Talk:Paleontology

Dinosaur "mummy"

Dinosaur ‘Mummy’ Is So Well-Preserved It Even Has The Skin And Guts Intact, at Royal Tyrell Museum Pashley (talk) 01:22, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Unbelievable, fantastic! Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:37, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Very impressive, like a sleeping dragon. Easy to forget they were once living animals when all you have is skeletons. Just don't look at the comments. --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 09:32, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Another remarkable find

World’s first 100% complete T-rex skeleton found locked in battle with a Triceratops Pashley (talk) 04:19, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

2-million-year-old stone tools found

Newly Unearthed Site Shows How Early Humans Adapted to Environmental Changes

[...]"In a paper published Thursday in Nature Communications, archeologists said they had unearthed the oldest-known signs of the early humans that once lived in and around the gorge.

[...]The newly excavated Ewass Oldupa site within the broader gorge – meaning 'on the way to the gorge' in the local Maa language – includes primitive stone tools dating back to 2 million years ago, the oldest such artifacts ever discovered in the area."

These tools would have been made by our ancestors, Homo habilis. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:56, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Homo erectus in mid-East

What Drove Homo Erectus Out of Africa?, main site discussed is about 1.5 million years old, in what is now northern Israel. Pashley (talk) 06:43, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Interesting. Thanks for the link. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 07:24, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Dinosaur extinction

In N Dakota Fossil clues paint vivid picture of dinosaurs' doomsday Pashley (talk) 21:53, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Guide? DotM?

This is currently rated Usable. If it were Guide it would be a fine nominee for Featured Travel Topic.

It looks to me like it could be promoted & nominated. Other opinions? Pashley (talk) 12:54, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Currently, it needs a lot of work to become guide:

• There's too many images per Wikivoyage:Image policy
• I'm sure there are more fossil sites than 21
• Currently, Paleontology in China and Palaeontology in Canada are only outlines
• Are there only two sites in Africa?

However, it could become our first informative travel topic though. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 20:03, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

I agree it needs some work. some possible improvements:

• An understand section explaining how fossils are formed, and how to find them when walking in an area where they are common.
• A buy section, as common fossils are sometimes sold in shops, and explaining the possible customs complications.
• More fossil sites, and full descriptions for those that are currently just names.

A lot of good work has been done in the last three months, and the article is making good progress towards becoming a guide, but not yet. AlasdairW (talk) 22:05, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

I started Paleontology#Understand but it needs more. Pashley (talk) 09:37, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

I found this good link which has a list of all world-heritage fossil sites. Maybe we should use that as a guide for some list of sites to add. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 05:28, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

That list seems either outdated or incomplete. I notice that it doesn't mention any of the sites in Asia. STW932 (talk) 05:11, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

Yeah I just noticed it doesn't mention Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve either. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 05:14, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

I have removed some images per suggestion above.

I have not changed Paleontology#Australia which currently has two images & needs at most one. Should one or both of those be moved to Paleontology in Australia? Pashley (talk) 02:08, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

I think they both should be moved to Paleontology in Australia while we get another image from c:Category:Naracoorte Caves National Park or c:Category:Riversleigh to replace the one in Aus. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 02:14, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Are we there yet? I think not.

There's now an Understand section, but still no Buy section. Still only two sites listed for Africa, two for Europe, none at all for South America, the Middle East or the Indian subcontinent. Pashley (talk) 10:00, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Ancient seed sprouts

32,000-Year-Old Plant Brought Back to Life—Oldest Yet Pashley (talk) 15:55, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Big one in UK

Giant "Sea Dragon" Ichthyosaur Is One Of UK's Greatest Ever Fossil Finds Pashley (talk) 08:23, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Neanderthals

Newsweek: Neanderthals Were Smart, Sophisticated, Creative—and Misunderstood Pashley (talk) 05:23, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

European origin?

I'm not sure how credible this site is. 7.2 million-Year-Old Pre-Human Fossil Suggests Mankind Arose in Europe NOT Africa Pashley (talk) 04:38, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

I'd be skeptical. Here's their team, and from their About page: "We’re the only Pop Archaeology site combining scientific research with alternative perspectives." Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:16, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Pterosaur

Meet “Dracula,” the Largest Pterosaur Found to Date. 12m wingspan, found in Transylvania. Pashley (talk) 10:37, 17 February 2023 (UTC)