Palaeontology In Austrian Universities Lectures in paleontology at Austrian universities have a tradition of more than150 years; sedimentary facies and in addition paleontology of hominids. http://www.univie.ac.at/Palaeontologie/palaeontology in austrian unis1.htm
Extractions: Paleontology in Austrian Universities (State: 1997) Lectures in paleontology at Austrian universities have a tradition of more than 150 years; at the present time five different Austrian universities offer paleontological lectures: (1) University of Vienna, Institute for Paleontology (2) Karl Franzens-University, Graz, Institute for Geology and Paleontology (3) Leopold-Franzens-University, Innsbruck, Institute for Geology and Paleontology (4) University of Salzburg, Institute for Geology and Paleontology (5) University of Leoben, Department of Geological Sciences Only at the universities of Vienna, Graz and Innsbruck is it possible to major in paleontology. At Salzburg and Leoben, lectures in paleontology are only offered within earth science in general. University of Vienna, Institute for Paleontology The study of earth sciences at the University of Vienna is divided into different disciplines: paleontology, geology, mineralogy/crystallography, petrology, technical geology, mining geology, and - in future possibly also - geochemistry. Undergraduate studies consist of two stages, the first one (four terms) being identical for all disciplines. Paleontology is therefore a compulsory subject for all students of earth sciences. Paleontological teaching emphasizes the general principles of paleontology, and gives a basic introduction to the taxonomy of fossil faunas and floras; seminars and field trips (in different disciplines of earth science) are obligatory. For all students of earth sciences basic lectures in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, geology, mineralogy and petrology are compulsory.
Scott hominids and Fauna; Museum of paleontology, Barcelona, Spain Middle MioceneHominoids; (Dryopithecines); Museum of paleontology, Florence, Italy Middle http://www.cwru.edu/med/anatomy/simpson/Scott.html
Extractions: Recent reports of fossil finds in Ethiopia may change the way scientists draw the human family tree. The fossils, over 5 million years old, give new information about the way early hominids moved and the habitats that they lived in. We'll find out more. Plus, new research into the structure of dinosaurs' noses says that many depictions of the ancient creatures are all wrong. We'll talk about it. Call in with your questions and comments at 1-800-989-8255, and share your opinions online in our Listeners' Lounge registration required
Oxford Brookes - 8315 The Fossil Record hominids. Human Evolution The Paleonet Pages Geological Time Scale paleontology Links. Illinois State Geological Survey http://www.brookes.ac.uk/geology/8315/home.html
Extractions: 8315 The Fossil Record Silurian fossil assemblage from the Wren's Nest, Dudley, West Midlands. Image: Anton Kearsley Links to information sources on the Web UKESCC Courseware You can access the UKESCC courseware modules on the Web from the Geology Computing Laboratory, S110, or from the University networks. To access the modules: Go to http://www.ukescc.co.uk/ukescc/earthsci.html Hold down the control (Ctrl) key when clicking on a particular course icon In the next window, select 'Trust All Locations' and 'Save Settings'. The module should now open (if you have any problems accessing the courseware, first read How to use the courseware,
Extractions: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign SEATTLE Advances in genetics during the last decade not only have influenced modern medicine, they also have changed how human evolution is studied, says an anthropologist from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Using her own research on the teeth of baboons as a case in point, Leslea J. Hlusko said that some of the traits considered important to human evolution, such as the thickness of molar enamel, may be too simplistically interpreted by some paleontologists. Hlusko organized a Monday symposium on human evolution at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She brought together experts who study phylogenetics, ancient DNA, developmental genetics, quantitative genetics and primate evolution so that they could share the same stage to discuss their current work, and where they may be able to go on together in an effort to understand the evolution of our ancestors. The session was discussed Sunday at a news briefing. Hlusko's call for an integration of paleontology and genetics is also the focus of a perspective article that will appear online Monday ahead of print publication by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences "Data from developmental genetics and biomedicine, coupled with advances in computer technology, now provide us with a wealth of new information from which to better understand the genetic and non-genetic influences underlying primate, including human, evolution," Hlusko said in an interview. "By combining these different data sets with the fossil record, we don't have to be just paleontologists, or just geneticists. Because selection operates on the genome through our anatomies, it makes better sense to conduct our research with a similarly integrative approach. Recent advances in genetics have now made this method more feasible for primate studies."
Review Of Calculating God Like hominids, Calculating God uses alien contact to dramatize a conflict; However, they make no secret of their opinion that Earths paleontology will http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue78/calculating_god_review.html
Extractions: Recommendations Any science-fiction fans who were unaware that Robert J. Sawyer is one of the major authors in the genre today have to know it now that his novel Hominids Hominids to start with; his somewhat earlier novel Calculating God is similar to it in some ways. Hominids The Persian Letters Like Hominids Calculating God Return to top The structure of Calculating God supranatural Return to top Meanwhile, God appears to be intervening to foil the nefarious plan by blocking radiation from the supernova. Well, that sheds a whole new light on things. The Forhilnors and Wreeds prepare to hotfoot it out to Betelgeuse, where they expect to meet God in person. Of course, Jericho will be aboard as a passenger in frozen sleep; what does he have to lose? Return to top Science-fiction fans are surely familiar with the authorial personality that infuses the works of such writers as Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein; however, theirs is small potatoes compared to the ubiquitous personal presence of Robert J. Sawyer. In Calculating God
Extractions: Introduction to Anthropology (ANT 1102) is a general survey of the field of anthropology which potentially serves UGA students for both the social science and environmental literacy core course requirement. This course is also geared to helping students improve their writing skills. Anthropology addresses the issue of human biological and cultural diversity across space and time. Homo sapiens , the subject matter of anthropology, is a highly adaptable primate, with a great capacity to assimilate and transmit its experience and knowledge in a symbolic way. To serve it own purposes, our species has made remarkable impact on practically all world environments, modifying them intentionally by introducing changes in their productivity, order and structure, and also causing unintentional perturbations. The future of planet Earth depends on how well our species comes to grips with nature itself. The population question, the ever-increasing demand for energy and raw materials, and the degradation of our natural resources, as well as changes in ecological processes on a planetary scale, may be placing our species on a path to extinction-despite our apparent technological successes.
