• Prehistory Megathread - Welcome...to Facepunch Park
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[t]http://i.imgur.com/Z6j97y9.png[/t] [b]Welcome...to the Prehistory Thread[/b] [t]http://i.imgur.com/TVocEgL.png[/t] [quote] [b]Q: What is Prehistory?[/b] A: Prehistory is the study of ancient life that predates written Human history. From thousands to even [i]billions[/i] of years ago. [b]Q: What is a Fossil?[/b] A: A fossil is a bone, imprint, or remains of an animal or living thing that has been exposed to thousands (if not, millions) of years of mineral depositing. [b]Q: When is it a Fossil and not a Bone?[/b] A: This is one that confused me for a loooong time; a bone is considered a Fossil once it's older than roughly 10,000 years old. [b]Q: Are People Prehistoric?[/b] A: Of course! Humans play a huge part in earth's evolutionary history, and our ancestors have left their mark (literally!) [b]Q: What is a Dinosaur?[/b] A: A dinosaur is a species of animal that lived during the Mesozoic Era (252-65MYA). [b]Q: Is a Pterosaur/Plesiosaur a Dinosaur?[/b] They are not Dinosaurs. Pterosaurs are Flying Reptiles, while Plesiosaurs are Aquatic Reptiles. [b]Q: Are there Dinosaurs where I live?[/b] A: A definite maybe! You should check the links listed below! [/quote] [t]http://i.imgur.com/ScaV7Cl.png[/t] [quote] [url=http://paleobiology.si.edu/]Paleobiology Homepage[/url] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_American_dinosaurs]List of North American Dinosaurs[/url] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_dinosaurs]List of European Dinosaurs[/url] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asian_dinosaurs]List of Asian Dinosaurs[/url] [url=http://www.burpee.org/][b]My Local Museum![/b][/url] [/quote] [t]http://i.imgur.com/xwkPVOs.png[/t] [quote] Zillamaster55 – Paleo Hobbyist Wanna be a part of this list? Just post a request and you'll be added right up! [/quote]
A documentary i recommend to everyone: [video=youtube;Q_3PFfMdZ9c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_3PFfMdZ9c[/video] Even though it's one and a half hour long it flies by because of how fascinating it is.
I can recommend BBCs Ice Age Giants and Werner Herzogs Cave of Forgotten Dreams if you are interested in the stone age.
[url=http://www.u-digfossils.com/]Visited[/url] this place, got a [B][I]HUGE[/I][/B] haul of at least 15-20 good trilobites.
Prehistory is pretty cool man I went through a phase as a kid where I was obsessed with dinosaurs and really wanted to be a paleontologist [editline]16th March 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Hellsten;44256969]Werner Herzogs Cave of Forgotten Dreams if you are interested in the stone age.[/QUOTE] Watched that just the other week, best documentary i've seen in a while
[QUOTE=RobbL;44257214]Watched that just the other week, best documentary i've seen in a while[/QUOTE] Yeah. I love the soundtrack in it. [video=youtube;qDPBMiwKv4U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDPBMiwKv4U[/video]
Probably isn't much, but I know Ulster Museum has a few cool things. [IMG]http://www.accessibleguide.co.uk/familydaysout/wp-content/uploads/BT9C48.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img3.nmni.com/Images/UM-What-s-On/News/Edmontosaurus-returns/Edmontosaurus1[/IMG] While it isn't relevant, they also have an Egyptian Mummy that still has a strand of hair.
I wonder if anyone here is opposed to the whole Ontogeny Debate with Dinosaurs. [t]http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/files/2011/12/Triceratop-ontogeny-Horner-Goodwin-2006-Dec-2011-tiny.jpg[/t] All of these skulls are separate species, but Horner feels that they are all Triceratops at simply different stages of growth.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;44257297]I wonder if anyone here is opposed to the whole Ontogeny Debate with Dinosaurs. [t]http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/files/2011/12/Triceratop-ontogeny-Horner-Goodwin-2006-Dec-2011-tiny.jpg[/t] All of these skulls are separate species, but Horner feels that they are all Triceratops at simply different stages of growth.[/QUOTE] It's an interesting possibility, same with the Dracorex / Stygimoloch / Pachycephalosaurus debacle, but it's just an hypothesis, we won't know for sure until more data is provided. Also, anybody here follow TetZoo?
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;44257297]I wonder if anyone here is opposed to the whole Ontogeny Debate with Dinosaurs. [t]http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/files/2011/12/Triceratop-ontogeny-Horner-Goodwin-2006-Dec-2011-tiny.jpg[/t] All of these skulls are separate species, but Horner feels that they are all Triceratops at simply different stages of growth.[/QUOTE] It's an interesting theory, but it simply wouldn't make that much sense for them to be different stages of growth. The bone structure wouldn't just change that much.
Perfect opportunity to bring up this Cracked article: [URL="http://www.cracked.com/article_20861_5-ridiculous-alternate-versions-prehistoric-animals.html"]http://www.cracked.com/article_20861_5-ridiculous-alternate-versions-prehistoric-animals.html[/URL] What especially interested me was the last section about the shrink-wrap syndrome. It's a strange thought that every iteration we've ever seen of a dinosaur could be completely wrong. Jurassic Park could be so much different.
