satinsateensaltine

satinsateensaltine t1_j69vksk wrote

Reply to comment by UrbanIronBeam in Near-whole ankylosaur remains found, complete with its jagged spikes, most of its limbs, armor coating, and some of its guts and stomach contents. The remains could be a key to understanding aspects of Early Cretaceous ecology, and shows how this species may have lived within its environment. by drewiepoodle

Geologists and archaeologists will sometimes touch things to their tongue to determine if stone or bone, porous or non porous etc. Not saying I would but it's pretty cool that it does work!

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satinsateensaltine t1_j66rk6v wrote

Reply to comment by nerdyamateurs in Near-whole ankylosaur remains found, complete with its jagged spikes, most of its limbs, armor coating, and some of its guts and stomach contents. The remains could be a key to understanding aspects of Early Cretaceous ecology, and shows how this species may have lived within its environment. by drewiepoodle

I've seen it in person twice and he's just as amazing each time. The eyes look like they could come alive at any minute. It's a shame the digging that found it also crushed the hind end but what a find. They have a model of its head next to the case that you can pet and you bet I have.

Edit: also I was just in Drumheller last September and the same weekend, someone found what appears to be a whole hadrosaur just sticking out of the stratigraphy in the hills. I love that hellscape so much.

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satinsateensaltine t1_ir3bmgf wrote

Reply to comment by Infamous-Bag-3880 in See lifelike facial reconstructions of a medieval Scottish woman, priest and bishop by unheated1

That's a pretty presentist* view of historical people. Every historical group has lived on a microscale. There would be daily things that would make you laugh, cry, rage. Even the poorest would smile when their baby did something silly during dinner time. There's plenty of art and written heritage that proves this.

Edit: changed modernist to presentist.

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