Showing posts with label Natural History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Natural History. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Jobaria Femur Bench

Take a seat on a dinosaur! The 6-foot-long thigh bone of the giant plant-eater Jobaria has been fashioned into a unique bench. Hand cast and painted from original fossil molds. $2,495.00.

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Ancient Art

Look closely at the photo to the left. Yes, those are penguins . . . drawn more than 20,000 years ago on a cave wall near Marseille, France. More.

Monday, December 11, 2006

The Genographic Project

The fossil record fixes human origins in Africa, but little is known about the great journey that took Homo sapiens to the far reaches of the Earth. How did we, each of us, end up where we are? Why do we appear in such a wide array of different colors and features?

Such questions are even more amazing in light of genetic evidence that we are all related—descended from a common African ancestor who lived only 60,000 years ago. More.

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