New flying-fish fossil
A new flying-fish fossil has been unearthed in the Guizhou Province in south-west China. Known as Potanichthys xingyiensis, it is the earliest example of gliding flish.
Previous fossils of this family (Thoracopteridae) had been found in Europe and belonged to the Late Triassic, but not only is this extremely well-preserved specimen from the middle Triassic - millions of years earlier - it most probably shared a common ancestor with the Austrian and Italian specimens. While the Austrian fossils have scales, the Italian specimens have none. The Asian fossil has just 4 rows of scales heading back towards the tail. The discovery of P. xingyiensis indicates that thoracopteridae lived at both the western and eastern rims of the Paleo-Tethys sea (which disappeared during the Jurassic period). Though it shares many features with today's gliding fish - well-developed pectoral fins, forked asymmetrical tail with a chubby lobe - these are examples of convergent evolution, as the Thoracopteridae family is extinct. It's likely both fish evolved this way to escape predators, and this ability in middle Triassic fish supplies more evidence that ocean life bounced back fairly quickly after the devastating Permian-Triassic Great Dying (http://tinyurl.com/chzpbj7). Photo credit: Dr. Guang-Hui Xu. http://www.nature.com/news/oldest-flying-fish-fossil-found-in-china-1.11707 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20095637 http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22441-flying-fish-fossils-hint-at-ancient-evolution.html A prehistoric discovery
Big things are happening in Spain; very big
things. Researchers from the Miquel Crusafont Catalan Paleontology Institute have recently discovered hundreds of new fossilized dinosaur eggs and eggshells at the Coll de Nargo site in Lleida, Spain. After digging through many layers of strata, the team of paleontologists dug up eggs of sauropods, which are among some of the largest animals to ever roam planet Earth. Sauropods were herbivores with extremely long necks and tails that grazed the foliage of trees and shrubbery before becoming extinct some 65 million years ago. The team was led by Albert García Sellés who explained that in addition to finding hundreds of untouched fossilized eggs, four new species that were previously unknown to the area were also discovered including Cairanoolithus roussetensis, Megaloolithus aureliensis, Megaloolithus siruguei, and Megaloolithus baghensis. This is huge in the world of paleontology and prehistoric research since it would suggest that several species shared the same nesting grounds. The discovery of multiple nests also allows researchers to create biochronological scales that have dated the nests as being 71 and 67 million years old. Since the eggs were also found in multiple layers of strata, more than 25 layers in fact; the discovery also indicates that this particular nesting ground was shared by these species for millions of years. Findings like these are why paleontologists are in the field. We have just begun to break the surface in terms of paleontological discoveries, which begs the question; what will we find next? And, where may that be? --Pete D Photo Credit: Mark A. Stevenson, Deviant Art http://maspix.deviantart.com/art/Sauropod-Herd-303706361 References: 1. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130312134912.htm 2. http://www.science20.com/news_articles/coll_de_nargó_4_dinosaur_egg_s pecies_identified-106200 3. http://www.inquisitr.com/576006/hundreds-of-dinosaur-fossil-eggs-found-in-spain/ 4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Sauropoda For info on a similar discovery that took place in Auca Mahuevo South America in 1993, visit: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=364850013576049&set=pb.352857924775258.-2207520000.1363665969&type=3&src=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash3%2F48144_364850013576049_127195259_n.jpg&size=320%2C239 
fossils from Aland: http://www.paleophilatelie.eu/description/stamps/aland_1996.html
0,40- Trilobiet Asaphus9,00- Gastropode 'Euomophalus' should read 'Euomphalus'. On the Åland islands between Sweden and Finland in the Baltic sea, you can find fossils from the Ordovician period. This is a only place in Finland where you can find fossils. In the University Museum in Helsinki, you can see fossils from this Islands. East of the main island there is a 9 kilometre diameter crater (Lumparn). This crater was formed by a meteor or comet impact 1200 to 500 milion years ago. You can go to the Finnish Åland Islands by ferry from the Swedish or the Finnish mainland. The best spot to collect fossils is Ytternäs on the Jomala island. The finds consist of trilobites and gastropods from the Ordovician period. Some farmers allow to tourist to collect fossils on their fields at Ordovician limestone blocks. Many farmers, however, don't like collectors and soon it will be also illegal export fossils for Finland. They are Ordovician. 
