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Teaching writing skills in online paleontology and evolution courses
Though foundational knowledge and technical skills are frequently and rightfully emphasized in biology curricula, transferrable skills, including writing, are under-prioritized to the detriment of biology graduates and to the scientific field.
Eric W. Dewar +2 more
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Impacts of invasive rats on Hawaiian cave resources
Although there are no published studies and limited data documenting damage by rodents in Hawaiian caves, our incidental observations during more than 40 years of surveying caves indicate that introduced rodents, especially the roof rat, Rattus rattus ...
Francis G. Howarth, Fred D. Stone
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<p class="MsoNormal">Este artículo analiza la modalidad epistémica asertiva (expresión de la certeza) en un conjunto de noticias científicas sobre el hallazgo paleontológico del llamado Hombre ...
José Antonio Díaz Rojo
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Molecular Taphonomy of Heme: Chemical Degradation of Hemin under Presumed Fossilization Conditions
The metalloporphyrin heme acts as the oxygen-complexing prosthetic group of hemoglobin in blood. Heme has been noted to survive for many millions of years in fossils. Here, we investigate its stability and degradation under various conditions expected to
Mariam Tahoun +4 more
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Oldest skeleton of a plesiadapiform provides additional evidence for an exclusively arboreal radiation of stem primates in the Palaeocene [PDF]
Palaechthonid plesiadapiforms from the Palaeocene of western North America have long been recognized as among the oldest and most primitive euarchontan mammals, a group that includes extant primates, colugos and treeshrews.
Stephen G. B. Chester +4 more
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Utilização de Veículos Alternativos de Comunicação para a Difusão do Conhecimento Paleontológico. [PDF]
Paleontology teaching must be an usual subject in the cultural formation. It is from it that man understands the history ofEarth and its evolutionary process, giving a new look and perspective of what behaviors a society must adopt.
Ana Carolina Gelmini de Faria +5 more
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The 250th anniversary of death of generous Russian scientist M.V. Lomonosov is celebrated in April 2015. His work «About the Earth’s layers» is the most important geological work of Lomonosov, which ideas were ahead of time and concerned different ...
V. N. Komarov
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