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Tracking the Golden Isles

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For those who have ever read any of his previous books, such as “Dinosaurs Without Bones” or “The Evolution Underground,” who have ever attended his lectures, or heard an interview with him, Prof. Anthony J. Martin needs no introduction. Renowned for his pioneering work in ichnology, as well as for bringing the very subject of trace fossils to the attention of the wider audience of amateur naturalists, his knowledge of the subject is as expansive as his enthusiasm for it is delightfully ebullient.

The Mole That Almost Wasn’t

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In 1964, while examining the remains of various small creatures collected from inside a long disused old wood-fired oven in an outbuilding that had been the home of a family of Barn Owls in Giohar, Somalia, Professor Alberto Simonetta of the University of Florence broke open an owl pellet that contained part of the lower […]

The Golden Key

As luck would have it, I arrived in the city last Friday evening a tad too early for a scheduled gathering at the headquarters of one of my old graduate schools. Not wanting to sit twiddling my thumbs in a lobby before the doors opened, I pointed the Prius down the street to the downtown […]

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