Fossil des Monats Januar: Schädel eines
Reusengebiß-Flugsauriers, Ctenochasma sp...., aus dem oberen Jura der Mörnsheim Formation bei Mühlheim, Bayern. Fossil of the month for January: Skull of a filter-feeding pterosaur, Ctenochasma sp., from the Upper Jurassic Mörnsheim Formation at Mühlheim, Bavaria.See More By: Paläontologisches Museum München 
The debate on whether Torosaurus (bottom skull) and Triceratops (top skull) are
...in fact the same species continues to rage. A study published last month concludes they are not, but I doubt the issue has been laid to rest. Where do you stand? Are you a lumper or a splitter, species wise? http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0032623 
Thomas Jefferson, well known as very intelligent
president (3rd )of USA. Less people know about his role in American Paleontology: http://www.paleophilatelie.eu/description/stamps/usa_1968.html Jefferson is rightfully renowned as the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, the Third President of the United States, and a champion of Liberty. But he was also a central player in the beginnings of American paleontology. In addition, his participation occurred at a time when people were struggling with the ideas of fossils as evidence of past life, of extinction, and of an Earth far older than the Biblical account. Some of the fruits of Jefferson's paleontology became part of the collections at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. Beginning in 1849 these holdings were transferred over to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, where they are currently housed. This is the Thomas Jefferson Fossil Collection. Another stamp of Jefferson and some more info about his role in Paleontology is: http://www.paleophilatelie.eu/description/stamps/usa_1954.html 
Paleo Philatelist
Fossils of Paleontologic Museum in Munich, Germany (Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, D-8000 Munich, Germany) Left: Parkinsonia parkinsoni, middle Jurasic (175 MY ago) Right: Pterodactylus kochi, late Juarsic (140 MY ago) ... Stamps: http://www.paleophilatelie.eu/images/sets/germany_ddr_1973.jpg - value of pf20 http://www.paleophilatelie.eu/images/sets/nicaragua_1999.jpg http://www.paleophilatelie.eu/images/sets/bulgaria_2003.jpg 
100,000 years old hindu bell shaped vase recovered from Dorcherter
In June, 185...1, Scientific American reprinted a report from the Boston Transcript about how a metallic vase, found in two parts, was dynamited out of solid rock 15 feet below the surface in Dorchester, Mass. The design on vase is definitely of Hindu origin. This kind of art can be seen extensively in Bidriware which is prepared by inlaiding silver. This is unique to Bharat(India) only. Such craftmanship is also visible in some parts of Bihar and other northern region. The bell-shaped vase ,measuring 4-1/2 inches high and 6-1/2 inches at the base, was composed of a zinc and silver alloy. On the sides were figures of flowers in bouquet arrangements, inlaid with pure silver. The estimated age of the rock out of which it came: 100,000 years. Source: Forbidden Archeology http://www.youtube.com/user/UniverseExplorersTV By: Universe Explorers 
I thought mushrooms came after plants, dont they feed of decaying plant matter not photosynthasis.
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/07/long-before-trees-overtook-the-land-earth-was-covered-by-giant-mushrooms/ 
http://www.africanglobe.net/africa/ethiopian-scientist-unearth-3-3-million-year-child
The family Hominidae diverged from the Hylobatidae (Gibbon) family 15-20 million years ago, and around 14 million years ago, the Ponginae (orangutans), diverged from the Hominidae family.[3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution |
Pegomastax africanus
A new species of dinosaur was discovered from fossils found in South Africa back in the 1960's, and recently found in a collection at Harvard University by a palaeontologist named Paul Sereno. Pegomastax africanus, or "thick jaw from Africa," is one of the smallest dinosaurs every discovered, growing to 45 cm long and less than 20 cm high, and its jaws are a measly 2.5 cm long each. It belonged to a group of dinosaurs called heterodontosaurs, which were small herbivores with prominent canine teeth. It lived in Southern Africa around 200 million years ago, when Pangaea began to split into northern and southern continents.
