Paleoclimatology Articles

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  Smilodon

  Smilodon means knife tooth, an entirely appropriate name given its enormous fangs. The smilodon species are also known as Saber-Toothed Cats (which is inaccurate because there are other, unrelated ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Archaeology
  Cultures
  Anthropology
  Lost Treasures
  Human Evolution
   
  

  Minoan civilization

  The Minoans were a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age civilization in Crete in the Aegean Sea, flourishing from approximately 2600 to 1450 BC when their culture was superseded by the Mycenaean culture, which ... > more
• Dinosaurs
  Paleontology
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  Tyrannosaurus Rex
  Early Birds
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  Dinosaur

  Dinosaurs were vertebrate animals that dominated terrestrial ecosystems for over 160 million years, first appearing approximately 230 million years ago. At the end of the Cretaceous Period, 65 ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Origin of Life
  Anthropology
  Fossils
  Cultures
   
  

  Recent single-origin hypothesis

  The single-origin hypothesis (or Out-of-Africa model) is one of two accounts of the origin of anatomically modern humans, Homo sapiens. Because of the scarcity of fossils and the discovery of ... > more
• Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Anthropology
  Cultures
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  Evolution
   
  

  Homo floresiensis

  Homo floresiensis ("Man of Flores") is a species in the genus Homo, remarkable for its small body, small brain, and survival until relatively recent times. It is thought to have been contemporaneous ... > more
• Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Anthropology
  Fossils
  Origin of Life
  Evolution
   
  

  Homo antecessor

  Homo antecessor is an extinct hominin species that was discovered by E. Carbonell, J.L. Arsuaga and J.M. Bermudez de Castro. They are one of the earliest known hominins in Europe, with those from the ... > more
• Anthropology
  Ancient Civilizations
  Cultures
  Archaeology
  Origin of Life
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  Civilization

  The word civilization (or civilisation) has a variety of meanings related to human society. By the most minimal, literal definition, a civilization is a complex society. Technically, anthropologists ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Archaeology
  Lost Treasures
  Human Evolution
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  Egyptian pyramids

  The pyramids of Egypt, some of which are among the largest man-made constructions ever conceived, constitute one of the most potent and enduring symbols of Ancient Egyptian civilization. It is ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Fossils
  Evolution
  Cultures
   

  Homo heidelbergensis

  Homo heidelbergensis ("Heidelberg Man") is an extinct, potentially distinct species of the genus Homo and may be the direct ancestor of Homo neanderthalensis in Europe. According to the "Recent Out ... > more
• Cultures
  Human Evolution
  Archaeology
  Anthropology
  Early Humans
  Ancient Civilizations
   
  

  Indigenous peoples of the Americas

  The term indigenous peoples of the Americas encompasses the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European explorers in the 15th century, as well as many present-day ethnic groups who ... > more

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