<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:05:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/palaeontology/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Hunting for Dinosaurs in the Canadian Badlands]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pounding the dirt in the sweltering sun, feeling the lightest of breezes flow through the multicoloured slopes, we make our way down to the valley of Bonebed 30. There we meet a handful of people huddled]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/alberta/@freedomno1/hunting-for-dinosaurs-in-the-canadian-badlands</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/alberta/@freedomno1/hunting-for-dinosaurs-in-the-canadian-badlands</guid><category><![CDATA[alberta]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[freedomno1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2024 16:16:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn9ZEyHS4TVqWdjJgUMAgFsNjQxVcF46h2byj18ojHCNAE4ozAAZNzKi8eufKy2aBusdBeySnF76D34zrcN9SwwEz6kxyhg7HXcHebicaBw6DLdCdc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Paleontological Research Centre in Villa de Leyva]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was at the paleontological research centre in Villa de Leyva. as you can see, the saga of that magical place continues. There, once you arrive and pay the entrance fee, there is a guide who interprets]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@journeylife/paleontological-research-centre-in-villa-de-leyva</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@journeylife/paleontological-research-centre-in-villa-de-leyva</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[journeylife]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 05:42:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC8phwhXeFb61EFy4UzEf7eoYKDN8cd8m8yaJSEqdbuX1kHD5JdznDovFbQ4mmBWL6HnoHrqirdb8Aa5ewVKuM8Ro6dmgmXH71N4mx2PCNds23vZcUNrgv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[KING OF DINOSAURS!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image source: Pexels The T-Rex, also known as Tyrannosaurus Rex, was a species of dinosaur that lived during the late Cretaceous period, approximately 68 to 66 million years ago. It was one of the most]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dinosaurs/@lakuli/king-of-dinosaurs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dinosaurs/@lakuli/king-of-dinosaurs</guid><category><![CDATA[dinosaurs]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lakuli]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2023 20:50:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kx949aDJ3YN2aez4mhQcSxgCqbYBieSM3wf6LV5x3irgy7VKYUcW8bzSbJuDchY2icKfQH7L5qJnv4wUHr51RcZUnqEYJzNF8YMgymY2tAVZ4Gb33DnYxbtxFf17shiqqtgux6S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palaeontology Weekend Get-Away]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Nature is amazing because we can scarcely comprehend what we encounter on a daily basis. The beauty that surrounds us... mountains, beaches, forests, deserts, oceans... you name it! Last weekend]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-168869/@ingridontheroad/palaeontology-weekend-get-away</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-168869/@ingridontheroad/palaeontology-weekend-get-away</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-168869]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ingridontheroad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2022 23:06:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3EdYgMmo73Kshtneqs72CbDW8qWFDkPi4VD36yf4QgzHg94ck156jx4yBX86qbGQLghsevAigaEYcBzB9dqwHS36h7m4VefeZnsW4CHeHPYYvH3JrMLnzPN5Hp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than a pile of bones (Part 2)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robert Bakker, one of the fathers of Dinosaurs Reinnassence. ("Bob Bakker lecture" by etee licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.) ALTHOUGH arriving almost two weeks late due to a personal situation, here]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/palaeoart/@elihuguzman/more-than-a-pile-of-bones-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/palaeoart/@elihuguzman/more-than-a-pile-of-bones-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[palaeoart]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[elihuguzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2021 16:37:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Fogtqw56Z26GKG4LVCxtP88tJ92KQgJmR8S2t67GdaNKkEvwwKuFNRtZGk5buETHeDM9CDXRRx91YeLmEQ4buurQqyB4qwGMjwwFZaS3yFhg1JFsL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than a pile of bones (Part 1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Charles Knight sculpting a Stegosaurus in 1899. ("Charles R. Knight", unknown author. Public domain.) IF there's a reason why we like dinosaurs, it's the illustrations. An author wrote that one]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/palaeoart/@elihuguzman/more-than-a-pile-of-bones-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/palaeoart/@elihuguzman/more-than-a-pile-of-bones-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[palaeoart]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[elihuguzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2021 23:53:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Fogtqw56Z26GKG4LVCyBnDS51eUMg7WkREorPhwH492LwnM3MEkXWQRAsNDpi897bUYhAh9H9Q6LzXYPWXHX3eBCpirNA2Fb6dCJyDdctVQCvzzaJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who's who in the zoo?]]