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  1. Volcano-Formed Fossils Reveal Trilobites In Never-Before-Seen Detail
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    newatlas.com/biology/trilobite <-- shared technical article
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    doi.org/10.1126/science.adl454 <-- shared paper
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    [Palæontology was a ‘minor’ in my MSc (Geology) coursework, I have always had a fascination with it, and continue to follow it – and wonder…]
    #geology #palæontology #paleontology #fossil #trilobite #marine #fossilrecord #Morocco #AtlasMountains #volcanic #pyroclastic #seafloor #ash #Cambrian #xray #microtomography #imaging #imagery #geochemistry #petrography #invertebrate

  2. #Volcanic #Supereruption May Have Aided #Human #Exodus From Africa
    #Researchers working in the #Horn of Africa have #uncovered evidence showing how #Middle #Stone Age humans #survived in the wake of the #eruption of #Toba, one of the largest #supervolcanoes in #history some 74,000 years ago. The behavioral flexibility of these Middle Stone Age people not only helped them live through the supereruption but may have facilitated the later dispersal of modern humans out of Africa and across the rest of the world.

    English miragenews.com/volcanic-supere

    French www-miragenews-com.translate.g

    @africaheritage #Afrika #afrique #africa #افريقيا

  3. It's funny how often I start with tectonic plates when discussing the terroir of a wine region. It's also funny how the audience will look baffled for a minute or two until the connection clicks.
    #wine #terroir #geology #ParisBasin #graben #alluvial #volcanic #limestone #soils #faults #escarpment