Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Charles Darwin's Lost Fossil Collection



Dr Falcon-Lang, who is based in the department of earth sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London, spotted some drawers in a cabinet marked "unregistered fossil plants".
"Inside the drawer were hundreds of beautiful glass slides made by polishing fossil plants into thin translucent sheets," Dr Falcon-Lang explained.

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Lost Charles Darwin fossils rediscovered in cabinet



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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Rare fossils found in old quarry



Here's an interesting article, "Rare Fossils found in old quarry", about some extremely old fossils found with well-preserved organisms from the Ordovician period, which began about 495m years ago. Fossils not only link us to our physical past, but can bridge us with our past memories and lives. Use fossil stones to enhance your connection with lessons learned from past history and hold them during past life regression therapy. 

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