Tag: Chile
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Scientists shed light on life and times of ‘Fiona’ the pregnant ichthyosaur
Phys.org has a story about Fiona, the pregnant ichthyosaur. Fiona lived about 131 million years ago during the early Cretaceous Period. Her remains were discovered a few years ago in a glacian ice field in Patagona. Her story was published in a paper in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Fiona is the only fully preserved…
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Scientists find evidence for biggest earthquake in human history
Live Science has a story about a very large earthquake 3,800 years ago. It happened in northern Chile and probably measured about 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale. Previously, the largest earthquake was the 1960 Valdivia earthquake in southern Chile. That one had an average slip of 11 m across the Nasca faults, with 25…
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Scientists in Chile have found a 15,000-year-old footprint, the earliest sign of humans’ presence in the Americas
CNN has a story about the oldest footprint in the Americas. It’s 15,000 years old and was found in Chile. All the details appeared in a paper in the journal PLOS-ONE. A team of scientists in Chile say they’ve found a human footprint that dates back more than 15,000 years — the oldest one ever…