Extractions: [Search ALL Issues] To see an article , click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts , check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time , click its [Abstract] link. G. R. Licari Biogeology of the late pre-Phanerozoic Beck Spring Dolomite of eastern California
Rocky Road: Women In Paleontology Women in paleontology. Until recently, opportunities for women in science havebeen relatively few. The Geological Society of London perhaps the most http://www.strangescience.net/women.htm
Extractions: This tongue-twister has a very real inspiration. The daughter of a working class English fossil collector, Mary Anning expanded her father's business after his untimely death left the family nearly destitute in the early 19th century. With an exceptional eye for fossils, she unearthed a number of spectacular finds from sediments that were deposited during the Jurassic Period. Many of Anning's grateful customers were upper class English geologists. When hard financial times dropped Anning's sales around 1830, one of those geologists, Henry De la Beche, drew a cartoon designed to inspire interest in her finds. Named Dura antiquior ("an earlier Dorset"), this lively depiction was converted to a lithograph and sold to many members of the Geological Society of London. A commercial collector, Anning was not considered a scientist, although many scientists of the time admired her work. To learn more about Mary Anning, choose Mary Anning's Biography One day, as the story goes, Mary Ann Mantell accompanied her country doctor husband on a house call. While he visited his patient, she took a stroll down a country lane and found a tooth that she presented to her husband after he finished his visit. Whether this story is true can't be confirmed since Gideon Mantell later gave conflicting versions of the story. What is known is that the tooth in question led to the naming of
CSUEB Department Of Anthropology - Home Page UC Berkeley Museum of paleontology This is a very good site on paleontology andone of the It also has links to many other good paleontology sites. http://isis.csueastbay.edu/dbsw/anthropology/Additional_Links.php
Extractions: Beginning in the 2004-2005 academic year, the departments of Anthropology and Sociology have undertaken the merger of their administrative functions. The two departments now share a department chair (Professor Diane Beeson), departmental support staff (Sylvia Musson, Administrative Support Coordinator, and Natalie Granera, Administrative Support Assistant), and departmental administrative offices (MI 3095, phone 510-885-3168). Sociology and anthropology are distinct academic disciplines, yet there is a great deal of overlap in terms of intellectual heritage, methodology, and domains of interest. The two departments are in the process of exploring ways to take advantage of synergies between the two sets of course offerings. Currently the merger does not affect academic programs; the requirements for majors, minors, and masters students remain unchanged. Degrees in process or begun in this academic year will be awarded in Anthropology or Sociology, depending of course on your program of study.
Late Miocene Hominids From The Middle Awash, Ethiopia Late Miocene hominids from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia Geology and paleontologyof the Late Miocene Middle Awash valley, Afar rift, Ethiopia http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanorigins/whatshot/2001/wh2001-2.htm
Extractions: In: Nature, Volume 412, 12 July 2001, Pages 175-178. Eleven hominin (early human) fossils, dated to between 5.2-5.8 Ma, were found in the Middle Awash Valley of Ethiopia. These fossils may hold information about the earliest humans since they come from the time between 7 and 5 million years ago when the chimpanzee and human lineages are thought to have split. The fossils have been placed in a new subspecies, Ardipithecus ramidus kadabba . At least five individuals are represented by the fossil remains. The specimens have a mixture of primitive features shared with other apes and derived characteristics that are unique to hominins. One of the features characteristic of all later hominins is the shape of the canine tooth, which looks more like an incisor than the ape canine does. This group of fossils is also linked to later hominins by the presence of features of a toe bone (phalanx) that are consistent with moving bipedally on the ground.
Extractions: Neandertal? "We were able to document one of the earliest benign bone tumors ever found, one individual may have had a surgical amputation of his hand, and several individuals had examples of osteoarthritis which may have made them a little stiff in the morning," said Dr. Monge. SUMMER 1999-When researchers from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology were given the first-ever opportunity to study the radiographic images of the famous Krapina Neandertal fossil bone collection, they were looking for signs of pathology, disease, and weakness in a group of hominids long thought by many to have "died out" in classic Darwinian survival-of-the-fittest style. Their ultimate diagnosis, however: these Neandertals were in large part a robust, healthy people. "This is exciting new data, and the first time researchers have had an opportunity to view, in total, so many radiographic images of fossils from an entire group of Neandertals, as found together in one site," noted Dr. Alan Mann
New Sauropod Analysis are in need of constant study and, yes, conservation and protection fromhominids) paleontology as an academic discipline is need of revitalization http://dml.cmnh.org/2002Sep/msg00289.html
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Science And Technology - Earth Science (Paleontology) The Fossil Freak supplies paleontology resources and selected links. Fossil HominidsPaleontologist Jim Foley refutes creationist claims that there is no http://www.centerofweb.com/scitech/earth_paleontology.htm