Its appearance would have been bizarre. It had a short parrot-like beak, two stabbing canines, and tall teeth meant for slicing plants and picking fruit. This may be strange for a plant-eating dinosaurs, although some herbivores today (like fanged deer) also sport these large canines, which are mainly used as self defense. P. africanus was also covered in long porcupine-like bristles that were probably meant to make the animal look bigger. Overall, this dinosaur's physiology was ahead of its time, with a jaw structure similar to those of mammals that did not appear until millions of years later. Its small size makes it stand out in a world of giant dinosaurs, and Sereno joked that it would have probably made a good pet, "if you could train it not to nip you." Sources: http://www.zmescience.com/research/discoveries/pegomastax-long-vampire-dinosaur-plant-eater-031433/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/10/121003-new-dinosaur-species-fanged-sereno-science/ http://www.earthtimes.org/scitech/fanged-dwarf-dinosaur-discovered-pegomastax-africanus/2210/ 
The mighty Brontosaurus; the name alone conjures up images of lumbering, long-necked beasts through Jurassic swampland, just as we
have seen in countless movies and books. Here we see a specimen on display in the American Museum of Natural History in 1905. Its great size brought awe and wonder to visitors. But wait. Brontosaurus never actually existed. This has been established for years now, but its legacy lives on. Why? To understand, we'd have to look back at the so-called "Bone Wars" that took place between two paleontologists, Yale's O.C. Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope of Philadelphia. Marsh and Cope were rivals, and constantly tried to outdo the other by discovering and naming as many new dinosaur species as possible. In the late 1800's, Marsh discovered an incomplete skeleton he deemed Apatosaurus, and because he wished to beat his rival, he used the head of another sauropod (most likely a Camarasaurus skull) to complete the specimen in time for publication. Later, he discovered a more complete specimen of Apatosaurus, but due to subtle differences, he named it a new species; Brontosaurus. Both were put on display with wrong heads and features in museums around the world. A few scientists noticed that the two species might be one in the same in the early 1900's, but it wasn't until the 1970's when Carnegie scientists finally noticed the wrong skull placement, and corrected the controversy once and for all. Apatosaurus was given the right head, and the Brontosaurus had disappeared. But the Brontosaurus never actually disappeared. We still continue to see it appear in children's books, cartoons, and movies. In the past, the Brontosaurus was considered the classic example of a dinosaur; a swamp-dwelling, lumbering lizard with a tiny brain. Most scientists agreed on this, and now we only have to look back at the Brontosaurus to realize how far we have come in the field of paleontology. Now, the sauropods are seen as lighter, mobile dinosaurs that kept their bodies mostly off the ground and out of the swamp. We are also reminded that preparing fossils and specimens is a difficult job and mistakes are common; a more recent example of this is the discovery that the Triceratops might simply be a younger version of the Torosaurus (link below). The study of dinosaurs is never-ending, and it is always changing. Sources: http://www.npr.org/2012/12/09/166665795/forget-extinct-the-brontosaurus-never-even-existed http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/04/why-brontosaurus-still-matters/ Triceratops article: http://tinyurl.com/c8ffekf Edit: This recent article provides proof that Triceratops was in fact, a separate species (thank you for those who pointed it out): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17192624 Image source: smithsonianmag.comSee More By: Evolution 
Exceptionally preserved juvenile
megalosauroid dinosaur with filamentous integument from the Late Jurassic of Germany: In an article published online in the scientific journal "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences", a German-American team led by Munich palaeontologist Oliver Rauhut describe a new predatory dinosaur from southern Germany. The animal, dubbed Sciurumimus albersdoerferi, preserves filamentous feathers in many parts of the body and indicates that feathers were much more common in dinosaurs than previously recognized. See http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/06/25/1203238109 By: Paläontologisches Museum München 
Palaeontologists from the Royal Tyrell
Museum have unearthed a huge triceratops ...near Drumheller, Alta. It took 12 days to excavate the 2000kg triceratops, and Dr. François Therrien, curator of dinosaur palaeoecology at the Royal Tyrrell Museum, said it looked like a huge “log jam” of bones in the dirt. The discovery will allow palaeontologists to compare similarities and differences of the Alta triceratops with those found in Saskatchewan and Montana, and this may offer some insight into why Triceratops is much rarer in Alberta than the other mentioned locations. To read more head to the link below; http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2012/08/17/calgary-dinosaur-triceratops-drumheller.html Image; Royal Tyrrell MuseumSee More By: Palaeontology News and Fossil Focus 
Fossils of Paleontologic Museum in
Munich, Germany (Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, D-8000 Munich, Germany) Top: Prestosuchus chiniquensis, middle Jurasic (230 MY ago), found in Brazil Bottom: Smilodon californicus, 75,000 year ago, found in California USA ... There are quite some stamps depicted Smilodon. e.g. http://www.paleophilatelie.eu/images/sets/ecuador_2007.jpg http://www.paleophilatelie.eu/images/sets/el_salvador_1979.JPG - stamp with value of c20 http://www.paleophilatelie.eu/images/sets/france_2008.jpg - stamp with value of €0.55 http://www.paleophilatelie.eu/images/sets/USA_1996.jpg and more 
Female icons, ancestral mothers from all over the world. Available as a poster (18x24 in.) at http://www.suppressedhistories.
net/femaleicons.html (where you can find more info about each figurine). 
