During the Great Depression, some unemployed Texans were put to work as fossil hunters. The workers retrieved tens of thousands of specimens that have been studied in small bits and pieces while stored in the state collections ...
Archaeology
Apr 11, 2019
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The call by students to "decolonise science" still rings in many South African academics' ears. But discussions about what t might entail, or even if it's necessary, are fraught.
Archaeology
Sep 12, 2018
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Fossil hunters now have a mobile app to help them identify specimens in the field.
Archaeology
Mar 23, 2016
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A portion of a Columbian mammoth skull and tusks have been uncovered in Idaho, and experts say a rare entire skeleton might be buried there.
Archaeology
Oct 27, 2014
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(AP)—Two fossilized dinosaur skeletons found on a Montana ranch in 2006 are going on the auction block in New York City. They're expected to fetch between $7 million and $9 million.
Archaeology
Nov 15, 2013
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Calling all fossil hunters with £600,000 to spare: the full skeleton of a huge diplodocus dinosaur is to go on sale in Britain next month.
Archaeology
Oct 16, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With the discovery of an extinct big-toothed sperm whale and possibly the earliest known examples of multicellular life, this week has been a good one for fossil hunters and experts, some of who are meeting ...
Archaeology
Jul 5, 2010
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(AP) -- A rare and nearly complete dinosaur skeleton stolen from private property in Montana and stored in an evidence locker for more than two years has been turned over to researchers.
Archaeology
Jan 25, 2010
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(AP) -- A commercial fossil hunter, whose discovery of the world's best-preserved dinosaur brought scientific acclaim, will serve 60 days in jail for stealing raptor bones from private land.
Archaeology
Jun 2, 2009
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To be a meteorite hunter means to search for the unutterably rare. On any given patch of land the size of Wales, an average of two olive-sized space rocks will fall in a year. Scientists and collectors are forced to go to ...
Space Exploration
Jul 28, 2020
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