[QUOTE=joost1120;44258146]The bone structure wouldn't just change that much.[/QUOTE] That argument was considered in a talk that I went to, and said "What if we were to find a Whitetail Deer with antlers, and then one without (fossilized). We would think that they were different species, and we would consider it a stupid idea that they would waste so much energy growing and then losing the antlers every year" [editline]16th March 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Combat Wombat;44258150]Perfect opportunity to bring up this Cracked article: [URL="http://www.cracked.com/article_20861_5-ridiculous-alternate-versions-prehistoric-animals.html"]http://www.cracked.com/article_20861_5-ridiculous-alternate-versions-prehistoric-animals.html[/URL] What especially interested me was the last section about the shrink-wrap syndrome. It's a strange thought that every iteration we've ever seen of a dinosaur could be completely wrong. Jurassic Park could be so much different.[/QUOTE] [url=http://irregularbooks.co/download.html]PDF Version of "All Your Yesterdays"[/url]
i just wanted to add one of my favorite pre-history creatures... Triops [i](Australiensis):[/i] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Triops_australiensis.jpg[/img] [i](Cancriformis):[/i] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Triops_cancriformis2.jpg[/img]
Feathered dinosaurs are weird. [img]http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/files/2009/09/Feathered-dinosaur-Anchio-0091.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=_Kent_;44259053]Feathered dinosaurs are weird. [img]http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/files/2009/09/Feathered-dinosaur-Anchio-0091.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] [t]http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/197/b/7/turkeys_are_attackiiing____rapturkeys_by_nebezial-d57j7vf.jpg[/t] I prefer feathered dinosaurs
I was DJ'ing for a party and some ladies were twerking to Friends For Dinner from the Land Before Time soundtrack, I guess that qualifies me for this thread
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8zlUUrFK-M[/media]
Anklyosaurus is the coolest.
I fear if we get into "Favorite Dinosaurs" we'll end up with very very angry posters [sp]Because Rugops Primus is superior[/sp]
It's pretty close to history, but prehistory covering everything before the invention of writing and civilization, I'd say this is a lovely documentary series about humans from the end of the ice age up until the start of civilization: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7bqi70B3tE[/media] For prehistory, I am most interested in the um, few tens of thousands of years at the very end of it where humans appeared.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;44260885]I fear if we get into "Favorite Dinosaurs" we'll end up with very very angry posters [sp]Because Rugops Primus is superior[/sp][/QUOTE] Why is Rugops considered to be such a breakthrough in terms of theropods?
[QUOTE=Combat Wombat;44260969]Why is Rugops considered to be such a breakthrough in terms of theropods?[/QUOTE] Had something to do with the schnozz, iirc
When I found out that Dinosaurs most likely had feathers I got very sad. So I just pretend I never heard it and they are still giant lizard thingies without fabulous feathers. Walking with Dinosaurs still best. Wish they'd do something like that again. Hyped for Jurassic World.
[QUOTE=cheesecurls;44258791]i just wanted to add one of my favorite pre-history creatures... Triops [i](Australiensis):[/i] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Triops_australiensis.jpg[/img] [i](Cancriformis):[/i] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Triops_cancriformis2.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] I raised a bunch of them. Eventually they all died, but also laid eggs. I left the jar they resided in under my desk for like a year. One day I filled it with water just for fun, and they started popping up again. Amazing creatures!
Dinosaurs has always been a soft spot for me, been fascinated since I was really young.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;44259402][t]http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/197/b/7/turkeys_are_attackiiing____rapturkeys_by_nebezial-d57j7vf.jpg[/t] I prefer feathered dinosaurs[/QUOTE] Feathered dinosaurs look nice when they look like this: [IMG]http://s7.postimg.org/nflfi1ju3/feathery.png[/IMG] But not when they look something like this: [IMG]http://images.smh.com.au/2012/04/04/3190165/ipad-art-wide-A4-20Dino-20th-20-2B-20ld-420x0.jpg[/IMG] In my opinion anyway.
[QUOTE=cheesecurls;44258791]i just wanted to add one of my favorite pre-history creatures... Triops [i](Australiensis):[/i] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Triops_australiensis.jpg[/img] [i](Cancriformis):[/i] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Triops_cancriformis2.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] [video=youtube;wA-NoH_G330]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA-NoH_G330[/video] horseshoe crab
I think the theory that Tyrannosaurus was feathered more as a chick rather than an adult is fairly sound. But regardless, I am fine with a fully feathered Tyrannosaurus.
[QUOTE=cheesecurls;44258791]i just wanted to add one of my favorite pre-history creatures... Triops [i](Australiensis):[/i] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Triops_australiensis.jpg[/img] [i](Cancriformis):[/i] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Triops_cancriformis2.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] I've been wanting to raise these for a while now, they're adorable.
My favorite period of prehistory would be the great expansion of life in the late precambrian to early cambrian. It's where you get the most unique creatures because life was still figuring out what the fuck worked and what didn't.
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