listening to recently, the professor
was discussing the upper paleolithic in near halcion terms.  The folks were
taller, stronger, healthier, lived longer, had fewer diseases, a broader

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt toured a dinosaur exhibit
over the weekend in western Canada, where Pitt is preparing for his role as a
villain in an upcoming Hollywood Western.
Pitt was in Calgary for the shooting of "The Assassination of Jesse James,"

As a writer on zoological discoveries, which inevitably includes the
"living fossils," I became curious about the biggest and baddest of the
Devonian predators, our bone-headed friend Dunkleosteus.  In the
references available online, I was surprised to see a couple of

All,
In another thread, and many other topics, which would fall under the
content moderation filter of T.O. but which have been discussed
decently in other forums, The question has arise abotu speciation from

The Specific Mechanism of Species Differentiation.
The solution is arrived at by viewing the problem from
an entirely opposite frame of reference: What is the
specific "mechanism" by which species survive over time?

 Hi. I'm studying for a public employment exam. There is a unit about
paleontology in which are mentionioned species such as Dryopithecus,
Ramaphitecus, Gigantopithecus, Ramapithecus wickeri and Ramapithecus
punjabicus.