http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/ruins-of-ancient-city-discovered-in-australian-desert/
Archeology, Archeology, Australia & Pacific, History, Science 7 September, 2014 Ruins of Ancient City Discovered in Australian Desert Alice Springs| A team of archaeologists working for the Australian National University, who were proceeding to an excavation near the sandstone rock formation of Uluru, has unearthed the ruins of a large precolonial city dating back to more than 1500 years ago. The important number of tombs and artefacts already discovered on the site suggests that it could have been the capital of an ancient empire, completely unknown to historians until now. The site which was first noticed on satellite pictures taken in October 2013, using a newly developed ground-penetrating radar. The images revealed many 90° angles and various common geographic figures over a 16 km2 area, leading the team of scientists to direct some archaeological excavations on the spot, starting in May 2014. Over the last few months, many structures have been unearthed including what looks like a royal palace, a few temples, large rainwater reservoirs, workshops and dozens of houses. 287 individual tombs have already been discovered in a small necropolis located just outside the ancient city. The bodies are mostly of proto-aboriginal origins, but also surprisingly include a few Polynesian and Asian individuals. Professor Walter Reese, in charge of the site, claims that the extent of the site and the superposition of various layers of constructions, suggests that it was occupied for 400 to 500 years, from approximately 470-80 AD, up until the 9th Century. He believes that the city could have held between 20000 and 30000 inhabitants, making it the most important center of civilization in the Southern Pacific at the time. “This was certainly the capital of a vast empire, that practised some sort of international trade” says Mr Reese. “The fact that we have discovered some bodies of various origins suggests that this state could have been a very influential throughout the Pacific islands and Southeast Asia. We have found many objects on the site that were obviously imported from other regions, like rice, flax or lacquer.” The various artefacts gathered from the site suggest that the city flourished thanks to some form of control over various gold mining operations in Southern Australia. The precious metal was purified and transformed by the hundreds of goldsmiths of the city before being traded for various other goods through an extensive network reaching as far as New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and even China and India. |
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There are many scientific facts about the origins of humanity, ancient texts, suppressed technologies, ancient artifacts, stone monuments, megalithic structures that most people are not aware of. There is much evidence of ancient advanced civilizations, thousands of years older than what is mainly believed.
Here are some great full length, mind expanding documentaries ranging from ancient cultures, hidden histories, hidden knowledge, spirituality, advanced technologies, ETs and similar subjects.
"Quest for a Lost Civilization" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yz1DfTF3-E
"Ancient Knowledge" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAWf3F8_zQk
"Legend of Atlantis": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGD4HMVtvEk
"Decoding the Past" Edgar Cayce: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWOGZwXK5fY
"SPIRIT SCIENCE" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaDOkMEK4uk
"Kymatica" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkbvJFEQgJU
"Esoteric Agenda" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJiCU6Jw0Co
"The Quickening" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHHZkUiRP30
Zeitgeist 3(Newest) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w
The Venus Project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zn8MRKOskw
"Thrive" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVEDwnvwQkM
"The Return to One" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkTccU8x7a4
"Bleep do we know?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usMsTPg-hHk
"2012, Online Movie" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc-55p1Al9k
"Dawn of the Maya" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVMt-_11CFI
Revelation of the Pyramids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooy2LTJoMVM
Kogi Tribe "Elder Brother's Warning" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnLX9pdKuEg
Nostradamus "Secret Code" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BotfkxK4aX8
Edgar Cayce "Atlantis Prophecies" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVCAca2r1LM
"The Black Hole" with Nassim Haramein http://vimeo.com/38288818
"The Pyramid Code"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqy6p-OFfuM
"Advanced Ice Age Civiliations and Atlantis."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG29fMwsTzU
"Truth behind the Free Energy Lie"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K2wm8tn088
NIkola Tesla, "The Untold Story "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoY_7mbm5ng
Here are some great full length, mind expanding documentaries ranging from ancient cultures, hidden histories, hidden knowledge, spirituality, advanced technologies, ETs and similar subjects.
"Quest for a Lost Civilization" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yz1DfTF3-E
"Ancient Knowledge" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAWf3F8_zQk
"Legend of Atlantis": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGD4HMVtvEk
"Decoding the Past" Edgar Cayce: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWOGZwXK5fY
"SPIRIT SCIENCE" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaDOkMEK4uk
"Kymatica" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkbvJFEQgJU
"Esoteric Agenda" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJiCU6Jw0Co
"The Quickening" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHHZkUiRP30
Zeitgeist 3(Newest) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w
The Venus Project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zn8MRKOskw
"Thrive" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVEDwnvwQkM
"The Return to One" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkTccU8x7a4
"Bleep do we know?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usMsTPg-hHk
"2012, Online Movie" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc-55p1Al9k
"Dawn of the Maya" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVMt-_11CFI
Revelation of the Pyramids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooy2LTJoMVM
Kogi Tribe "Elder Brother's Warning" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnLX9pdKuEg
Nostradamus "Secret Code" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BotfkxK4aX8
Edgar Cayce "Atlantis Prophecies" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVCAca2r1LM
"The Black Hole" with Nassim Haramein http://vimeo.com/38288818
"The Pyramid Code"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqy6p-OFfuM
"Advanced Ice Age Civiliations and Atlantis."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG29fMwsTzU
"Truth behind the Free Energy Lie"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K2wm8tn088
NIkola Tesla, "The Untold Story "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoY_7mbm5ng
