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...minerals ([[Petrology]] and [[Mineralogy]]), volcanoes ([[Volcanology]]), fossil remains ([[Paleontology]]), and landforms ([[Geomorphology]]).

Paleoanthropologists study early [[Hominini|hominin]]s through [[fossil]] remains, traces, or impressions of ancient life; evidence such as preserv ...en criticized for not allowing other paleoanthropologists to examine their fossil finds. As Ian Tattersall notes (writing in 2006 Nature volume 441:155), pal

...ity of [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]]. It is the most easterly located fossil site in the [[Cradle of Humankind]].

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...Areas studied include human evolution and genetics, the human and primate fossil record, and the biology and variation of current human and primate populati *[[Paleoanthropology]], the study of fossil evidence for human evolution.

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'''''Plovers Lake Cave''''' (25 58' 39"S, 27 46' 36"E) is a fossil-bearing breccia filled cavity located about 4km Southeast of the well known ...h teams. In the Outer Deposits, Brain and Thakeray discovered a very fine fossil [[baboon]] that had survived a [[leopard]] or saber-toothed cat attack as w

...was a paleoanthropological controversy involving the falsification of a [[fossil]] specimen to provide the missing link between [[ape]]s and [[human]]s on t

...th exists that all the dinosaurs were wiped out at the same time, though [[fossil]] evidence shows that many had died out or were disappearing already by the ..., however, just one of over a thousand species so far identified using the fossil record. Dinosaurs were first recognised as a category new to [[science]] in

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...its discovery in 1936 more than 600 hominin remains and many thousands of fossil animals have been discovered. ...ter tools were discovered. Subsequent research has shown that most of the fossil hominins from Sterkfontein actually belong to the same species as the Taung

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...ned] by Christina Nunez on NationalGeographic.com, February 28, 2019. The fossil fuels that humans burn for energy can come back to haunt us as acid rain.

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: 1840: ''Part I. Fossil Mammalia'', by [[Richard Owen]] [http://pages.britishlibrary.net/charles.da * 1851: ''A Monograph on the Fossil Lepadidae; or, Pedunculated Cirripedes of Great Britain'' [http://pages.bri

...ted]] in an industrial [[furnace]] or [[boiler]], a steam generator in a [[fossil fuel]] [[power plant]] or other combustion sources. ...gas desulfurization]] captures the [[sulfur dioxide]] produced by burning fossil fuels, particularly coal.

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...e</ref> in [[South Africa]] comprises three localities containing numerous fossil-bearing caves that have been recognized for their significant contribution ...er=Struik|pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>. [[Fossil| Fossils]] were first recognized in southern Africa deposits in the early 2

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...ig cave situated approximately 1km to the west-northwest of the well known fossil site of [[Sterkfontein cave| Sterkfontein]] in the [[Cradle of Humankind]] ...s instrumental in his re-interpretation of the way bones accumulate in the fossil caves, detailed in his (1981) book, titled The Hunters or the Hunted? <ref

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...determination of their relationships, as well as integration of the human fossil record with evolutionary theory. ..., in both of which he is an acknowledged leader: the analysis of the human fossil record, and the study of the ecology and systematics of the lemurs of Madag

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...ving bipedal apes including the [[Australopithecus|Australopithecines]], [[fossil]] members of the genus ''Homo'' and living [[humans]]. It is generally repl ...gibbons and siamangs. The Hominidae includes living humans and typically fossil apes that possess a suite of characters such as bipedalism, reduced canine

*Reduction of fossil fuel importation

'''''Cooper's Cave''''' (26 00' 46"S, 27 44' 45"E) is actually a series of fossil-bearing breccia filled cavities located almost exactly between the well kno ...K "Bob" Brain]] worked at the site in 1954 and recovered a large number of fossil animals but reported no hominids. He also named the two then identified de

...of [[Wyoming (U.S. state)|Wyoming]] which is a particulary rich one for [[fossil]] collectors from the [[Eocene]] Epoch.

