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• Dinosaurs
  Paleontology
  Tyrannosaurus Rex
  Fossils
  Early Mammals
  Archaeology
   
  

  Paralititan

  Paralititan stromeri was a giant titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur discovered in coastal deposits in the Upper Cretaceous Bahariya Formation of Egypt. The fossil represents the first tetrapod reported ... > more
• Climate
  Global Warming
  Early Climate
  Ice Ages
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  Temperature record of the past 1000 years

  The temperature record of the past 1000 years describes the reconstruction of temperature for the last 1000 years on the Northern Hemisphere. A reconstruction is needed because a reliable surface ... > more
• New Species
  Early Birds
  Nature
  Extinction
  Birds
  Paleontology
   
  

  Raphinae

  The Raphinae are a subfamily of extinct flightless birds colloquially called didines or didine birds. They inhabited the Mascarene Islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, but became extinct through ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Anthropology
  Cultures
  Lost Treasures
  Human Evolution
  Fossils
   
  

  Chichen Itza

  Chichen Itza is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization, located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, present-day Mexico. From roughly 600 CE in ... > more
• Early Mammals
  Dinosaurs
  Paleontology
  Fossils
  Origin of Life
  Early Climate
   
  

  Mastodon

  Mastodons or Mastodonts are members of an extinct genus Mammut of the order Proboscidea; they resembled, but were distinct from, the woolly mammoth. While mastodons were furry like woolly mammoths, ... > more
• Caving
  Acid Rain
  Geography
  Geology
  Oceanography
  Water
   
  

  Limestone

  Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite (calcium carbonate: CaCO3). Limestones often contain variable amounts of silica in the form of chert or flint, as well as ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Archaeology
  Anthropology
  Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Origin of Life
   
  

  Castle

  A castle is a building, or set of buildings, fortified for defence against an enemy. The term is most often applied to a small self-contained ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Origin of Life
  Evolution
  Nature
  Evolutionary Biology
   
  

  Timeline of evolution

  This timeline of the evolution of life outlines the major events in the development of life on the planet Earth. Dates given are estimates based on scientific evidence. In biology, evolution is the ... > more
• Dinosaurs
  Fossils
  Paleontology
  Tyrannosaurus Rex
  Evolution
  Human Evolution
   
  

  Albertosaurus

  Albertosaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous Period, more than 70 million years ... > more
• Charles Darwin
  Evolution
  Origin of Life
  Archaeology
  Fossils
  Anthropology
   
  

  Pelycosaur

  The pelycosaurs were smallish to large (up to 3 meters or more) primitive Late Paleozoic synapsid reptiles. They appeared during the Late Carboniferous and reached their acme in the early part of the ... > more

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