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David Mckay retweeted
I first wrote about the Anthropocene in 2006. It was a review of @ElizKolbert 's book Field Notes from a Catastrophe. Today, scientists came closer to declaring that we have entered a new geological time: The age of humans, the Anthropocene. nytimes.com/2022/12/17/clima…
David Mckay retweeted
The preserved body of an #ankylosaur called Zuul crurivastator has broken and re-healed armour plates that were likely damaged by strikes from another Zuul rather than a T.rex ow.ly/MeSp50M10mh
@VictoriaArbour @ExpeditionLive @DavidEvans_ROM | #BiologyLetters #FossilFriday
David Mckay retweeted
Des trésors archéologiques enfouis depuis 500 millions d'années : un rare accès à un lieu unique au monde, en Colombie-Britannique.
Le reportage de @JulieCarpentier au #TJ22h
#archeologie #BC
David Mckay retweeted
From secret Paris labs to the Wizarding World at the ROM, here’s my 2022 highlights from my work for @globalnewsto and Montreal Now, @CJAD800 . Thank-you so much for watching, I hope it’s been fun. I’m excited to see what next year brings.
David Mckay retweeted
Ankylosaurs might have developed their spiky, club-like tails to fight each other in violent battles over mates or territory, according to new research by @VictoriaArbour.
cbc.ca/1.6679241
David Mckay retweeted
Armored dinosaurs called ankylosaurs might have wielded sledgehammer-like tail clubs against one another in conflict, in addition to warding off predators like the Tyrannosaurus rex cnn.it/3iTKnfx
David Mckay retweeted
Did ankylosaurs use their tail clubs as weapons?
New research by @ExpeditionLive & colleagues in @RSocPublishing explores. Learn more in this NYT story:
nytimes.com/2022/12/06/scien…
Illustration: @Paleoartologist
ALT In this artistic rendition, two armoured dinosaurs, members of the species Zuul crurivastator, battle each other in a clearing in a forest on a misty morning.
David Mckay retweeted
View some of the most interesting images from A&S stories from the past year: from Tomlinsonus dimitrii to Sonny & Cher to the lives of 19th century Black New Yorkers to the first woman to serve in Canada’s parliament.
See the images: bit.ly/3Y8RtNI
ALT An illustration of Tomlinsonus dimitrii at the bottom of the sea
David Mckay retweeted
Did ankylosaurs use their tail clubs to fight each other? @DavidEvans_ROM, @ExpeditionLive and I share new research in Biology Letters on Zuul crurivastator, showing it had healed osteoderms on its flanks - evidence of battle damage from another Zuul. Art by @Paleoartologist.
ALT Two armoured dinosaurs, members of the species Zuul crurivastator, battle each other in a clearing in a forest on a misty morning. The low angle light highlights their spiky appearance. The Zuul on the left is facing away from us, and has walloped the Zuul on the right with its tail club. The Zuul on the right is facing us, is reeling and off balance from the impact, and pieces of its spikes have broken away.
David Mckay retweeted
Today we reveal Zuul all put back together and what its completely preserved armor & skin might tell us about armored #dinosaur evolution. #DinoZuul’s injured & healed armor suggest tail clubs were used to fight w other Zuul—and intraspecific combat drove club evolution in anks – at Toronto, Ontario
David Mckay retweeted
The Zuul crurivastator, a dinosaur named for a demon dog in “Ghostbusters,” lugged around a sledgehammer-like tail club capable of delivering a bone-cracking blow.
A new study found it could both shatter shins and woo potential mates.
nyti.ms/3iEVtoK
Yikes. Probably not rabid, just hungry and precosius, but rabies is almost always fatal if you don't get treated right away. Once symptoms begin it's too late for treatment.
ontario.ca/page/rabies-human…
David Mckay retweeted
Be on the lookout for pieces of rock with a black crust - a feature developed as the meteor passes into earth's atmosphere. Meteorites are typically heavy for their size, and usually magnetic. If you think you may have found a piece, get in touch with us!
rom.on.ca/en/whats-on/rock-g…
David Mckay retweeted
So many wonderful little moments in @josh_sokol's profile of @DavidQuammen (and what a great pairing), but the below might be my favorite. Just a perfect metaphor to include in an essay about a writer whose oeuvre is steeped in evolutionary history.
theatlantic.com/books/archiv…
"I don’t know if there will be another @DavidQuammen," was the thought @josh_sokol had while hanging out with the acclaimed and singular science writer.
A profile that shows what a shame this would be.
theatlantic.com/books/archiv…
David Mckay retweeted
Thank you @cara_nickerson for the nice article. cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/…
David Mckay retweeted
. @DavidEvans_ROM kick starts the #2022SVP conference by introducing the amazing @Laelaps. Riley is the invited speaker for this years public talk, titled “Going the way of the dinosaurs: catastrophe survival and the future we make”. Give it up for her, folks!!!