></title><description><![CDATA[THOUSANDS and thousands of articles are being written right now, hundreds of books, probably millions of videos, and think I can't imagine the number of songs or posts, so why should you, dear reader,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hiveph/@elihuguzman/whos-who-in-the-zoo-r14sf8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hiveph/@elihuguzman/whos-who-in-the-zoo-r14sf8</guid><category><![CDATA[hiveph]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[elihuguzman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2021 16:57:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Fogtqw56Z26GKG4LVCv3GkLamkmyW7dFxVn1kRRb2wwhcqBXrHQSdsELeSXAtwZd22AZc3GeY9iZJVY17QLNStPBPKrH4TeEZziEdZjs2XT3EpzVc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paläontologie für Nicht-Paläontologen: Das Geheimnis ist gelüftet!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hallo Leute, ich habe es endlich geschafft. Ich konnte das Rätsel um mein Fischfossil beinahe vollständig lüften. Am siebten Januar dieses Jahres fand, wie immer am ersten Mittwoch des Monats, der]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/de-stem/@chappertron/palontologiefrnicht-palontologendasgeheimnisistgelftet-cgac6z7jzw</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/de-stem/@chappertron/palontologiefrnicht-palontologendasgeheimnisistgelftet-cgac6z7jzw</guid><category><![CDATA[de-stem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chappertron]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 20:05:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3pM3JAosbwRThtp5WRWuvAeiYU9WeuExWkf51pFn4fVuu62GEvNxazvDAvTcbsmKcuajdtiY8rpN8BdoWPwsXVe7V11LMF83CTHc5wnSYxTGR371Q2T6wryRrCYdgUe8v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dino egg bonanza]]></title><description><![CDATA[A rescent find from the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. 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Of Jurassic park fame protecting a clutch of eggs. source]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gavvet/seems-like-dinos-protected-their-eggs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@gavvet/seems-like-dinos-protected-their-eggs</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gavvet]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2019 08:24:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2xVmzkbNCvpx19L9UqTZsfeqPNVtS5PXpEM8ohFqc2oT4jg1vZFffzZ9pvhd2Z1DUBA21RhARbHLr66XjEsgRcRyLnw7KTbxSSDst1QADTLxvgbs476u5YJcJtpt8F5JkzXYwE9mSLXZ7wBzvbrQYELFHesrwDA5gmSz2X1vp6r7PaPYKvr2Dr49Z5dZCgQwyJHUVn3S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are the papinonins at Aramis (Frost, 2001) in the Theropithecus lineage, and ancestral to Theropithecus darti?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two species of papionins which are found in the Awash region only, primarily at 4.4 million year strata in Aramis , that have been classified Kuseracolobus aramisi and Pliopapio alemui (Frost, 2001), are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/palaeontology/@johan-nygren/are-the-papinonins-at-aramis-in-the-theropithecus-lineage-and-ancestral-to-theropithecus-darti</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/palaeontology/@johan-nygren/are-the-papinonins-at-aramis-in-the-theropithecus-lineage-and-ancestral-to-theropithecus-darti</guid><category><![CDATA[palaeontology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2018 17:55:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mapping the evolutionary lineage of horses on Danakil, and Paranthropus as a knuckle-walker]]></title><description><![CDATA[The horse evolutionary lineage also maps to the counter-clockwise rotation of Danakil[1], descendant from Miocene "forest horses"[2] and filled a niche as a grazer on the "open grasslands"]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/palaeontology/@johan-nygren/mapping-the-evolutionary-lineage-of-horses-on-danakil-and-paranthropus-as-a-knuckle-walker</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/palaeontology/@johan-nygren/mapping-the-evolutionary-lineage-of-horses-on-danakil-and-paranthropus-as-a-knuckle-walker</guid><category><![CDATA[palaeontology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2017 23:34:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBsd55puFE3zbHxWDAdfDRbkACh3V7Y6Yr7jc1vSKQfR3t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danakil, The Galapagos of Pliocene East Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[The coast-line on Danakil as an open grassland led to the speciation of grazing horses, where Eurygnathohippus woldegabrieli , the descendant of Miocene E. feibeli which lived and ate in