...("southern small ape of Africa") is a [[species]] of early [[hominin]]. [[Fossil]]s of ''A. africanus'' have only been found in [[South Africa]]. ...guage= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>. It is the only hominin fossil discovered at that site.<ref name="Tobias"/> Further discoveries of ''A. a

*[[List of East African fossil sites]]

...se conclusions, but there is still debate over whether the replacement for fossil fuels should include nuclear power. Many believe that nuclear power cannot ...ace. That equilibrium is now being radically altered by our consumption of fossil fuels. What seems to us like a slow change over decades, is a vertical spik

...on, and the reactors will be so expensive as to not threaten an end to the fossil fuel industry.

'''Gladysvale Cave''' (25 54'S, 27 45'E) is a fossil-bearing breccia-filled cave located about 13km Northeast of the well known ...llip Tobias]] led a student expedition to the site where a fine [[baboon]] fossil was recovered<ref name="Berger2">{{cite book|title=Gladysvale Unveiled|acce

...ds, textile, wood, paper, and many other common substances contain carbon. Fossil fuels ([[coal]], petroleum, natural gas, etc.) are compounds of carbon. Carbon is the essential element of all organic substances ranging from fossil fuels to cell components and DNA. Here on Earth, carbon circulates in vario

...mposed of soft tissue which is rarely fossilised they constitute the chief fossil remains of these creatures.</ref> Palynomorphs posses an organic outer wall ...and '''environmental palynology'''. Palynomorphs studied are specifically fossil remains of non-extant life forms.

...y demand growth so that rising clean energy supplies can make deep cuts in fossil fuel use. If energy use grows too fast, renewable energy development will c

*[http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/sequestration/index.html DOE Fossil Energy] Department of Energy programs in carbon dioxide capture and storage

'''Haasgat Cave''' is a fossil-bearing breccia filled cavity located about 16km East of the well known Sou

...species [[Australopithecus africanus|''Australopithecus africanus'']]. The fossil was discovered at the Buxton limeworks, [[Taung]], [[Northwest Province]], ...ists]] and [[Paleoantology|paleontologists]] have estimated the age of the fossil at approximately 2 million years before present.

[[Fossil fuels]] - [[coal]] and [[peat]], [[natural gas]] and [[petroleum]] were har

'''Kromdraai''' (26 00'S, 27 45'E) is a fossil-bearing breccia filled cave located about 2km east of the well known South ...esult in the discovery of numerous hominin remains as well as thousands of fossil animals. Two deposits were noted and named at the site - Kromdraai A and K

...steep sided ravine 30 miles long and 295 ft. deep. The main beds are in [[Fossil Lake Basin]] about 16 miles in diameter. There are 7 beds in Olduvai, Bed I

...ergy_(science)|energy]] available to mankind derives from the burning of [[fossil fuel]]s: [[coal]], [[oil (geology)|oil]] and [[natural gas]]. However, because of increased prices, concern over dwindling fossil fuel resources, and protecting the environment from [[pollution]] and the c

The state of fossil assemblages associated with early hominid remains has lead many to view the ...eistocene hominins. International Congress Series,1296, pp. 1-15</ref> The fossil record shows that early hominids evolved in the early Pliocene in East Afri

<font face="Gill Sans MT">Since spoken language does not leave any fossil record, the study of the origin and evolution of language is necessarily in

* fossil fuels, like [[coal]], [[tar sand]]s, and [[oil-shale]]; * [[fossil water]].

...(or part of it) undergoes from the time of death until its discovery as a fossil. ...rsity Press.</ref> <ref name="Shipman">Shipman, P. 1981. Life history of a fossil: An introduction to taphonomy and paleoecology. Harvard University Press.</

...ew energy in Niagara: How a giant hole will help Ontario’s shift away from fossil fuels

...ir relative and absolute ages. [[Biostratigraphy]] employs the analysis of fossil plant and animals using principles of [[paleontology]] and stratigraphy to

...that the African and Indian elephants were distinct species, and that the fossil mammoths of Europe and Siberia were different from either of these. ...[[Leonardo da Vinci]] and [[Robert Hooke]] had stated. da Vinci had found fossil shells in limestones far inland in Italy, some of these he found on mountai