Pterosaurs, the largest flying animals ever and the first flying vertebrates, appeared during the Triassic period, 215 million years ago, and died out at the. 10.11.2022, Sputnik International
Mary Anning, (born May 21, 1799, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England died March 9, 1847, Lyme Regis), prolific English fossil hunter and amateur anatomist credited with the discovery of several dinosaur specimens that assisted in the early development of paleontology. Her excavations also aided the careers of many British scientists by providing them with specimens to study and framed a significant part of Earth’s geologic history. Some scientists note that fossils recovered by Anning may have also contributed, in part, to the theory of evolution put forth by English naturalist Charles Darwin. Anning was one of two surviving children born to cabinetmaker
paleontology, also spelled palaeontology, scientific study of life of the geologic past that involves the analysis of plant and animal fossils, including those of microscopic size, preserved in rocks. It is concerned with all aspects of the biology of ancient life forms: their shape and structure, evolutionary patterns, taxonomic relationships with each other and with modern living species, geographic distribution, and interrelationships with the environment. Paleontology is mutually interdependent with stratigraphy and historical geology because fossils constitute a major means by which sedimentary strata are identified and correlated with one another. Its methods of investigation include that of biometry (statistical
In this edited extract from Planktonia, The Nightly Migration of the Ocean's Smallest Creatures, Erich Hoyt introduces us to some of the ocean's most extraordinary and vital life-forms
Hendrik Hofmeyr’s opera “Sara Baartman” presents an interpretation of an elusive reality and contested history, presenting interesting musical and casting challenges.