forests, co-existed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/palaeontology/@johan-nygren/danakil-the-galapagos-of-pliocene-east-africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/palaeontology/@johan-nygren/danakil-the-galapagos-of-pliocene-east-africa</guid><category><![CDATA[palaeontology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2017 20:40:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnD7noDrN2Zpxsshp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Homo lineage created the savanna, rather than the other way around]]></title><description><![CDATA[The coast-line on Danakil where both the Australopithecus and Paranthropus genus speciated, would have been different from the surrounding regions in that it was an open landscape, where the field of vision]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anthropology/@johan-nygren/the-homo-lineage-created-the-savanna-rather-than-the-other-way-around</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anthropology/@johan-nygren/the-homo-lineage-created-the-savanna-rather-than-the-other-way-around</guid><category><![CDATA[anthropology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2017 20:15:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn5VJXtUS8ci4pfp2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Incomplete Lineage Sorting (ILS) from the interbreeding event 6 Ma]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scally et al shows that 30% of the gorilla genome exhibits incomplete lineage sorting with the human genome and chimpanzee genome, with 15% of the gorilla genome being closer to human than to chimpanzee,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anthropology/@johan-nygren/incomplete-lineage-sorting-ils-from-the-interbreeding-event-6-ma</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anthropology/@johan-nygren/incomplete-lineage-sorting-ils-from-the-interbreeding-event-6-ma</guid><category><![CDATA[anthropology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:43:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnK5ywZxUkBNtGZ26?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Darwinian origin of the great apes, an island in the Afar region, Danakil]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Galapagos of the Great Apes Iguanas became otters on the Galapagos, finches took on every single bird niche, birds on New Zealand lost their wings, the Kiwi bird became the equivalent of a pig, a ground]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anthropology/@johan-nygren/the-darwinian-origin-of-the-great-apes-an-island-in-the-afar-region-danakil</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anthropology/@johan-nygren/the-darwinian-origin-of-the-great-apes-an-island-in-the-afar-region-danakil</guid><category><![CDATA[anthropology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2017 14:45:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnFdb2gtbu61UBCBQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evidence of hybridization at 6Ma, mtDNA transfer from gorillae to human-chimpanzee lineage, seen in ps5 NUMT present in extant gorillas, humans and chimpanzees]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mitochondrial DNA is inherited separately from nuclear DNA (the chromosomes. ) Fragments of mitochondrial DNA are known to get inserted into nuclear DNA to form NUMTs, i.e. nuclear pseudogenes of the mtDNA.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anthropology/@johan-nygren/evidence-of-hybridization-at-6ma-mtdna-transfer-from-gorillae-to-human-chimpanzee-lineage-seen-in-ps5-numt-present-in-extant</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anthropology/@johan-nygren/evidence-of-hybridization-at-6ma-mtdna-transfer-from-gorillae-to-human-chimpanzee-lineage-seen-in-ps5-numt-present-in-extant</guid><category><![CDATA[anthropology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 02:09:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnKd7iEPeoGxyH4Sr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gene transfer between the gorilla lineage and human lineage 6–4Ma, possible empirical evidence]]></title><description><![CDATA[The gorilla lineage may be a result of the Ethopian plateau forming, from compression of the contintental crust at the Afar tripple junction, which later by extension formed the Afar rift as well as the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anthropology/@johan-nygren/gene-transfer-between-the-gorilla-lineage-and-human-lineage-6-4ma-possible-empirical-evidence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anthropology/@johan-nygren/gene-transfer-between-the-gorilla-lineage-and-human-lineage-6-4ma-possible-empirical-evidence</guid><category><![CDATA[anthropology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johan-nygren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:52:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnJLgL5fcmfw9abSE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subcutaneous fat in humans and gorillas, correlations at a genetic level ?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gorillas have plenty of subcutaneous fat, where Zihlman et al report 13% and 16% in two female gorilla from a paper in 2000[1], and total body fat up to 44% (Zihlman and McFarland, 2000). 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