Tag Archives: fossils
The 2016 Great Geoadvent – Door 1
The geoadvent is back! Click on ‘advent calendar’ above to see the latest posts, or follow the links below. Continue reading
War stories behind the stones
A guest post from geologist Nina Morgan* The epitaphs at the base of the headstones in any Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) cemetery serve as moving reminders of those who lost their lives during the two World Wars and as witness to the grief and loss of those who knew and loved them. The headstones … Continue reading
Sir Arthur Keith, Or: The Skull – Whodunnit?
A guest post from Lindsay James Keith, in which he defends his great uncle against charges of having perpetrated one of science’s most infamous frauds… Continue reading
World’s first fossilised dinosaur brain identified
Download the Open Access paper The discovery of the first example of fossilised brain tissue from a dinosaur has been confirmed, in a Special Publication published today by the Geological Society in memory of Professor Martin Brasier of the University of Oxford. ‘The chances of preserving brain tissue are incredibly small’ says co-author Dr Alex Liu … Continue reading
The 2016 Geoscience Education Academy
A guest post from Lucy Jackson, who attended the 2016 Geoscience Education Academy as a student representative. As someone keenly interested in Geology, the Geoscience Education Academy seemed like a perfect opportunity to develop my knowledge of the subject outside of my school studies. Therefore, when I was offered a place as a student assistant, I … Continue reading
Newfoundland’s Ediacaran biota gets World Heritage status
Already one of Canada’s protected Ecological Reserves, on July 17th, 2016 Mistaken Point was granted World Heritage status, making it the province of Newfoundland and Labrador’s fourth World Heritage Site, and the first anywhere in the world to be inscribed on the basis of Precambrian fossils. Continue reading
The UK’s geological museums and collections
Everyone has heard of the Natural History Museum – but did you know there are more than 250 geological collections across the UK? Continue reading
The mystery of Brunaspis enigmatica and the Great Crisis Stratum
‘What would a palaeontologist of the far future do if he, she (or indeed, it) came upon technofossils, the petrified artefacts of a long-extinct civilization?’ Continue reading
Lady Woodward’s tablecloth
Between 1894 and 1944, Maud and Arthur Smith Woodward welcomed countless eminent scientists into their homes in Kensington and Haywards Heath, Sussex. Arthur’s position as curator of the Geology Department of the British Museum of Natural History (now the Natural History Museum) meant that Maud was hostess to a huge range of famous names, and … Continue reading
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