Tag: Andes
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NYT: Ancient Remains in Peru Reveal Young, Female Big-Game Hunter
The New York Times Trilobites column has a story about an ancient big game hunter… a female big game hunter. The 9,000 year old female skeleton was discovered with what archaeologists describe as a “big-game hunting kit” in the Andes highlands of Peru. This discovery is challenging the beliefs that in hunter-gatherer societies – males…
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PBS Eons: The Sea Monster from the Andes
There’s a new episode of PBS Eons. This one is about a giant sea monster called Kronosaurus. In 1977, a farmer was plowing his field on a plateau high in the Andes mountains when he stumbled upon a giant fossilized skeleton. How did this giant marine reptile end up high in the Andes Mountains?
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PBS Eons: How the Andes Mountains Might Have Killed a Bunch of Whales
PBS Eons has a new episode and what happened to a bunch of whales. The Andes Mountains might have some explaining to do… At a site known as Cerro Ballena or Whale Hill, there are more than 40 skeletons of marine mammals — a graveyard of ocean life dating back 6.5 million to 9…
