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I found this last summer in Plymouth Massachusetts. 4 inches by 2.5 inches. Curious what it is?
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Just wondering if there is anyway of telling what species this is and is it rare?
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Fossils are our passion, and a passion is not just a hobby. It is a kind of lifeline that gives you the opportunity to be who you are allowed to be. I let my passion run its course and it doesn't just stop with collecting. I also look at how I can use fossils practically. So I have now sawn a piece (collotia oxypticha, DeDeux-Sèvres France) which I use as a bookend. Beautiful and useful at the same time. At the same time I started to make a photo frame with fossils incorporated in it. Are there more people who use fossils practically and let their passion resound in the world around them? Let's share some ideas....
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Scientists Claim to Have Found The First Known Extraterrestrial Protein in a Meteorite
Spoons posted a topic in Fossil News
While not directly about fossils, I think this news might have some relevance to the field of paleontology as a whole. A big question I think we ask ourselves in our field is how life on earth began, and if it originated here, or elsewhere. This new paper could shed some light on the possibility that life could have originated elsewhere in our universe. Here’s a link to the paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.11688 Heres a link to a news article explaining the paper for all the laymen out there(myself included):https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-claim-to-have-found-the-first-known-extraterrestrial-protein-in-a-meteorite/amp -
found with clay Septarian nodules aka lightning stones. Transparent when wet. back show the tail end? plus a round something top center. front dry and moist. some kind of life form. S.W. Lake Michigan Fennville, Mich. base may be 50 mil, year old clay.
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Hi guys, I’ve been pretty quiet on here for a while, so thought I would drop in and say Hi, and I have missed the forum. Its been a stressful year or so with a lot going on workwise and with family health emergencies. Its been tough to keep the dream alive of a permanent job in science. I keep getting contract research jobs that mean I constantly need to be looking towards the horizon. I only get out collecting when Im back in New Zealand which I dream of when I’m not there. I think time to move back @6ix ? Anyway, popping back here is a nice reminder of the sense of community that can exist online. Looking back at how much this site helped me to rediscover my love of “hard rock” paleontology and seriously upskill on the prep front. Thanks guys - hope to be around more often!
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It is stupid topic.. maybe? Im enjoying this lovely tuesday evening/night by admiring my first geological hammer and chisels, which arrived yesterday. Also having couple glasses of red wine while sucking information about fossils and researching where I can go fossil hunting.. So excited!
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How geology tells the story of evolutionary bottlenecks and life on Earth
Thecosmilia Trichitoma posted a topic in Geology
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Dear FossilForum goers, I am wondering if anyone could provide me with information on the what the simplest or oldest fossils found are. There seem to be conflicting reports on the internet and I feel that this is a good platform to get answers. I am trying to do more research on and thinking about the origins of life and may purchase so of these fossils. Just a cool hobby or personal project of mine. If anyone has their own ideas on how life began please feel free to share, I really want to access the full scope of thought on one of the most interesting unanswered questions. Kind regards, Trevor
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NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Chemical Building Blocks For Life On Mars, Morning Edition, June 7, 2018 https://www.npr.org/2018/06/07/617235884/nasas-curiosity-rover-finds-chemical-building-blocks-for-life-on-mars NASA finds ancient organic material, mysterious methane on Mars, June 7, 2018 by Sean Potter, NASA https://phys.org/news/2018-06-nasa-ancient-material-mysterious-methane.html https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7154 The abstract is at: Eigenbrode, J.E., Summons, R.E., Steele, A., Freissinet, C., Millan, M., and many others, 2018, Organic matter preserved in 3-billion-year-old mudstones at Gale crater, Mars. Science. Vol. 360, Issue 6393, pp. 1096-1101 DOI: 10.1126/science.aas9185 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6393/1096 Yours, Paul H.
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Hi everybody. is a bit hard to type. yours truly has had a stroke and just got home from the hospital. Its gunna br awehile before I really start doing anything again? I am going to try and keep up a good atitude and just take on3 dy at a time. Dont feel sorry for me, just wixsh me luck. Thanks RB
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a metabolism? I've read in many places now that "life" is very difficult to define. A big question in biology, paleontology, or science in general is "what is life?" or "how do we define life?". NASA's definition is "A self-sustaining chemical system capable of Darwinian evolution". But I'm just wondering why life shouldn't be defined as "anything with a metabolism". Has anything ever lived that didn't have a metabolism? Is there anything that is non-living that does have one? Thanks. Scott
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Hello All! 100% novice here. I found the item shown below at a local Southern California beach. The first image is when I first picked it up, seemingly covered in tar and wet. The second image is how it looks today, after being washed and dried. It has an almost wood like feel to it, its very light. But the shape of it has lead several people to comment that they think it may be some sort of tooth. So so I come before you, completely clueless, and ask for some expertise. Thanks in advance!
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/oldest-life-earth-iron-fossils-canada-vents-science.html
