Sabertooth Cat Intro The sabertooth cat, also known by its scientific name Smilodon Fatalis, is considered a true form fossil. A fossil is considered a true form fossil when scientists recover fossils of the actual animal or animal part. These bones were oftentimes subjected to physical processes while still on the surface. These processes include heat, cold, wind and rain. When did it roam the earth Saber Tooth Cats lived during the Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, existing for about
we really know about the first of the big cats? Big cats or cats in general are solitary animals, so finding any fossils, let alone a well preserved fossil is like finding a needle in a hay stack. I believe that it is important for us to take a look back in time so we can try and see what pressures the ancient big cats faced, to prevent making some of the same mistakes that caused the extinction of many of the ancient big cats. Today many of the big cats of Central Asia, South America, and Africa
are asphalt pit where asphalt from the ground leaks to the surface. Tar is not hot and it bubbles when bubble of methane rises from the tar. When fishing out bones, they do not look in liquid asphalts. The bones that were discovered were from saber toothed cats, dire wolves, eag...
Los Angeles area if not for urbanization. Animals that were present during this time include camels, mammoths, and saber-toothed cats among others (Harris and Jefferson, 1985). Below is a picture of a saber-tooth fossil found in the La Brea tar pits. The species that were present were not exclusive to North America, but lived all over the globe. During the Pleistocene, saber-tooth cats were present on all the continents as very fierce mammal carnivores that would hunt large herbivores such as mastodons
There are three articles you can read,all equally good, but you should definitely choose the second article to read, Skeleton dating back to the ice age sheds light on Native Amerian origins. It is the best, and most intriguing by far. The first article, Digging out a lost city’s secrets, is about a Teotihuacan tunnel has been found, many puzzling artifacts have been found, and still many different chambers have been discovered with more to be explored yet. The second article, Skeleton dating back
superstitions are many regarding black cats. These felines are often associated with bad luck, from sinking boats to incoming death. Not everything is all misfortune for these cats, though. While black cat superstitions often are negative and show these animals in a bad light, some cultures and people see cats positively, in some cases even god-like. Although many of this folklore and myth has been left in the Dark Ages, it can still be seen in today’s culture. The black cat superstition has originated from
From the diversity of climates to the indigenous tribes, Africa has been home to some of a fascinating landmarks known to man around the world. Of the most magnificent natural land sites in Africa, one may agree that The Sterkfontein Caves is the most fascinating. The Sterkfontein Caves, situated in the Cradle of Humankind, represent one of the world 's richest fossil sites, and discoveries there continue to astound the international scientific community. (Maropeng 2010).Tourist attractions including
Bringing Them Back to Life, an article written by Carl Zimmer for National Geographic April 2013 edition, discusses the possibilities in modern science to clone and revive species that have been driven to extinction in the past ten thousand years (445). Throughout this article, the author makes use of the rhetorical devices logos, ethos, and pathos to argue to an audience that humans have an obligation to revive species which have been driven to extinction directly due to human influences. Though
Australia is a large island continent that holds some of the most diverse range of biogeography regions. It is the home to the endemic order of Marsupialia. These mammals are unique to the rest of the Mammalia class due to the fact that the female possesses a skin pouch. Some of the more well-known marsupials that exist today are the kangaroo, the wombat, and the koala (Thylacoleo Carnifex 2011). However, most individuals today are unaware of a species of carnivorous marsupials that once roamed Australia
Four hundred years from now, when children listlessly shuffle into a murky classroom and haul their textbooks - or whatever the 25th century equivalent of a textbook is - from their backpacks to begin the study of our civilization, they’re going to learn about how we expressed ourselves and our feelings about the world in which we lived through these weird little things called “memes”. A meme, for those of you who don’t know how to access any website but this one, is a comical picture or short video
Domestic dog has the distinction of being the only known animal to be domesticated by humans prior to the advent of agriculture. In this case dogs are not only man’s best friend in the animal kingdom, but also the oldest of all animals that were domesticated. Though the precise origin of dogs was a mystery in Darwin he drew on them as an example of artificial selection that would be familiar to his readers. Tens of thousands years ago, before the internet and before the Industrial Revolution early
medium by which human beings communicate ideas. Some might argue that this ability is what differentiates us from other animals. The function of this is to be able to understand each other, whether we are trying to say, “Look out, there’s a saber-toothed cat attempting to have you for dinner,” or, “My sweet darling, I will love you until my last dying breath.” This ability gives us a better chance at surviving; therefore, it has been passed on through the generations and underwent endless permutations
from 1.8 million years ago to 10,000 years ago [1]. Many genera and even species such as conifers, mosses, flowering plants, insects, mollusks, birds, and mammals from that era still survive today [1]. Others, such as the long-horned bison, saber-toothed cats, giant ground sloths, and the mammoth did not survive [1]. The woolly mammoth was commonly found during the last ice age [2]. These animals were similar in size to today’s elephants but were adapted for living in the extremely cold conditions
Jurassic Park The girl shrieks as the giant tree trunk of a leg crashes down shaking the earth. Her screams are then drowned out by the prehistoric roar of the genetically engineered Tyrannosaurus Rex as it searches for prey (Crichton, 1991). Everyone remembers this scene from the best-selling novel by Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park. These scenes were then brought to life by producer/director Steven Spielberg in the immensely popular movie by the same name. Is this possible? As technological